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The Week - Top Stories

FILM REVIEW - The Odyssey: Homer vs. the haters - The execs at Universal Studios must be a tad nervous, said Jordan Ruimy in World of Reel. With Christopher Nolan's $250 million adaptation of The Odyssey due to open in theaters on the weekend of July 17, Universal barred critics from publishing reviews until the final day before theatrical releas...

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Saturday Wrap -- Who's to blame for Platner?

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Evening Review -- The forced collapse of clean energy

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Morning Report -- Smoky skies

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What to eat and drink to stay cool during a heatwave

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Short, punchy books you can finish in a day

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How much does Trump's anti-clean energy crusade cost? Today's Big Question - The president promised to cut electric bills in half. They are going up. Today's Big Question

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Why Cuba is under siege -- The Explainer -- Cubans have endured decades of mismanagement from their own communist government, along with economic warfare from the US

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How closely should you be tracking your spending? -- The Explainer -- Tracking your spending is effectively an exercise in attention

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Japan to create first post-war intelligence agency -- The Explainer -- PM Sanae Takaichi hails 'first step' towards strengthening the country's espionage capabilities in the face of growing Chinese and Russian threats

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Another Arctic island is caught in geopolitical crosshairs -- The Explainer -- But it isn't the one you are probably thinking of

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Middle East re-escalation: worrying implications for investors - and Andy Burnham -- Talking Point -- Rising oil prices are spooking investors on both sides of the Atlantic

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The Platner affair: 'vibes', sexting and a Nazi tattoo -- Talking Point -- Graham Platner is a 'cautionary tale' for Democrats, and highlights the party's problems with the selection of their candidates

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Are politics stunting the WNBA's growing popularity? -- Talking Points -- House Republicans wade into Caitlin Clark controversies

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8 of the best spots for Creole food in New Orleans

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The varied delights of a safari in Malawi

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The 'gruff' outsider threatening Benjamin Netanyahu -- Under The Radar -- Gadi Eisenkot is the latest challenger hoping to unseat the Israeli veteran

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Australia and Fiji's new defence pact -- Under the Radar -- Alliance is one of a flurry of treaties Canberra is making in the Pacific to cooperate on security and counter China's growing influence

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Why there's 'raspberry sugar' in space -- Under the Radar -- Evidence of erythrulose 'particularly relevant' for origin-of-life research

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Taco Bell supplier potential source of parasitic infection -- Speed Read -- Over 1,600 cases of the infection have been identified nationwide

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Trump speech sows doubt about election security -- Speed Read -- The 2020 election was widely considered to be safe and secure

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Wildfire smoke blankets Midwest, parts of Northeast -- Speed Read -- Over 120 million people were at risk of dangerous air quality

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Canadian wildfire smoke spreads over US -- Speed Read -- Large swaths of the US remain under air quality warnings

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'Cuba assault' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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The Week Unwrapped: Why is the US executing more elderly inmates? -- Podcast -- Plus how did scientists create a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in 57 days? And is spoken-word poetry the next social-media trend? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- A watery forest, a miniature Mozart, and more -- Stephen Kelly -- Published

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The best video games of all time -- In Depth -- Timeless classics, genre-defining gems and everything in-between - these are the titles that shaped gaming history -- Theara Coleman, The Week US -- Published

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How close are we to World War Three? -- In Depth -- Leading theoretical physicist warns world is closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since the end of the Cold War -- The Week UK -- Last updated

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The best visas for Americans looking for a big - or small - change -- in depth -- Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia are all present -- Scott Hocker, The Week US -- Published

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