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The Week - Top Stories

FILM REVIEW - The Invite - Olivia Wilde's new comedy drama is the kind of smart, well-crafted film for adults we are constantly complaining we don't get enough of, said Benjamin Lee in The Guardian. Wilde, in her third directorial offering, co-stars as a stay-at-home-mom who, to the consternation of her failed musician husb...

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Saturday Wrap -- A snooze of a State Fair

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Evening Review -- Are AI's benefits worth the costs?

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Morning Report -- Vatican hammers 'schismatic' SSPX sect

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Remigration: a growing far-right movement

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All the presidential assassination attempts

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The Declaration of Independence: was separation inevitable? -- The Explainer -- On 4 July, 250 years ago this week, America declared itself free from British colonial rule

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Morgan McSweeney and the lessons for Andy Burnham -- The Explainer -- Keir Starmer's former chief-of-staff claims his team failed to prepare properly before taking office - a stark warning to prime minister in waiting

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The Supreme Court just made it harder for police to track phones -- The Explainer -- The highest court said broad phone sweeps must be constitutionally protected

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The Society of St Pius X has created a schism in the Vatican -- The Explainer -- Traditionalist Catholic group excommunicated after consecrating bishops against the wishes of the Pope

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'Wild-eyed radicals': the Democrats veer left -- Talking Point -- A voter base fed up of the 'cautious, compromising establishment' has embraced socialist candidates endorsed by Zohran Mamdani

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Defence black hole: Starmer's parting gift for Burnham? -- Talking Point -- PM's commitments in the Defence Investment Plan pose significant challenges for heir-apparent Andy Burnham and his future chancellor

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent crusade might be coming to your city -- Talking Points -- Rent control movements surge in Massachusetts and California

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High style on the roof of the world

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From media empires to crypto: the best business books to read this summer

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Prediction markets are courting women with pop culture -- In the Spotlight -- Kalshi and Polymarket want to pull 'Love Island USA' lovers for a chat

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Women are hacking hormonal health with allergy drugs and antacids -- Under the Radar -- Can an antihistamine a day keep the hot flashes away?

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High and dry: St Lucia's battle to fix water woes -- Under the Radar -- Costly effort to overhaul supply has yet to solve the everyday struggle for reliable water

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Amnesty accuses Sudanese militia of ethnic cleansing -- Speed Read -- Sudan's Rapid Support Forces is charged with committing war crimes in North Darfur

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New synthetic cells tiptoe toward creating life -- Speed Read -- Scientists have built a cell from scratch for the first time

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Vatican excommunicates splinter sect over bishops -- Speed Read -- The traditionalist group consecrated bishops without Pope Leo XIV's consent

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EU prosecutors raid right-wing bloc over funds -- Speed Read -- Raids were conducted as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of European Union funds by the former far-right Identity and Democracy group

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Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo: how they compare on goals, stats and World Cup record -- In Depth -- Stars continue to break records even as they enter the twilight of their careers -- Mike Starling, The Week UK -- Last updated

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The Week Unwrapped: Will a change in the law help Britain's rough sleepers? -- Podcast -- Plus will a dirty money scandal spread beyond Jakarta? And why has Armie Hammer's new film been banned in Germany? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- Carrying the torch, high-risk conversation, and more -- The Week US -- Published

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Will George RR Martin ever finish 'The Winds of Winter'? -- In Depth -- Westeros fans have been waiting for well over a decade, and they are going to have to keep waiting -- Brendan Morrow -- Last updated

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'Raking in cash' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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Art Review: 'Machine Dreams: Rainforest' -- Feature -- Dataland, Los Angeles, through Jan. 31, 2027 -- The Week US -- Published

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