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The Week - Top Stories

FILM - Sirat - A father's desperate search goes deeply sideways. You might have a few reasonable guesses where this story is headed. They're probably wrong, said Amy Nicholson in the Los Angeles Times. Spain's punkish, prankish, and strangely existential contender for the Best International Feature Oscar opens ...

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Saturday Wrap -- Bezos shreds the news

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Evening Review -- Democrats make partisan lemonade

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Morning Report -- Trump torches America's climate change policy

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How to navigate dating apps to find 'the one'

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The world's most romantic hotels

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The problem with diagnosing profound autism -- The Explainer -- Experts are reconsidering the idea of autism as a spectrum, which could impact diagnoses and policy making for the condition

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What to know before filing your own taxes for the first time -- the explainer -- Tackle this financial milestone with confidence

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What's a good credit card APR? -- The Explainer -- They have gotten even steeper in recent years

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What are the best investments for beginners? -- The Explainer -- Stocks and ETFs and bonds, oh my

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Are AI bots conspiring against us? -- Talking Point -- Moltbook, the AI social network where humans are banned, may be the tip of the iceberg

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Wuthering Heights: 'wildly fun' reinvention of the classic novel lacks depth -- Talking Point -- Emerald Fennell splits the critics with her sizzling spin on Emily Bront 's gothic tale

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Elon Musk's starry mega-merger -- Talking Point -- SpaceX founder is promising investors a rocket trip to the future - and a sprawling conglomerate to boot

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Regent Hong Kong: a tranquil haven with a prime waterfront spot

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A thrilling foodie city in northern Japan

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Switzerland could vote to cap its population -- Under the Radar -- Swiss People's Party proposes referendum on radical anti-immigration measure to limit residents to 10 million

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AI surgical tools might be injuring patients -- Under the Radar -- More than 1,300 AI-assisted medical devices have FDA approval

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The plan to wall off the 'Doomsday' glacier -- Under the Radar -- Massive barrier could 'slow the rate of ice loss' from Thwaites Glacier, whose total collapse would have devastating consequences

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Key Bangladesh election returns old guard to power -- Speed Read -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party claimed a decisive victory

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Judge blocks Hegseth from punishing Kelly over video -- Speed Read -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed for the senator to be demoted over a video in which he reminds military officials they should refuse illegal orders

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Trump's EPA kills legal basis for federal climate policy -- Speed Read -- The government's authority to regulate several planet-warming pollutants has been repealed

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House votes to end Trump's Canada tariffs -- Speed Read -- Six Republicans joined with Democrats to repeal the president's tariffs

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The biggest box office flops of the 21st century -- in depth -- Unnecessary remakes and turgid, expensive CGI-fests highlight this list of these most notorious box-office losers -- David Faris -- Published

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The 10 most infamous abductions in modern history -- in depth -- The taking of Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, is the latest in a long string of high-profile kidnappings -- David Faris -- Published

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'End in sight' -- 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: Have televised confessions quelled protests in Iran? -- Podcast -- Plus, why has Elon Musk turned from Mars to the Moon? And will the BBC prove to be a puzzles champ? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- An Andean god, a rogue squirrel, and more -- The Week Staff -- Published

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Currencies: Why Trump wants a weak dollar -- Feature -- The dollar has fallen 12% since Trump took office -- The Week US -- Published

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