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The Week - World

Proposed Trump-Putin talks in Budapest on hold - Speed Read - Trump apparently has no concrete plans to meet with Putin for Ukraine peace talks - Speed Read

9 hours ago

The WW2 'massacre' dividing Senegal and France -- Under the Radar -- A new investigation found the 1944 Thiaroye attack on 'unarmed' African soldiers was 'premeditated', and far deadlier than previously recorded -- Will Barker, The Week UK -- Published

9 hours ago

What is Donald Trump planning in Latin America? -- Today's Big Question -- US ramps up feud with Colombia over drug trade, while deploying military in the Caribbean to attack ships and increase tensions with Venezuela -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK -- Published

11 hours ago

Spaniards seeing red over bullfighting -- Under the Radar -- Shock resignation of top matador is latest blow in culture war over tradition that increasingly divides Spain -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK -- Published

12 hours ago

Bolivia elects centrist over far-right presidential rival -- Speed Read -- Relative political unknown Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, was elected president -- Peter Weber, The Week US -- Published

1 day ago

The disputed claims about Christian genocide in Nigeria -- The Explainer -- West African nation has denied claims from US senator and broadcaster -- Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK -- Published

1 day ago

Gaza's reconstruction: the steps to rebuilding -- In The Spotlight -- Even the initial rubble clearing in Gaza is likely to be fraught with difficulty and very slow -- The Week UK -- Published

2 days ago

Pros and cons of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine -- Pros and cons -- New conflict means long-held plan for peace seems further away than ever -- Richard Windsor, The Week UK -- Last updated

6 days ago

Are we heading for World War Three? -- In Depth -- Repeated Russian incursions into Nato airspace risk a 'direct armed confrontation' with the West, foreign secretary warns UN -- The Week UK -- Last updated

6 days ago

Madagascar president in hiding, refuses to resign -- Speed Read -- Andry Rajoelina fled the country amid Gen Z protests and unrest -- Peter Weber, The Week US -- Published

6 days ago

Sanae Takaichi: Japan's Iron Lady set to be the country's first woman prime minister -- In the Spotlight -- Takaichi is a member of Japan's conservative, nationalist Liberal Democratic Party -- Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

8 days ago

Age of consent around the world -- In Depth -- A lawyer in India wants to reduce the age of consent in the country from 18 to 16 -- Abby Wilson -- Last updated

8 days ago

'Extraordinary asymmetry': the history of Israeli prisoner swaps -- In The Spotlight -- Exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees is the latest in a series of trades in which Israeli lives appear to count for more -- Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK -- Published

8 days ago

Can Gaza momentum help end the war in Ukraine? -- Today's Big Question -- Zelenskyy's request for long-range Tomahawk missiles hints at 'warming relations' between Ukraine and US -- Will Barker, The Week UK -- Published

8 days ago

Remaking the military: the war on diversity and 'fat generals' -- Talking Point -- The US Secretary of War addressed military members on 'warrior ethos' -- The Week UK -- Published

9 days ago