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Monday, July 07, 2025 3:14 AM ET

The Week - Top Stories

FILM review - Familiar Touch - A woman with dementia adjusts to her new life. Movies about dementia tend to present it like something out of a horror movie, said Alison Willmore in NYMag.com. But Familiar Touch is something more generous-an account of dementia not as an end but as a period of transition. An astounding Kathle...

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Saturday Wrap -- After the strikes

19 hours ago

Evening Review -- What Trump's megabill will do

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Morning Report -- Ukraine rocked by abrupt US munitions halt

3 days ago

Ottawa Treaty: why are Russia's neighbours leaving anti-landmine agreement? Today's Big Question - Ukraine to follow Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as Nato looks to build a new 'Iron Curtain' of millions of landmines - Today's Big Question

2 days ago

China's London super-embassy -- The Explainer -- The People's Republic wants to build a massive new embassy in central London, and a lot of people aren't happy about it

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4 tips to get a lower credit card APR -- the explainer -- Don't let your card's annual percentage rate balloon your balance

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Democrats vs. Republicans: which party are the billionaires backing? -- The Explainer -- Younger tech titans join 'boys' club throwing money and support' behind President Trump, while older plutocrats quietly rebuke new administration

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King Charles and the Sovereign Grant: how UK taxpayers fund the monarchy -- The Explainer -- Royals received 86.3m from government last year - and they are in line for a 50% increase

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Mamdani is promising government-run grocery stores. How would that work? -- Talking Points -- The goal: To make food cheaper and more accessible

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Evita: 'TikTok musical theatre' or 'total triumph'? -- Talking Point -- Rachel Zegler dazzles in Jamie Lloyd's 'radically reconceived' revival - but the plot is difficult to follow

4 days ago

The tourist flood in the Mediterranean: can it be stemmed? -- Talking Point -- Finger-pointing at Airbnb or hotel owners obscures the root cause of overtourism in holiday hotspots: unmanageable demand

8 days ago

A journey into the deep past on beautiful Arran

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El Palace Barcelona: old-world luxury in the heart of the city

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Why bosses are hiring etiquette coaches for Gen Z staff -- Under The Radar -- Employers claim young workers are disengaged at interviews and don't know how to behave in the office

3 days ago

Is that the buzzing sound of climate change worsening sleep apnea? -- Under the radar -- Catching diseases, not those ever-essential Zzs

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Japan's surname conundrum -- Under the Radar -- Law requiring couples to share one surname hinders women in the workplace and lowers birth rate, campaigners claim

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Combs convicted on 2 of 5 charges, denied bail -- Speed Read -- Sean 'Diddy' Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking

3 days ago

Judge blocks Trump's asylum ban at US border -- Speed Read -- The president violated federal law by shutting down the US-Mexico border to asylum seekers, said the ruling

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Ukraine scrambles as Trump cuts weapons deliveries -- Speed Read -- The halting of weapons shipments was driven by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, a Ukraine funding skeptic

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Penn wipes trans swimmer records in deal with Trump -- speed read -- The University of Pennsylvania will bar transgender students from its women's sports teams and retroactively strip a trans female swimmer of her titles

4 days ago

5 biting editorial cartoons about 'Alligator Alcatraz' -- Cartoons -- Artists take on dangerous green things, historical precedent, and more -- The Week US

23 hours ago

5 explosively funny cartoons about the 4th of July -- Cartoons -- Artists take on liberty and justice for all, a terrifying firework, and more -- The Week US

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- A strong kick, a T-Rex race, and more -- Anahi Valenzuela, The Week US

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The Week Unwrapped: Should women be conscripted? -- Podcast -- Plus, are digital ID cards inevitable? And why do women get more ACL injuries? -- The Week UK

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6 SLEEK HOMES FOR MODERNISTS -- Feature -- Featuring a concrete-and-steel home in South Carolina and a renovated 19th-century former carriage house in Pennsylvania -- The Week US

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The first AI job cuts are already here -- Feature -- Companies are removing entry-level jobs as AI takes over -- The Week US

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