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The Week - World
The Patriot missile supply shortage - The Explainer - Ukraine has 'run out' of crucial defensive weapon, as Iran war depletes US and allied stockpiles and threatens global security - The Explainer
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Trump pauses 50% Canadian tariffs for 3 days -- Speed Read -- Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL! Trump said on social media -- Peter Weber, The Week US1 hour ago
Moroccans are wary of France's new anti-telemarketing law -- Under the Radar -- Some are concerned the law could affect Morocco's job market -- Justin Klawans, The Week US1 hour ago
Brazil election: left and right battle it out for nation's future -- The Explainer -- Incumbent Lula faces son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, with Trump administration 'turning up the heat' -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK11 hours ago
Kushner meets Hamas chief to revive Gaza plan -- Speed Read -- Officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar also attended the meeting -- Peter Weber, The Week US1 day ago
Trump curtails joint South Korea military drills -- Speed Read -- The president called the longtime drills totally inappropriate and hostile -- Peter Weber, The Week US2 days ago
Why is Donald Trump punishing South Korea? -- Today's Big Question -- Is president's move 'public exhibition of narcissistic rage'? -- Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK2 days ago
'Breakthrough' in 'brutal' case of Mexican students who disappeared -- Under the Radar -- Former state governor charged with destruction of evidence in case of 43 students presumed to have been killed: atrocity that 'rocked the nation' -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK2 days ago
Putin's Russia: a land that has 'run out of workers' -- In the Spotlight -- Russia is undergoing its worst labour crisis in decades, placing the country on the verge of economic collapse -- The Week UK2 days ago
US to swap out aircraft carrier strained by Iran war -- Speed Read -- There have been widespread reports of poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln -- Rafi Schwartz, The Week US4 days ago
What is life like in Iran during the war? -- In the Spotlight -- In the face of economic and social crises, views on the regime remain split, with building resentment against both US and Iranian governments -- Will Barker, The Week UK4 days ago
Trump and Brazil have a plenipotentiary problem bigger than a single diplomat -- IN THE SPOTLIGHT -- The president's push for statesmanship supremacy has put Brasilia and Washington on a public collision course -- Rafi Schwartz, The Week US5 days ago
The rise of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa -- The Explainer -- Experts say harsher legislation is driven by political scapegoating and anti-Western backlash, and fuelled by US conservative groups -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK5 days ago
Malta's moment in the cinema spotlight -- Under the Radar -- Generous tax rebate lures international productions, but critics say boom aggravates locals and neglects domestic filmmakers -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK6 days ago
Syria sentences Assad to death in absentia -- Speed Read -- The former Syrian dictator was found guilty of murder, torture and crimes against humanity -- Rafi Schwartz, The Week US6 days ago