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Post Office walkout will overlap with separate industrial action by Royal Mail staff

A selection of short but sweet features from across The Week

Pyongyang dismisses South Korean proposal, describing it as ‘pipedream-like’

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press from the past seven days

Leakages and outrageous pay have led to ‘knee-jerk calls’ to renationalise water companies

Will mortgage strikes force China to change course? Does Concorde finally have a worthy successor? And what’s behind a rise in cheating?

RMT union chief Mick Lynch is supporting the new grassroots movement

Republicans feel that Trump is being singled out for special treatment – and they’re not happy

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Shares of GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi and the new GSK spin-off, Haleon, all fell sharply last week

Good news stories from the past seven days 

Campaigners are calling for online deception to become a specific criminal offence

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

And other stories from the stranger side of life

The Week’s daily digest of the news agenda, published at 8am

Even pay rises aren’t preventing workers from feeling worse off – and that’s a big problem

Recent report on Russia’s war in Ukraine has seriously tarnished good name of human rights organisation

Indians bought over 200m flags for national celebration – but what should be done with them now?

UK feels pain of double-digit price rises for the first time since 1982

Travel chaos ‘far from over’ as thousands of train staff walk out

Beachgoers warned not to enter water at up to 50 locations after sewage pumped into sea

Livestock farming produces 14.5% of global emissions but Britain’s farmers aim to be net zero by 2040

Majority of Britons still favour having a Royal Family – but younger people are less enthusiastic

Some critics say bid to achieve first ‘de-extinction event’ is just ‘fairytale science’

Latest research suggests even moderate drinking carries health risk

And other stories from the stranger side of life

The Week’s daily digest of the news agenda, published at 8am

Congresswoman suffered a heavy defeat to a Trump-backed candidate in the primaries

Transport secretary’s plans could see ‘dramatic shake-up’ of rules for bike users

Interim compensation will be paid to victims before the inquiry concludes in 2023

Former PM urges government to bring back masks on public transport ahead of ‘winter crisis’

Foreign secretary under fire for ‘effectively branding British workers as lazy’

Is it worth getting a degree?

Sturgeon is preparing for the arrival of the fourth occupant of No. 10 Downing Street since she took office