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Parks, mindful robots and selfish vaccines

Parks, mindful robots and selfish vaccines
Will offices give way to green spaces? Are robots on the verge of mastering empathy? And what’s gone wrong with the EU’s vaccine plan?
15 Jan 2021
Europe scrambles to impose Covid-19 restrictions

Europe scrambles to impose Covid-19 restrictions
France introduces curfew as Germany considers tougher measures after deaths hit record high
15 Jan 2021
Quiz of The Week: 9 - 15 January

Quiz of The Week: 9 - 15 January
Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
15 Jan 2021
‘Shocking care home outbreak’

‘Shocking care home outbreak’
A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages
15 Jan 2021
Named: the UK city most likely to survive zombie apocalypse 

Named: the UK city most likely to survive zombie apocalypse
And other stories from the stranger side of life
15 Jan 2021
Why Italy’s government is on the verge of collapse

Why Italy’s government is on the verge of collapse
Political crisis triggered as ex-PM withdraws party from governing coalition
14 Jan 2021
Republicans turn on Trump ahead of second impeachment

Republicans turn on Trump ahead of second impeachment
Senior Republicans less keen to protect their president at unprecedented new Senate trial
14 Jan 2021

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US Secret Service screening inauguration troops for riot sympathisers

US Secret Service screening inauguration troops for riot sympathisers
National Guard members under investigation as mob member claims GOP lawmakers aided Capitol siege
14 Jan 2021
What we know about the Brazilian Covid strain

What we know about the Brazilian Covid strain
Government imposes travel ban in response to mutation that may evade antibodies
14 Jan 2021
EU says it is safe to eat worms

EU says it is safe to eat worms
And other stories from the stranger side of life
14 Jan 2021
Will Mitch McConnell be Donald Trump’s judge and jury?

Will Mitch McConnell be Donald Trump’s judge and jury?
Influential Republican senator gives nod to his party over impeachment proceedings
13 Jan 2021
Brexit could see Britons avoid EU speeding fines

Brexit could see Britons avoid EU speeding fines
Britain’s departure from the EU cancelled agreement on motoring offences
13 Jan 2021
Stalin-themed kebab shop closes after one day

Stalin-themed kebab shop closes after one day
And other stories from the stranger side of life
13 Jan 2021
Who will succeed Angela Merkel?

Who will succeed Angela Merkel?
German chancellor’s CDU party will elect a new leader this week
12 Jan 2021
Culture Unwrapped - art and entertainment after the pandemic

Culture Unwrapped - art and entertainment after the pandemic
The Week Unwrapped takes a whirlwind tour through the best art, music, fashion and culture that is yet to come
12 Jan 2021
Police mistaken for strippers at party

Police mistaken for strippers at party
And other stories from the stranger side of life
12 Jan 2021
Black police officer stopped mob from breaching US Senate

Black police officer stopped mob from breaching US Senate
Eugene Goodman ‘saved lives’ by diverting pro-Trump rioters to another part of the Capitol building
11 Jan 2021
PGA of America delivers major blow to Donald Trump’s golf business

PGA of America delivers major blow to Donald Trump’s golf business
Trump National Bedminster is dropped as host of the 2022 PGA Championship
11 Jan 2021
Germany ‘violates’ EU joint vaccine scheme by buying 30 million extra doses

Germany ‘violates’ EU joint vaccine scheme by buying 30 million extra doses
Berlin had promoted pact that no members of the bloc would strike separate deals to secure jabs
11 Jan 2021
How Janssen’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine works

How Janssen’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine works
The US-developed jab may get green-light for use in UK within weeks
11 Jan 2021
SAS trained to deal with aliens

SAS trained to deal with aliens
And other stories from the stranger side of life
11 Jan 2021
Quiz of The Week: 2 - 8 January

Quiz of The Week: 2 - 8 January
Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
8 Jan 2021
#PakistanToo, Jack Ma and printing money

#PakistanToo, Jack Ma and printing money
How is the Me Too movement evolving as it spreads? Why is China going after its best-known businessman? And what are the consequences of quantitative …
8 Jan 2021
Is Sweden on the verge of a coronavirus U-turn?

Is Sweden on the verge of a coronavirus U-turn?
Stockholm passes lockdown law as infection and death rates continue to outstrip those of Nordic neighbours
8 Jan 2021
Hasselhoff selling Knight Rider car

Hasselhoff selling Knight Rider car
And other stories from the stranger side of life
8 Jan 2021
What the Capitol Hill siege means for Trump’s legacy

What the Capitol Hill siege means for Trump’s legacy
President left isolated within his own party after violence in Washington D.C.
7 Jan 2021
Indonesia decides: is the Covid vaccine halal?

Indonesia decides: is the Covid vaccine halal?
Use of pork gelatin as stabiliser in some jabs has caused controversy in Muslim community
7 Jan 2021
Merkel considers bringing Russian Covid-19 vaccine to EU

Merkel considers bringing Russian Covid-19 vaccine to EU
German chancellor and Vladimir Putin discuss joint production of jab as criticism of Berlin’s vaccinations rollout intensifies
7 Jan 2021
Thieves pelt police with stolen wine

Thieves pelt police with stolen wine
And other stories from the stranger side of life
7 Jan 2021
What winning the Georgia run-offs would mean for Biden

What winning the Georgia run-offs would mean for Biden
Democrats on verge of taking Senate seats in victories that would swing balance of power in the upper chamber
6 Jan 2021
Kim Jong-un kicks off rare party meeting with admission of economic failure

Kim Jong-un kicks off rare party meeting with admission of economic failure
Economic sanctions and global pandemic have left the isolated nation’s economy in tatters
6 Jan 2021
New Yorkers terrified by squirrel attacks

New Yorkers terrified by squirrel attacks
And other stories from the stranger side of life
6 Jan 2021
France’s Covid vaccine rollout flounders amid anti-vax backlash

France’s Covid vaccine rollout flounders amid anti-vax backlash
Just 516 people given Pfizer jab in first week of mass vaccination scheme as doctors face bureaucratic chaos
5 Jan 2021
The South African coronavirus mutation

The South African coronavirus mutation
Scientists fear that the new mutation may be less susceptible to vaccines
5 Jan 2021