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Bougainville’s President Ishmael Toroama has said Bougainville will break away from Papua New Guinea by 2030 – whether Port Moresby ratifies its independence or not. For more under the radar world news like this, subscribe now: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/GJc… #worldnews #geopolitics

Did you hear that the world is ending on Friday? That's according to three scientists in the 1960s. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/-vn…

The brainchild of Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, the 35-nation group was established in March 2025 “to strengthen support for Ukraine and put economic and diplomatic pressure on Russia”, said the Ministry of Defence. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/IfD…

Calling the Russell Brand verdict a “defining moment for our country”, culture secretary Lisa Nandy said it highlighted the dangers of “power imbalances” in media and entertainment, “just as in politics and other forms of public life”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/GnF…

“Things are not dire now,” said Ali Omar, ​Somalia’s foreign affairs minister. But, in a country facing the threat of Al Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked insurgency, a sudden withdrawal could “create problems”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/W8X…

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, now 30, has been imprisoned since 2020 and was due to be released in January. But his second conviction under Beijing’s national security law has put paid to that prospect. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/_pj…

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US judges have found that the multi-award-winning American show has enough “clear and numerous similarities” to hit 1990s hospital drama “ER” for a court case to proceed, said Vulture. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/ZMH…

Last month, new US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) began to take effect. Read about the organisation's history and why it is part of Trump's war on multilateral institutions👇 theweek.com/law/americas-war…

My Baby Bunny, an AI-powered talking toy plushie, had an absurd reply after apparently mishearing a question about how babies are made. Want to read more snippets like this one? Subscribe now: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/GJc…

For the first time, four medical societies have published a shared framework and clinical guidance to help doctors identify and treat cardiovascular risk throughout a woman’s life. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/l61…

Hopes of a deal leading to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have faded. As a result, the Bank now expects UK inflation to rise to 4.9% in the middle of next year, up from the 3.2% it forecast in July. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/5A7…

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A biotechnology firm, Warhound, wants to clone and genetically modify military dogs to be used for tasks like bomb detection, searches and policing. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/h6z…

Many heated pools and lidos shut over the winter but some stay open all year round, even when the temperature drops. Here are some of our favourite spots across the country. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/CnI…

Research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry indicates that circadian depression affects nearly a quarter (23%) of those who suffer from severe and recurrent depression. Listen to the full episode on your choice of platform. Or stream now: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/NEA…

The Nintendo Switch 2 remake of the 1998 Nintendo 64 classic is out today and it’s “no great surprise” that it has already racked up a Metacritic score that is “the best of the year by far and one of the best of all time”, said Paul Tassi in Forbes. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/Tzr…

Hackers are targeting the technology controlling supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe, causing disruption, ruining millions of euros worth of food, and raising serious concerns about how prepared the UK is for a similar assault. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/aH0…

The prime minister and King Charles were both in the Caribbean for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua yesterday, a summit dominated every year by growing calls for slavery reparations. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/fVU…