2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (320+ words) How hopeful do young people feel about the future? To mark the United Nations" International Day of Hope, The Week Junior curated a dedicated 'Hope Issue', grounded in the belief that hope transforms lives and communities. By focusing on this…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago  (487+ words) Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film,…...

17+ hour, 52+ min ago  (267+ words) The best-selling biographer recommends works by Virginia Woolf, Sally Mann, and Darryl Pinckney Fiona Sampson's new book, Becoming George, is a biography of the cross-dressing 19th-century writer George Sand. Below, the award-winning poet and author of Two-Way Mirror, a biography…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago  (242+ words) It seems the King has "finally had enough" with his second son after back-and-forth briefings related to his latest UK trip The endless will-he-won"t-he drama surrounding Prince Harry"s visit to the UK could be the final straw for…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago  (360+ words) Football governing body suspended US striker's one-match ban after phone call from Donald Trump, only for host team to crash out of World Cup Instead, the tournament organisers "magically lifted" the 25-year-old's suspension in time for the host team's last…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (264+ words) Being alive is as "contradictory" and "hilarious" as ever in The Land and its People "What can there possibly be left in the Sedaris backstory that the writer hasn"t already mined?" asked Emma Brockes in The Guardian. The American…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (313+ words) A beer dynasty's public feud has highlighted the codified loyalty demanded of children across Asia The matriarch of one of Thailand's richest families has finally dropped a lawsuit against her son just days before it was scheduled to come to…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (316+ words) This form of life insurance ensures any remaining mortgage payments are made in the event of your death If you were to die with a mortgage balance remaining, mortgage protection insurance " also known as mortgage life insurance " would ensure it…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (292+ words) Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (360+ words) Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film,…...