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Newsweek International
GLOBAL EDITOR IN CHIEF _ Nancy CooperEXECUTIVE EDITOR _ Jennifer H. CunninghamSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL _ Laura DavisVICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL PUBLISHING _ Chris RobertsDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS _ Melissa JewsburyOPINION EDITOR _ Batya Ungar-SargonSE
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Is ‘The Squad’ Splintering?
THE FUTURE OF A PROGRESSIVE GROUP OF DE-Mocrats known as “The Squad” could be in doubt after some recent defeats ahead of the 2024 congressional elections. “Six years into existence, it now has a stronger resonance for the media and in the eyes of it
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A Kinder and Gentler Nick Cave
AT FIRST, THE WORD “JOY” SEEMS INCONGRUOUS when mentioned in the same sentence as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. For a good part of his career (now going on 40 years) as the band’s singer and namesake leader, Cave famously inhabited the persona of a da
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Drainage Disaster
Soldiers help a driver out of a flooded car on August 21. Weeks of heavy rain led to sewage backups in and around Mexico City, particularly in this eastern suburb, due to its malfunctioning drainage systems. In some areas, water levels remained above
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Fleeing War and Scams
UKRAINIANS FLEEING WAR WITH Russia for the United States have come across suspected scammers trying to exploit a government humanitarian support initiative for financial gain, Newsweek can reveal. Three Ukrainians described the attempts they had seen
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Cash Crunch
CHRISTINE MADDY STRETCHES HER buck by shopping at discount stores, forgoing vacations and scrimping whenever possible to keep her family afloat. To the mother of five in rural Minnesota, that penny-pinching plan also means raising chickens, geese and
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Wave of Support
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz raise their arms to attendees on the final day of the Democratic National Convention on August 22, joined by partners Douglas Emhoff and Gwen Walz. The DNC, which ran from August 19 to Augu
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AMERICA’S Best Of The Best 2024
APPLE, PATAGONIA, PAYPAL—BRANDS LIKE these prove that the United States is home to consumer behemoths who have become household names. A brand’s reputation is vital to the customer experience—in fact, 58 percent of American consumers said brand reput
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The Archives
“A reckless president or witless Congress can do much harm, but in the long run it is the Supreme Court’s unspoken power grab that most undermines self-government,” Newsweek quoted in a book excerpt from former editor David A. Kaplan’s The Most Dange
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John Cho
SOMETIMES THE SCARIEST THING CAN BE THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR granted: our personal devices. Cell phones, smart TVs, Siri, Alexa. That’s exactly what John Cho must battle in Chris Weitz’s new film AfrAId (August 30). “Siri and I have a bumpy relationshi
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Luminous Liberty
A rare blue supermoon shines over the Statue of Liberty on August 19. The moon looked bigger and brighter than usual due to the coincidence of two astronomical events: a supermoon—which happens when a full moon is exceptionally close to Earth in its
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Virus Outbreak
A patient is tested for mpox at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma, on August 17—days after the World Health Organization declared the virus a public health emergency. Congo has had around 17,794 reported cases since the beginning of
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Tour de Force
THE HIVES ARE ROCK’S TRUE OLYMPIANS. About every four years, they unveil a new album before embarking on a victory lap in the form of international tours that have solidified their standing as champions of their genre. That changed somewhat following
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Mummy’s Dark Secret
EGYPT, 1935. ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXCAVATING A tomb in the necropolis of Thebes make an unsettling discovery: the mummified remains of an elderly woman, her mouth locked open in a frightful rictus, as if screaming in horror. In a further mystery, recent sc
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Dead and Buried
THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS HAVE died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years, with volunteers regularly finding piles of skeletal remains scattered across the desert—often the only evidence of a life cut short attempting to reach America. Human ri
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
EVER SINCE AUNJANUE ELLIS-TAYLOR WAS NOMINATED FOR an oscar for her performance in King Richard, she’s kept busy with three major upcoming projects. In Lee Daniel’s The Deliverance (Netflix, August 30), she co-stars alongside Glenn Close and Mo’Nique
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National Pride
School students perform in the Punjab city as a part of a large-scale celebration for India’s 78th Independence Day on August 15. Celebrations took place across the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation and Punjab Chief Min
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America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2024
PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTERS PROVIDE AROUND-THE-clock care for people suffering from complex illnesses and injuries. These facilities offer intensive treatments for a variety of ailments, from neurological conditions like strokes to orthopedic pro
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‘There Are a Lot of People Hurting’
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS HAS A PLAN FOR how Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz can win the presidential election in November, and if you ask him, he’ll tell you he has the data to support it. While some strategists would likel
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The Archives
“Republicans can’t deny that marijuana legalization is popular among younger, more diverse voters who could help the party survive,” Newsweek wrote after the Texas Republican Convention in which nearly 10,000 politicians voted to revise the party’s p
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Celestial Shower
The Perseid meteor shower streaks above Mount Nemrut’s ancient statues in southeastern Turkey on August 12. It is visible from mid-July to late August yearly, usually peaking between August 9 and August 14, and can be seen across the Northern Hemisph
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Custom Classroom
ARLENA BROWN, A 36-YEAR-OLD mother in Henderson, Nevada, had considered homeschooling her three children, but it took the pandemic to open her eyes to how homeschooling could improve their lives. “Parents are seeing the value in being able to teach t
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On the Offensive
Ukrainian soldiers drive an armored vehicle near the country’s border with Russia on August 14, after the incursion into Russia’s Kursk region a week prior. since August 6, ukrainian forces have occupied dozens of towns and villages in the western re
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Nick Jonas
WHEN YOU’VE REACHED THE LEVEL OF STAR-dom Nick Jonas has, you can pretty much do anything. But his fame isn’t a factor for him when picking projects, the story is. “It’s definitely helpful to work with brilliant people. And this one [The Good Half] i
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Newsweek International
GLOBAL EDITOR IN CHIEF _ Nancy CooperEXECUTIVE EDITOR _ Jennifer H. CunninghamSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL _ Laura DavisVICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL PUBLISHING _ Chris RobertsDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS _ Melissa JewsburyOPINION EDITOR _ Batya Ungar-SargonSE
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Concrete Jungle
A mural of a rhinoceros by the elusive Banksy overlooks a parked car in the Charlton area of the city on August 12. Claiming it as his own on Instagram, the street artist shared eight other animal-themed works that appeared in nine days. As fans floc
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Holy City, Silenced
FOR AS LONG AS THE HOLY LAND HAS BEEN HOLY, pilgrims have made their way to Jerusalem. They have come to offer sacrifices to God, or to bear witness to his suffering. They have come to pray and to contemplate their place in God’s creation—and to buy
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Hoop Dreams
Basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander catches a rebound for Team Canada ahead of its 93-83 victory over Australia on July 30, advancing the country to the quarterfinals in its first Olympic men’s basketball appearance since 2000. Canada’s roster fe
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The Dark Side of Weight Loss
AFTER JULIE SIMONSON SURVIVED A SEXUAL assault, she turned to the 7-Eleven across the street for comfort food. Her weight skyrocketed, along with her shame. “I would cope by basically overeating,” the psychotherapist from Philadelphia says, recalling
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High-Profile Hit
A funeral procession for Hamas political head Ismail Haniyeh winds through the streets of Tehran on August 1. Haniyeh was killed in an explosion the previous day—with Israel presumed to be behind the attack, though they have not claimed responsibilit
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