June 21 - June 28, 2024

Newsweek International

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GLOBAL EDITOR IN CHIEF _ Nancy Cooper EXECUTIVE EDITOR _ Jennifer H. Cunningham SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL _ Laura Davis DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS _ Melissa Jewsbury OPINION EDITOR _ Batya Ungar-Sargon VP, DIGITAL PUBLISHING _ Chris Roberts SENIOR E
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The Archives
“Bobby is the purest star of the clan, the most messianic in his zeal to follow his father’s example,” Newsweek said of then 43-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a story about his family’s political dynasty. The quote holds up almost 30 years later a
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Honoring the Fallen
Paratroopers from the British, Belgian, Canadian and U.S. militaries perform a parachute drop to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day near the Banneville-la-Campagne Commonwealth War Cemetery on June 5. Operations on the Longest Day, June 6, saw
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Parched Populace
Women fill large containers with water on June 5 during a heat wave in northwest India that has seen the mercury soar above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The extreme temperatures left water in short supply, forcing residents to ration. Overlapping with the
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Beast Awakened
A volcano spews lava in southwest Iceland on June 2 during its fifth and most powerful eruption following a series of earthquakes last November. Prior to recent activity, the crater had been dormant for nearly 800 years. The nearby fishing town of Gr
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Space Debut
NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore leave the Kennedy Space Center on June 5 to board the CST-100 Starliner—Boeing’s first time sending astronauts into space. The capsule docked at the International Space Station, where the pair will spend a week,
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The Fight to Ban Child Marriage
CHILD MARRIAGE REMAINS LEGAL IN MOST U.S. states, leaving minors open to abuse and vulnerabilities within the legal system, advocates say. Only 12 states currently have a minimum marriage age of 18 with no exceptions, and about 300,000 children have
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Failure to Deliver
The COVID-19 pandemic raised alarms across the world on many fronts. Fears of a new virus running rampant, first and foremost. But as the world locked down in a bid to control the virus’ spread, other concerns arose, like securing face masks and vent
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Peter S. Goodman
Q _ Why did you write this book? A _ I was living in London and had written a lot of Brexit stories and decided to do a story about the actual manifestations of Brexit. Once the deal came into being and there were trade barriers, I started to call ar
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The TikTok Election
THE MOST DIVISIVE YET POPU-lar social media platform is shaping up as one of the biggest players in this year’s presidential election. Despite criticism of TikTok from both sides, the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees are signaling that
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Surgeons’ Magic Touch
WHEN DR. AMANDEEP BHALLA ENTERS the operating room, the outside world melts away. There are no phone calls to take, no MyChart messages to return, no strict timetables to adhere to. The priority is clear: the person on the table. A beating heart and
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AMERICA’S BEST SPECIALISTS & SURGEONS 2024
FINDING THE BEST MEDICAL SPECIALIST IS A DAUNTING TASK for anyone requiring specific treatment. The right doctor or surgeon can make a huge difference to a patient’s quality of life and their ability to continue living healthily with a minimal medica
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Major League Error
WE LIVE IN A TIME WHEN VILLAINS never seem to get their comeuppance. So the recent news that Major League Baseball had re-crunched its trove of statistics and taken the legendary Ty Cobb down a notch from first to second place among all-time batting
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Cole Escola
IT’S RARE FOR A PLAY TO BECOME SUCH A CULT hit that it moves from downtown to Broadway, but that’s what’s happening with Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! For Escola, previously known for You-Tube sketches and collaborations with Amy Sedaris, “it feels like I
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Chace Crawford
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SUPERHEROES TURN EVIL? THAT’S THE QUESTION The Boys, based on a series of graphic novels, sets out to answer. “They’ve done such a good job of having the essence of these really insane comics, while also making them palatable for TV

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