"TOUCH MY VEST,” NARENDRA MODI told a startled Newsweek team interviewing the Indian prime minister in his residence in New Delhi in late March. “Come on, touch it.” Modi challenged Nancy Cooper, Newsweek’s global editor in chief, to guess what the b

WITH MUCH OF INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION gripped by the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, the Islamic State militant group has been steadily ramping up operations across continents and setting the stage for a resurgence of global mayhem. This latent threat

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida watch a marching band at the White House on April 10 ahead of talks. The countries announced bilateral initiatives aimed at defense, space, technology, diplomacy, development and more

REVIVALS RARELY WORK. SUCCESSFUL REVIVALS OF POPULAR GAME SHOWS ARE even rarer. That is, except for when they’re hosted by Jane Lynch. Now in its fourth season, NBC’s The Weakest Link has the energy of the original show—hosted brilliantly by Anne Rob

Penn and Kim Holderness are widely celebrated for their entertaining viral parody videos (singing included!) on topics ranging from parenting and helping kids with homework and masking up for the pandemic (to the tune of the Hamilton soundtrack) to “

The solar eclipse, seen here behind the Statue of Liberty on April 8, helped brighten up the U.S. economy. New York City, which was not on the path of totality, enjoyed 90 percent coverage as the moon passed in front of the sun. The Perryman Group es

PEW RESEARCH DATA RELEASED IN September 2023 showed that, as the average age at which American women first give birth rises, the use of fertility treatments is also rising: 42 percent of adults say they have used fertility treatments or know someone

An 18th-century cottage clings to the precipice following a dramatic cliff fall in the coastal village of Trimingham on April 8. The homeowner, who bought the property in 2019 for around $165,000, will now see the structure demolished as the saturate

“I DON’T BELIEVE IN WELFARE,” Nebraska governor Jim Pillen said in December 2023 in response to questions regarding the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer. His state was one of 15 that had declined to take part in the federally funded scheme, which w

“After the bloody steps, the heart-rending funerals, the surreal chase through the twilight of Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson surrendered himself into the darkness his life has become,” Newsweek wrote after the famous white Ford Bronco chase on a Californ

A YEAR AFTER INDIA OVERTOOK CHINA to become the world’s most populous country, its rapid upward economic trajectory and increasing diplomatic, scientific and military weight make it an emerging superpower of ever-growing importance to the United Stat

A soldier guards electoral kits on April 10 ahead of Ecuador’s referendum. Voters go to the polls on April 21 in a bid to reform the constitution and tackle security issues as the country struggles to control organized crime. Mexico has called for Ec

National Guard soldiers in Texas deploy a new “anti-climb” concertina wire fence along the El Paso border near the Rio Grande on April 2. The installation is part of an initiative to enhance border security and control illegal crossings. The fence, f

Mourners gather at Saif Abu Taha’s funeral on April 2. Taha and six other World Central Kitchen staff members were killed the prior night in an Israeli drone strike. The Israel Defense Forces took responsibility for mistakenly targeting the convoy, c

ISHOP JOSEPH STRICKLAND DID not always have a difficult relationship with Pope Francis. When Francis became the head of the Catholic Church, Strickland recalls admiring how welcoming the pope was. But as the pontiff began taking increasingly liberal

Rescuers sift through rubble at Taroko National Park on April 5 after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake two days earlier. At least 13 people were killed—most by falling rocks and landslides—and nearly 1,100 injured in the country’s largest quake in 25 years

by JOHN FENZEL FEW PEOPLE TODAY RECOGNIZE the name of Alois Brunner. As the right hand of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, he was one of the most notorious figures of the Holocaust, responsible for the deaths of an estimated 130,000 Jews in exterminati

WHEN SHAY BENJAMIN’S FATHER RON WENT MISS-ing on October 7, she cried for 15 hours straight. She was in Dubai, returning from a vacation in the Philippines, when a flurry of cellphone messages alerted her to the unfolding events in Israel on October

IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SINGING THE PRAISES of ABC’s Abbott Elementary, fear not, they’ve heard you. “We love to hear it,” says Chris Perfetti, who plays Jacob Hill on the Emmy-winning sitcom about teachers at a Philadelphia public

AFTER SIX MONTHS OF WAR between Israel and Hamas, a question hangs not only over the fate of the devastated Gaza Strip, but also over the leadership of the millions of Palestinians and their aspirations for statehood. Hamas, which is committed to des

“Fewer than 14 percent of AIDS victims have survived more than three years after being diagnosed, and no victim has recovered fully,” Newsweek reported during the epidemic. AIDS, caused by severe HIV, has no official cure. However, today’s treatment

A woman walks through a field of vibrant tulips near Milan on April 4. Dutch couple Edwin Koeman and Nitsuhe Wolanios opened the flower farm in 2017 to share their passion for tulips with Italy. There are now over 500,000 flowers in 450 varieties ove

TRUST MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT DY-namic between consumers and the companies they do business with—it affects decisions about where to shop, what to buy and even where to work. A PwC survey conducted in January and released on March 12 found that 90

A JEW ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLES UPON A gathering of white nationalists. For most, this would be a cause for concern, but for Alex Edelman it’s an opportunity for a hit one-man comedy show. “I always wanted to be a stand-up. I always thought that stand-up

BEING A VISIONARY IN the business world means more than just planning based on predicted trends. It means working to define the future. Ola Källenius, chairman of the board of management of Mercedes-Benz Group and CEO of Mercedes-Benz, does exactly t

MERCEDES-BENZ HAS ENGINEERED a new powertrain that aims to revolutionize vehicle efficiency. Developed to push the limits of production models, as previewed in the Vision EQXX concept car, the next-generation electric drive system raises the bar for