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TIME Magazine - August 18, 2025

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In this issue

Gaza’s Agony
Famine is a complex condition, and ending it in the Gaza Strip will require more than
widening the pipeline that brings in aid
By David Miliband, Karl Vick, and Juwayriah Wright

House Manager
Mike Johnson became Speaker of the House amid chaos and low expectations. Then Donald Trump was re-elected
By Eric Cortellessa and Nik Popli

THE EPSTEIN SHADOW

Donald Trump's embrace of conspiracy theories has backfired

3 mins

Why can't seniors afford long-term care?

AISHA ADKINS' MOTHER ROSETTA WAS ADAMANT THAT she wanted to age at home. So when Rosetta's dementia started worsening at age 59, Aisha started looking around for options.

3 mins

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Beloved sitcom actor

1 mins

Ozzy Osbourne Heavy-metal pioneer

OZZY OSBOURNE, THE heavy-metal star who fronted the British rock band Black Sabbath, died on July 22 at the age of 76, his family said in a statement. Osbourne, who publicly shared his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in 2020, has been credited with helping invent heavy metal with Black Sabbath and went on to have a successful solo career in the 1980s.

2 mins

A Walmart heir has opened a medical school

ON JULY 14, 48 STUDENTS WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., to become its inaugural class. Some came from neighboring cities, others from urban centers in Michigan and New York. Almost all had a choice in where they could become doctors but took a chance on the new school because of its unique approach to rethinking medical education.

6 mins

5 surprising symptoms of Lyme disease

NEARLY 500,000 PEOPLE ARE diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the U.S. For about 75% of them, the first sign will be a skin lesion that appears one to four weeks after being bitten by an infected deer tick. But it might not look how you'd imagine: only 20% of these lesions take on the classic bull’s-eye appearance commonly associated with Lyme.

2 mins

BEACH NATION

Growing up, my family skied.

3 mins

The Risk Report

ON JULY 28, PRESIDENT DONALD Trump signaled growing impatience with Vladimir Putin by telling reporters in Scotland that Russia’s President must halt the fighting in Ukraine within “10 or 12 days” to avoid sanctions and secondary tariffs, tightening a 50-day deadline he had set earlier in the month. But this latest threat is unlikely to change Putin’s plans.

2 mins

Women are meant to be strong

THIS SUMMER I'LL STEP ONSTAGE TO COMPETE AS A professional athlete for the first time—at 50. I’ll wear a fuchsia bikini small enough to fit in a Ziploc bag, pose and flex in clear heels, and strike a smile while my muscles glisten under layers of spray tan. I’m a bodybuilder. This is my third season competing, but my first as a pro.

4 mins

The Gaza Tragedy

A U.N.-BACKED BODY SAYS PLUMMETING ACCESS TO FOOD HAS LEFT ORDINARY GAZANS FACING FAMINE

3 mins

How Mike Johnson Became Trump's Speaker

\"Don't you ever want revenge?\"

10+ mins

The Rise of Green Wall Street

CITIES ARE RACING TO BECOME THE WORLD'S SUSTAINABLE-FINANCE HUB

10+ mins

The Nationalist

GIORGIA MELONI IS THE FIRST FAR-RIGHT ITALIAN LEADER SINCE WORLD WAR II. WHERE SHE TAKES THE COUNTRY COULD CHANGE THE WORLD

10+ mins

GOAL ORIENTED

AT 25, MANCHESTER CITY'S ERLING HAALAND IS OUTSCORING SOME OF SOCCER'S GREATEST STARS

10+ mins

THE FRANCHISE THAT FELL TO EARTH

Noah Hawley's Alien prequel series stars Sydney Chandler, in a role anticipating Ripley's

6 mins

Spike Lee serves another great New York film

NO OTHER FILMMAKER LOVES THE DIRTY OLD town that is New York more than Spike Lee.

3 mins

You wrote about your love for the 2024 animated film Flow.Would you ever make your own kids' movie?

Benny Safdie The actor and filmmaker on playing the baddie in Happy Gilmore 2, his UFC movie with the Rock, and training for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

3 mins

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TIME Magazine Description:

Publisher: Time-Magazine-HK-Limited

Category: News

Language: English

Frequency: Fortnightly

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