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TIME Magazine - February 09, 2026

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In this issue

The Winter Games
Freestyle skier Eileen Gu returns to the Olympics to extend her glory
By Sean Gregory
PLUS: Athletes to watch in hockey, figure skating, speedskating, and more

Bangladesh Bet
The hopes of a nation’s revolution may rest on a dynastic politician who claims he’s learned his lesson
By Charlie Campbell

Moonbound
When Artemis II launches, a U.S. rocket will carry a uniquely diverse crew of astronauts on the first lunar mission in half a century
By Jeffrey Kluger

Time Off
The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft heading to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 17

USE OF FORCE

A death in Minneapolis brings the stakes of Trump's urban deployments into high relief

5 mins

Why rebranding the Defense Department could cost millions

IN SEPTEMBER, PRESIDENT DONALD Trump signed an Executive Order directing that the Department of Defense (DOD) be renamed the “Department of War,” saying it was a “much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now.”

1 mins

Iranian protesters say Trump 'betrayed' them

SEVEN TIMES IN EIGHT DAYS, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD Trump promised to come to the aid of Iranian protesters if the country's authoritarian regime began killing them in the streets. When it did—slaying thousands on Jan. 8 and 9—Trump doubled down. “KEEP PROTESTING” he urged on Truth Social on Jan. 12. “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.”

5 mins

What does Trump really want with Greenland?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD HIS SIGHTS set on Greenland for years. He first offered to buy the island—an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark—in 2019 during his first term, in what he described as “essentially a real estate deal.” Since his re-election he has redoubled the push to acquire the territory and repeatedly threatened to annex it, despite pushback from Greenland itself, Denmark, leaders of other European countries, and even some prominent members of his own party.

2 mins

Venezuelan oil

After the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. would seize and sell up to 50 million barrels of the South American nation's oil.

1 mins

The U.S., from the WHO

A shrinking health community

1 mins

5 doctor-approved ways to use AI for health information

LAST SUMMER, LANCE JOHNSON WOKE up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in his lower right side. He initially blamed it on the pizza and ice cream he had enjoyed the night before. But five sleepless hours later, the 17-year-old from Phoenix was still suffering, so he decided to consult the nearest expert: ChatGPT.

2 mins

The women saving America's climate data

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER DONALD TRUMP WAS elected President for the second time, a group of federal data watchers gathered in Denice Ross’s dining room. As chief U.S. data scientist under the Biden Administration, Ross had a clear window into just how much information the government collects—whether monitoring a fleet of ocean buoys to guide safe shipping routes or tracking how vulnerable communities are to disaster—and just how useful it is.

5 mins

A WAR AND DRUGS

Drug overdoses take about 100,000 American lives each year. President Donald Trump has claimed each of his airstrikes on 35 Venezuelan boats saved at least 25,000 lives by targeting trafficking, which should put us eight years ahead. Except no evidence of any drug cargo has been revealed. And Venezuela is not a major transit point for fentanyl, which causes most overdoses.

3 mins

The Risk Report

THE U.K., FRANCE, AND GERMANY—Europe's political core—begin 2026 with weak, unpopular governments under siege from populists on both the left and right, and a Trump Administration openly working to undermine them. None of these countries holds general elections this year, but all three face risks of political paralysis—and maybe lasting damage.

2 mins

Working more doesn't make you more productive

HISTORICALLY, THE WORKER WHO LOGGED THE MOST hours at work was an organization's most valuable employee. But that isn't necessarily the case anymore: as AI promises to transform how we work, and the four-day-workweek movement gains steam, it is time to admit once and for all that working more does not make you more productive.

5 mins

The D.C. Brief

EVEN THE CANADIANS ARE DRAWING up plans for how they might respond to a U.S. invasion. That’s how spooked global leaders are right now about an unhinged flare of contempt from their typically allied counterpart in the United States.

3 mins

In the Loop

WO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE heavyweights will face off in court this spring, in a case that could have far-reaching outcomes for the future of AI. A judge ruled on Jan. 15 that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman, Microsoft, and other OpenAI co-founders can proceed to a jury trial, dismissing OpenAI’s attempts to get the case thrown out.

2 mins

FLYING HIGH

How three-time Olympic medalist Eileen Gu became freestyle skiing's biggest

10+ mins

TEAM USA'S HOCKEY BROS

Matthew and Brady Tkachuk are prepared to fight for American glory

3 mins

THE QUAD GOD' ON ICE

Figure skater Ilia Malinin is redefining what's possible in his sport

1 mins

THE DEBUT OF SKIMO

Everything you need to know about the only new sport at the Games

2 mins

UNCERTAIN CONDITIONS

How climate change affects winter sports

2 mins

A SPEEDSKATING SENSATION

Erin Jackson's unconventional path to her third Olympics

2 mins

Bangladesh's Prodigal Son

AFTER YEARS IN EXILE, TARIQUE RAHMAN RETURNS HOME TO A NATION IN FLUX

10+ mins

BACK TO THE MOON

Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972-with much more to come

10+ mins

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE

How a soapy strain of thriller became the defining metaphor of our time

6 mins

A musical about a religious zealot that's never boring

HOW MUCH DO AMBITION AND CHUTZPAH count in filmmaking these days? The Testament of Ann Lee, directed by Mona Fastvold, is for better or worse like no other movie you’ve seen.

3 mins

Young Mothers face the world with fear and tenderness

THE BELGIAN FILMMAKING DUO Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have been making observant, low-key films for so long now that it's easy to take them for granted. Their trademark is simple: they take an interest in anyone society may have forgotten, people who struggle harder than most to get through the week, yet often show it less. Marion Cotillard's laid-off factory worker in Two Days, One Night; the African immigrants of Tori and Lokita, striving to build a life in a world that doesn't want them; the 11-year-old boy in The Kid With a Bike, abandoned by his father. The Dardennes don't specialize in complex plots. They're interested in quotidian survival.

3 mins

Heated Rivalry depicts autism with a familiar kind of love

THE MAJORITY OF AUTISTIC AND AUTISTIC-coded characters in film and television have long looked, moved, and sounded a certain way. Think Dustin Hoffman's Raymond in Rain Man, Jim Parsons' Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory, or Freddie Highmore's Sean in The Good Doctor.

2 mins

Nia DaCosta The director of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple on stepping into a storied zombie franchise and calibrating just how much gore serves the story

You've worked with Tessa Thompson on three projects. Do you consider her a muse?

3 mins

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TIME Magazine Description:

Publisher: Time-Magazine-HK-Limited

Category: News

Language: English

Frequency: Fortnightly

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