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TIME Magazine - October 28, 2025

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In this issue

My Gaza Ordeal
Excerpts from Hostage, the only fi rst-person memoir of Israeli captivity in Gaza,published in the U.S. on the second anniversary of Oct. 7
By Eli Sharabi

Best Inventions 2025
A sampling from our annual list of the year’s exciting innovations, from lab-grown butter to a robot that might do your laundry

Stranger Things Still
Behind the scenes of the final season of the phenomenally popular Netflix series
By Eliana Dockterman

All That Glitters
The uncertainties, geopolitics, and aspirations that are pushing the gold market to new highs come together in the fields of Ghana
By Charlie Campbell

NEW OPIOID ON THE BLOCK

Amid crackdowns on fentanyl, a potent and less detectable alternative emerges

3 mins

Nearly half of those held by ICE faced no criminal charges

WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD Trump launched his reelection campaign, he vowed to deport \"the worst of the worst\" while blaming migrants for bringing \"crime, drugs, misery and death\" to the U.S. And since he took office for his second term, a wave of public and sometimes violent arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have taken place across the country.

1 mins

How is climate change impacting fall foliage?

IT'S OFFICIALLY FALL IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, but depending on where you are, it might not look like it.

2 mins

Jane Goodall

Ambassador of hope

3 mins

Sanae Takaichi

A first for Japan

1 mins

5 symptoms foot doctors say you should never ignore

If you want to take a step toward better health, see a foot doctor.

3 mins

HISTORY UNENDED

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. The Cold War had ended, and it looked like liberal democracy had triumphed.

3 mins

The Risk Report

ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT JAVIER Milei, a man who's enjoyed extraordinary success with a “move-fast-and-break-things” approach to politics and economic policy, is starting to look a lot more vulnerable.

3 mins

Health Matters

GENE THERAPY IS BECOMING a powerful way to treat challenging diseases that don’t respond to traditional treatments, and researchers now report the first success in modifying genes to slow Huntington’s disease.

1 mins

In the Loop

In late September, OpenAl released its latest Al video-generation model, Sora 2, advertising it as a “big leap forward” for the space.

1 mins

We need uncontrolled laughter

AUTHORITARIANS HISTORICALLY COME FOR THE COMICS first.

5 mins

The story I lived to tell

FOR ISRAEL'S HOSTAGES, AS FOR THE WORLD, OCT. 7 WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING

10+ mins

THE NEW GOLD RUSH

Driven by a changing global order, the new clamor for gold brings ready cash, and deadly costs

10+ mins

WHY BABY BOXES ARE SUDDENLY EVERYWHERE

Devices to help parents anonymously surrender an infant are spreading across the U.S.—stirring emotions, and debate

10+ mins

Inside The Upside Down

As Stranger Things comes to an end, the stakes for Hawkins—and for Netflix—couldn't be higher

10+ mins

THE ROBOT IN YOUR KITCHEN

A DOZEN OR SO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, EYES obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen in a tech company's Silicon Valley headquarters. Their arms are bent at the elbows, palms facing down.

10+ mins

A DEEPER DIVE

With time, and new showrunners, Nobody Wants This leaves divisiveness behind in its second season

6 mins

Mining the origins of a showbiz family

BEN STILLER DIDN'T WANT TO INSERT HIMSELF INTO HIS documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.

4 mins

A knife's-edge nuclear drama

SOMETIMES MOVIES REACH US IN A PLACE beyond mere assessment: you walk away from the thing you’ve just seen not really knowing if you'd call it good or bad, but you know something has shifted inside you.

2 mins

Two gifted actors, one punishing sci-fi farce

THE HUMAN RACE IS IN A SORRY state, and here comes Yorgos Lanthimos with an aggressively wicked black comedy to tell us all about it.

2 mins

Curb your conspiracy theory

RON TROSPER IS LOSING IT. THE HBO COMEDY The Chair Company traces the unraveling of this suburban family man, played by co-creator Tim Robinson, who believes he’s stumbled upon a criminal conspiracy following a minor workplace humiliation.

2 mins

Jacinda Ardern The former Prime Minister of New Zealand on leadership, optimism, and being filmed at close quarters

The new HBO documentary Prime Minister is about your style of leadership, which emphasizes compassion and humanity.

2 mins

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TIME Magazine Description:

Publisher: Time-Magazine-HK-Limited

Category: News

Language: English

Frequency: Fortnightly

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