Newsweek US
IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
There have been calls for a reset on climate change strategies. But what does that look like?
5 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
OUR GUIDE TO SAUNA CULTURE
AMERICANS, BRITS AND CANADIANS ARE STARTING to pick up on what Europeans, Russians and Scandinavians have known for centuries: Saunas are an integral part of wellness.
2 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Power Shift
As governors emerge as the Democrats' top messengers, the trend of senators becoming the party's presidential nominee looks set to change in 2028
5 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Japan's Regions Lead New Strategies for Demographic Renewal
As Japan confronts historic population decline, regional leaders and financial institutions are pioneering innovative strategies to drive economic renewal. strengthen communities, and build a more resilient national future.
3 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
AMERICA'S BEST CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES 2026
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT communities, also known as Life Plan Communities, offer a continuum of long-term care designed to meet residents' evolving needs, from independent and assisted living to skilled nursing and memory care.
4 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
REFUSING TO BE SILENCED
Iranian pop star Googoosh reveals how she reclaimed her voice after being banned from performing in the Islamic Republic and forced into exile
7 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
MICHELLE MONAGHAN
FOR MICHELLE MONAGHAN, A MAJOR PERK OF RETURNING FOR THE FAMILY Plan 2 was the location. \"It was incredible. I'd never been to London during the holiday season.
1 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
WORLD'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY SPAS 2026
THE BEST SPAS IN THE WORLD OFFER SOOTHING SURROUNDS, STANDOUT HOSPITALITY and treatment menus that are equal parts traditional and unique.
1 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Finance Fuels Okinawa's Future
Okinawa Financial Group is driving regional growth through innovation, digital transformation, and sustainable finance and turns Japan's southern islands into a model for inclusive development and a future hub for Asian commerce.
5 min |
December 5, 2025
Time
THE EPSTEIN REVERSAL
In the file-release bill, Trump confronts losing his grip on the movement he started
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
5 migraine symptoms that aren't headaches
NEARLY 40 MILLION people in the U.S. suffer from migraines, making the painful disorder one of the most common that neurologists treat. It's also among the most confusing. Because of the many ways it can show up, it can take more than a decade to receive an accurate diagnosis.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
Where top U.S. leaders earn their stripes
AS THE INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES driving the American economy change, new generations of leaders are rotated in to take the helm.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
LIVING IN PUBLIC
“The camera eats first.” A decade ago, that phrase was a joke about influencers and their avocado toast. Now it's shorthand for how every corner of life—dinners, cleaning, milestones, even grief—can be packaged for public consumption. We live in a world where intimacy has become inventory, where the difference between living and posting is often just a matter of lighting.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
The real reason we fail to feed those in need
FOOD IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. Everyone knows this. But it’s also the difference between stability and instability, union and division, and peace and war. I have had a front-row seat to some of the worst recent humanitarian crises—from Yemen and Syria to Afghanistan and Gaza—and this has been true, time and time again.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
A seductive Dangerous Liaisons remix, with feminist intentions
There are no heroes in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel of end-stage French aristocratic decadence. Its chief villain is Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, a master manipulator who exploits her former lover the Vicomte de Valmont's resurgent desire for her with a wager that dooms them both. As a teenage Fiona Apple dryly noted: “It's a sad, sad world when a girl will break a boy just because she can.”
1 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
JON CHU'S AMERICAN DREAM
The Wicked: For Good director on trying to change the world, one blockbuster at a time
6 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
The journalist and the jinx in a suburban standoff
CLAIRE DANES GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION for her “cry face.” It is, indeed, a sight to behold. Engulfed by waves of sorrow, her chin vibrates, her eyes scrunch, the corners of her mouth turn down as though tugged by invisible weights.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
Brothers in arms, and Shakespeare
THE NEW FILM HAMNET, BASED ON MAGGIE O'FARRELL'S award-winning 2020 novel, imagines how William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in a haze of grief over the death of his son. In a sly bit of casting, director Chloé Zhao, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Nomadland, chose brothers to play the doomed child and the actor portraying his onstage avatar.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
Distress Signal
WHAT THE L.A. FIRES REVEAL ABOUT AMERICA'S BLEAK CLIMATE FUTURE
10+ min |
December 08, 2025
Newsweek US
Hokuhoku Financial Group on Growth Beyond Borders
From Hokuriku Region and Japan's northern heartlands, Hokuhoku Financial Group, with Hokuriku Bank and Hokkaido Bank at its core, is driving regional renewal by uniting finance, technology, and community to spark sustainable growth across borders and generations.
5 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Shizuoka Bank Leads Regional Revival in Japan
Shizuoka Bank is strengthening regional economies while expanding abroad, blending local trust with global ambition to support innovation, sustainability, and growth across Japan and Asia.
5 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
TV WIVES FLIP THE SCRIPT ON RELIGION
Heather Gay and the new face of Mormonism
6 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Brought to Heel
China's rising status as a nuclear power should keep Russia and its threats to use weapons of mass destruction in check, experts tell Newsweek
7 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
CHILL OUT
When temperatures fall, winter spa visits provide unique wellness benefits, from stress relief to boosted circulation and immune responses
6 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Yamanashi's Vision for the Future
Nestled at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture seeks to become the blueprint for Japan's regional revitalization and restore hope for future generations, by promoting education, investment, innovation and its natural beauty.
5 min |
December 5, 2025
Time
The Risk Report
THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war grinds on. There's been plenty of news and noise of late. Yet as we approach the end of 2025, there's no sign of resolution on the horizon.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
A LOSING GAME
ON A FRIDAY MORNING IN OCTOBER, ABOUT 100 high school and college students gathered in a Utah ballroom to play a game.
9 min |
December 08, 2025
Time
Ken Burns'
The filmmaker on his 12-hour documentary The American Revolution, the importance of undertow, and what's next
2 min |
December 08, 2025
Newsweek US
Ōita Prefecture: Revitalizing Regional Japan Through Culture, Industry and Infrastructure
Ōita Prefecture, located in northeast Kyūshū, is often described as Japan's onsen capital, home to Beppu and Yufuin.
2 min |
December 5, 2025
Newsweek US
Fueling Aichi's Next Industrial Era
In Japan's manufacturing heartland, the Bank of Nagoya is changing regional finance, supporting Aichi's industrial base, driving sustainable growth and financing the shift towards a carbon-neutral, innovation-driven industry.
4 min |