Innholdsfortegnelse for 05/10/2019 i Newsweek International

Emergency workers help a victim after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippines on April 22, causing buildings to collapse. Rescuers toiled with heavy machinery and their bare hands throughout the night to recover survivors and bodies, only to have an even stronger, 6.4 magnitude earthquake strike the country’s central region the following day. As of press time, at least 16 people had died in the pair of disasters.…

THE WORLD WATCHED AS THE Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned in a disastrous inferno that destroyed its spire and severely damaged its roof. Nearly 3,000 miles away, the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem dealt with an apparently accidental fire of its own. The Al-Aqsa fire received much less attention in the news—and caused far less damage—but the tragic burning of the 984-year-old mosque and 856-year-old cathedral draws our attention to the two important sites in the Islamic world and Christendom and provides an opportunity for Christians and Muslims to reflect on their common humanity and assist each other in the repairing of sacred spaces. Perhaps after Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Notre Dame is probably the most revered cathedral in the world. Al-Aqsa is the third holiest mosque in Islam,…

“TRUMP IS SOMEONE WHO YOU’D HAVE TO BE CLINICALLY INSANE TO THINK that he was a qualified leader in this country,” says Alec Baldwin, who famously portrays the president on Saturday Night Live. The actor won an Emmy for his satirical depiction of the commander in chief, but his desire to tackle politics and current affairs through the lens of entertainment doesn’t stop at Donald Trump. Baldwin’s latest film, The Public, confronts critical issues such as homelessness and climate change through the story of a brutal winter cold front that hits Cincinnati and leads several homeless men to seek shelter in a public library. Baldwin plays the supporting role of Detective Bill Ramstead, a man whose drug-addicted son is also homeless. Baldwin, a father of five, says he understood the…

Protesters from the town that sparked nationwide demonstrations against former President Omar al-Bashir in December ride atop a train into the capital on April 23 to demand that military rulers step down. Jubilation after the army ended al-Bashir’s 30-year reign quickly turned to anger when it formed a transitional government. Chanting “Freedom, peace, justice,” the protesters rode to army headquarters, where they joined thousands of others calling for civilian rule.…

SRI LANKA’S CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ENDURED decades of civil war without seeming to make an enemy of the country’s Muslims, a fellow minority group. That apparently peaceful coexistence made the vicious Easter Sunday bombing of churches and hotels especially shocking. The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the strikes, which killed about 253 people, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. But while the attack may have mostly targeted Christians, its deeper damage may be to the fraught relationship between the nation’s Muslims and its Buddhist majority. “An attack like this gives nationalist Buddhist elements a pretext to argue that the country’s Muslims are disloyal,” says Joshua White, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Already, in the…

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AN EMERGENCY ON the Mexico border, ask Teresa Cavendish. Every morning in Tucson, the director of operations for Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona gets a call from workers at the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office. They ask her how many beds she has or, more often, just tell her how many migrant adults and children they will be driving over later that day. Cavendish isn’t alone. In late March, during her term as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen sent an SOS to DHS agency chiefs asking employees to volunteer at the border to assist with transportation, food distribution, medical assessments and a duty called hospital watch. “Prior immigration experience is not required,” she wrote. “WE DON’T HAVE THE TIME…

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on April 25, ahead of their summit on Russky Island. With U.S.– North Korea negotiations faltering, the first meeting between Putin and Kim could suggest increased Russian influence in the push for North Korean denuclearization. Although the summit ended with no joint statement, it seemed to benefit Putin by presenting him as an influential diplomatic broker.…

MARIA, MY PATIENT, IS NEATLY dressed in a skirt and blouse. Her bright coral nail polish, designer handbag and artful mascara and eyeliner look perfect. Her face, by contrast, is tight and almost devoid of expression; her eyes look terrified. Maria tells me that she is troubled by insomnia and anxiety. Maria, I learn, was sexually abused as a child by her uncle. She has few memories from that period of her childhood. As an adult, she kept away from him. She also had problems with anxiety in her 20s, but seeing a counselor helped. For decades, it all seemed to go away. She started a new job, got married and had kids. Less than a year ago, however, she went through a devastating divorce, and then the uncle who…

01 Lollapalooza Chicago Ariana Grande, the Strokes and Childish Gambino are headlining the festival, founded in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell. August 1–4 02 Glastonbury Pilton, England The big daddy of music festivals will host the Killers and the Cure on the main Pyramid Stage, while up-and-coming bands play on the fringe. June 26–30 03 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans The annual event celebrates African-American culture and history while showcasing the diversity of jazz, blues and gospel. April 26–May 5 04 Mawazine Rabat, Morocco Over 2.5 million people flock to Rabat each year to catch performances by the biggest names in music from all over the world. June 21–19 05 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro Drake, Cardi B, Dave…