Innholdsfortegnelse for 08/09/2019 i Newsweek International

IN THE AFTERMATH of the riot and the tragic deaths of Heyer and two state troopers (who died in a helicopter accident during the chaos of the day), President Donald Trump’s statement about the clash became a large part of the news itself. He has been widely criticized for inflaming the situation by not unequivocally condemning the actions of the white supremacists at the rally and mentioning fine people “on many sides” of the issue; in a later press conference he did walk that back by saying, “I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally,” but it was seen as too little, too late. In this excerpt from Beyond Charlottesville, Governor Terry McAuliffe describes his reaction to Trump’s news conference. supremacist” or…

“We can augment the natural protective barrier and make the strawberry last as long as a lemon.” IN CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF NASA astronauts landing on the moon, Newsweek is spotlighting pioneers in science and technology, highlighting their very own “moonshots” and how they hope to change the world. James Rogers is the founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences, a start-up fighting world hunger by producing an edible fruit coating made from natural plant materials. Roughly one-third of food produced in the world is wasted every year. Apeel’s coating allows produce to last twice as long, promoting sustainable growing practices and better quality food and reducing food waste. What is your moonshot? We’re trying to build a world that works with nature, not against nature. Rather than creating…

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE than a century, James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room, considered one of the great masterpieces of interior decorative art, can be seen as the artist originally intended it, now that the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art has restored the iconic installation to its original splendor. The room, Whistler’s only existing decorative interior, began life more than 140 years ago as the London dining room of British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland. The American artist’s first major patron, Leyland wanted his home in Kensington “to be a palace of art to match his cultural standing,” says curator Lee Glazer, director of Colby College’s Lunder Institute for American Art. The commission for the room had originally been given to architect Thomas Jeckyll, who was sidelined by illness. Whistler,…

Two years after wildfires ravaged central Portugal killing more than 60 people and injuring dozens, the flames returned. This time some 1,700 firefighters and 400 vehicles were sent out to battle three blazes that raged across the heavily-wooded Castelo Branco region, over 100 miles north of Lisbon. As a firefighter looked at a wildfire at Amendoa in Macao on July 21, much of Europe was still sweltering through a heatwave.…

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER. Facebook has managed to do something that climate change, the national deficit, the opioid crisis, student debt and income inequality could not: unite Democrats and Republicans. Last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent 10 hours as a Congressional piñata, with legislators from both sides of the aisle pushing and shoving for their chance to take a swing. Recently, it was executive David Marcus’ turn. The company has climbed to the top of the “most-hated corporation” list over some pretty stiff competition, including Purdue and Wells Fargo, not to mention perennial contenders Walmart, Dow Chemical, Microsoft and Phillip Morris. Which raises the question: So what? Does being hated, or at least mistrusted, really matter? The answer is yes, but probably not in the way most of us think.…

TERRY McAULIFFE WAS THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA during a disastrous Unite the Right rally which took place on August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee—and the renaming of the park where it was located from Lee Park to Emancipation Park (it was since renamed again, to Market Street Park in July 2018). The white supremacist and neo-Nazi protesters and the counterprotesters clashed violently as heavily armed right-wing militia loomed prominently over the proceedings. Governor McAuliffe called in the Virginia National Guard to end the rally even before its official noon start time. Shortly thereafter, one of the neo-Nazis, James Alex Fields Jr., drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, and injuring 35 others. Fields was recently…

WHEN 29-YEAR-OLD MOHAMMAD Shweki sleeps, he often dreams that bulldozers are coming to destroy his home. Shweki is a Palestinian baker who lives in East Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood. A predominantly Muslim suburb around half a mile south of Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall and the walled Old City, Silwan has roughly 50,000 residents and feels more like a village than a city with its olive-tree lined dirt and gravel roads and hills stacked with small brick houses. Its necropolis is believed to be one of Israel’s most ancient cemeteries, and the City of David, believed to be the urban center of ancient Jerusalem, is located in Silwan’s Wadi Hilweh neighborhood. “IT’S CONSTANT MENTAL AND ECONOMIC pressure. IT AFFECTS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILY. YOU LACK BASIC THINGS.” All of this…

01 Cave of the Crystals Naica, Mexico This unique cave system in Mexico looks like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude and contains some of the largest natural crystals ever found—the longest of which is 39 feet long and 13 feet thick. However, it is rarely explored due to logistical difficulties: it is extremely hot due to its location above a volcanic vent, as well as the huge crystals which block the passage. 02 Mammoth Cave Kentucky, USA The longest cave system in the world lies beneath the Green River Valley in Kentucky, and while over 400 miles of passageways have been mapped, it has yet to be fully explored. The complex limestone labyrinth was discovered by humans 4,000 years ago and is home to a rich habitat of troglodytes,…