Innholdsfortegnelse for July 15, 2022 i Newsweek International

NOT LONG AGO, JULIE OBER ALLEN NOTICED that her teenage son was constantly teasing her about being old. His attitude annoyed her, until she realized where he got it from: herself. “I make jokes about aging all the time,” she says. Allen’s own behavior surprised her. As a health disparities expert at the University of Oklahoma, she spends a lot of time studying discrimination—and here she was, letting all these negative beliefs about aging seep out in a constant stream of quips and self-deprecating humor. Allen got another surprise when she completed a study on the health effects of such “everyday ageism.” Not only are seemingly innocuous everyday slights highly prevalent, but the people most exposed to them were also more likely to have health conditions such as high blood…

ULIA MITYAEVA’S SIX-YEAR-OLD daughter Sophia refuses to talk about the things she saw before the family escaped the fighting in Ukraine. Sophia, a vivacious kindergartner who likes to dress up in costumes and played a fox in her school ballet recital a couple weeks before Russia invaded her country, won’t let anybody else speak of it in her presence either. After sharing her family’s harrowing tale of escape with Newsweek during a nearly two hour interview recently, Mityaeva had a few questions of her own for the reporter: When the sounds of the playground are replaced by the thump of artillery shells and explosions hitting nearby, when a child is forced to leave behind everything she knows and loves including a cat named Garfield and a father named Sascha, can…

Instead of a negative, this could be good news for local companies operating in manufacturing and industrial development, especially related to the country’s infrastructure needs. One such name that has consistently put forth new investment that supports the country’s infrastructure growth agenda is Confidence Group (CG). CG began in 1991 with the establishment of Confidence Cement Limited (CCL) which started commercial operation in 1994 as the first private sector cement plant in Chattogram. Founded by Engr. Rezaul Karim, current Chairman, along with four of his friends. What started out as manufacturing of cement to mid-tech engineering products has now diversified on to large scale infrastructure development, storage power, power generation, telecommunication, and paint production. “Our business philosophy is to be among the top 3 players in the country,” says Imran…

HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN 01 Evermore PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH The main attractions at this theme park aren’t rides—there aren’t any—but, instead, trained actors who play fantasy characters. A yearlong Renaissance fair, Evermore invites visitors to join a guild, learn characters’ backstories and role-play their own, while participating in various tasks and quests. 02 Parque Xcaret CANCÚN, MEXICO This park is named for the nearby archaeological site, Xcaret, formerly a Mayan settlement. Rather than man-made roller coasters, the theme park uses the natural environment to give visitors thrills. Swim with nurse sharks and explore underground rivers and caverns, then in the evening, catch a live performance depicting Mayan culture. 03 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter ORLANDO, FLORIDA A tried-and-true favorite, Universal Studios’ replica of…

THE NEWS IN PICTURESLOS ANGELES Lizzo sings her hit single “About Damn Time” onstage to open the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26. The three-time Grammy award-winning singer’s fourth studio album, Special, is due out July 15. During this year’s event, Diddy (aka Sean Combs) was honored with the lifetime achievement award while Silk Sonic’s An Evening With Silk Sonic took home the award for best album. Megan Thee Stallion and Kendrick Lamar were named best female and male hip-hop artists.…

IN THE HOURS AND DAYS AFTER the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Democrats from President Joe Biden to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as other elected Democrats from coast to coast, have echoed a similar message: Roe is on the line this November, and the path to undoing the damage the Supreme Court has done runs through the ballot box. The message boils down to: If you want to see the protections, rights and freedoms that were taken by six extremists on the Supreme Court restored, vote for Democrats this November. While the message is accurate, it is woefully insufficient. It also flies in the face of the reality of the last two years. The truth is people did vote. In record numbers in the middle of…

WHEN RUSSIA’S VLADIMIR PUTIN BEGAN A MILITARY INVASION OF UKRAINE on February 24, 2022, it was widely assumed that Ukraine would surrender quickly. Instead, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky—an actor-turned-politician famous for playing an actor-turned-politician in the TV comedy Servant of the People—refused to budge, withstood multiple assasination attempts and rallied his people to fight. He pleaded with the international community to implement sanctions on the Russians and to provide weapons and ammunition for the Ukrainians. How did Zelensky accomplish this transformation? Where did he first take Putin’s measure? Read about it in this exclusive advance look from Ukrainian journalist and political commentator Serheii Rudenko’s upcoming ZELENSKY: A BIOGRAPHY (Polity Books, July 18), in which he explores Zelensky’s life and governing style, from his childhood through the beginnings of the war.…

A large part of this success comes down to the country’s expanding middle class, as well as the companies that are helping to drive the nation’s economy forward. Founded in 1978 as United Enterprises & Co. Ltd, over the last four decades United Group has been a key player in helping to shape modern-day Bangladesh. While most family businesses are founded by one person, United Group was founded by six close friends, only two of which were related. Starting with the equivalent of $200-300, they built a modern business empire, operating in energy, real estate, education, healthcare, manufacturing and even port operations and shipping. “From day one, we dared to take on difficult challenges. We tried to introduce ventures that were unheard of in this region and are proud to…

Protesters attend a vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 to denounce the court’s decision to end federal abortion rights protections in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Sixteen states and Washington, D.C., have laws protecting abortion rights, 13 states with trigger laws have already or will soon ban abortion and another five states have pre-Roe abortion bans that may now come into play.…

“I WAS JUST TOO SQUARE.” —’70s TV star John Davidson “This is something that will work out for everybody.” —FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON THE END OF ROE V. WADE “In a Marvel film, it was a very large screen, it was a very big pair of cheeks.” —CHRIS HEMSWORTH ON BEING PARTLY NUDE IN THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER “At this point I’d probably have more rights if my vagina was an AR-15.” —CHELSEA HANDLER “I TOOK A LITTLE HIATUS. I SAID, I JUST WANT TO DECLARE MYSELF LEGALLY DEAD FOR A YEAR.” —Kanye West “I was shocked at how bad this place is.” —New York City Mayor Eric Adams on crime “IT’S A CRAZY WORLD FOR WOMEN AND WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE.” —Billie Eilish…

OR THE SECOND YEAR, NEWSWEEK HAS teamed up with respected research and data firm Statista to compile our annual list of America’s Fastest Growing Online Shops. We looked at online shops whose traffic and sales have been growing very quickly and selected the 1,000 best across 37 categories in eight industries: fashion and accessories; food, health and personal care; garden and craft; home living; leisure, games and hobby; office, electronics and media; sports, outdoor and motor; and universal providers—shops that sell everything. “Fashion (single brand)” is the largest individual category with 129 shops listed. We ranked shops on three criteria: revenue growth, traffic growth and technical details of their sites, like loading time and mobile optimization, which indicate how easy a site is to use and how long customers spend…

Success is feeding through into Bangladesh’s infrastructure industry, which is expected to grow by an average of 8% a year between 2022 and 2027, according to Mordor Intelligence. The Infrastructure sector grew by 9.6% in 2019, on the eve of the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic and subsequent global recession, and is rapidly regaining momentum. Infrastructure development and growing urbanisation are both contributing to this. For the fiscal year 2022, the government has allocated more than $26bn to its Annual Development Programme, with projects including nuclear and coal-fired power plants, the Padma Bridge – at 6.15km the country’s longest – and the expansion of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka and MRT Connection across the Capital. Construction is also an increasingly important contributor to the economy, accounting for 7.5% of…