Innholdsfortegnelse for August 26, 2022 i Newsweek International

1975 “The Bronfman case was a summer media thriller,” Newsweek said of the kidnapping of 21-year-old Samuel Bronfman II, heir to the Seagram fortune. In 2020, decades after the trial of the two kidnappers during which the jury ruled that Bronfman played a part in his own kidnapping, a revelation came out. One of the kidnapper’s defense attorneys, Peter DeBlasio, wrote in his memoir that he knew the conviction was false and that Bronfman had no part in engineering his kidnapping. According to DeBlasio’s daughter: “He knew all along from Day 1 that his guy had done it.” 1986 “The bill will make taxation more efficient and sharply lower rates,” Newsweek said of what eventually became the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which lowered the top tax rate on ordinary…

Children react in the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on August 6. As Israel hit Gaza with air strikes, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group launched nearly a thousand rockets into Israel over three days, in the area’s worst escalation of violence since last May. Israel says it was forced to launch a “pre-emptive” operation against Islamic Jihad, saying the group was planning an imminent attack.…

LASSIE COME HOME ▸ Imagine finding a dog who’s been missing for over 2 months, safe and sound… deep inside a 22-mile long cave system. How do you get him home? What does the Red Lobster restaurant chain do with a rare orange lobster? And how worried should we be about the new Henipavirus, spread by shrews? Host Tallman shares the trending stories of the day—from the serious to the surreal, in under 10 minutes. HOST ▸ Andrew Tallman, co-host of The Debate IN THEIR WORDS ▸ “They actually put the dog in a duffle bag and then sort of carried, dragged it out, up a 500-foot awkward vertical climb....” THE ROYAL REPORT Palace news—Meghan Markle to the Queen Courtside Seats ▸ What did Prince Harry say that “wounded”…

Q _ What’s the most important factor at play for voters deciding if a woman is a viable candidate? A _ Everyone wants to back the candidate (man or woman) who can win—which is why “electability” is such an important metric…and why the way gender factors into how it’s assessed is so important. Understanding the biases at play, and how they’ve manifested in recent election cycles for female candidates, is the work of this book so that we can disrupt those trends in real time going forward, leveling the playing field for candidates of both genders. Women in positions of power walk a fine line—being forceful without being called bitchy, for example. What will it take to hold men and women to the same standards? I think often about the…

Foodies worldwide are gearing up for some of the most anticipated culinary festivals of the year. Each of these not only offers tasty bites, but also a glimpse into the cultures and communities they come from, and the opportunity to learn from the most renowned chefs in their regions. From mooncakes at China’s Mid-Autumn festival to a fashion runway populated by chocolate-clad models in France to a giant omelette celebration in Louisiana, here are some of the world’s most unique food fests. Bon appetit! Mid-Autumn Festival CHINA (VARIOUS PARTS) September 10-12 Also known as the Mooncake Festival, this celebration’s hallmark tradition is making and sharing these round-shaped treats formed from lotus paste with an egg yolk center that symbolize unity and completeness. In the evenings, families hang lanterns and set…

“IT WAS 55 YEARS AGO, BABE.” —Pete Rose dismissing allegations he had sex with an underage girl in the ’70s “I wouldn’t be friends with her.”—SARAH SNOOK ON HER SUCCESSION CHARACTER “What a horrible place this would have been.”—ARCHAEOLOGIST WADE CATTS ON A MASS GRAVE AT A NEW JERSEY REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLEFIELD “This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border which they promised they wouldn’t do.”—ROGER WATERS ON UKRAINE “I’M RICH, I’M FINE.”—Doja Cat, on shaving her head and eyebrows “The war on drugs has failed.” —Colombian president Gustavo Petro “IS IT POSSIBLE THERE’S SOMETHING IN THAT STACK THAT IS VERY DAMNING TO THE PRESIDENT? YES, THERE IS.”—Mick Mulvaney, ex Trump chief of staff, on papers seized at Mar-a-Lago…

IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO FIGHT A LION IN A MOVIE, IT’S GOING TO BE Idris Elsa. And he does exactly that in Beast (August 19). “We’ve put a movie together that feels like a popcorn movie.” Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a widower who takes his two daughters to a South African game reserve to heal the loss of their mother—until things go dangerously wrong. “It’s a survival film with an African American family. Culturally, I felt like something that we hadn’t seen before.” Elba is particularly proud of filming on location. “[South Africa] is a great filmmaking country, they have a long history of making films there.” In what is a magical month for him, Elba also plays the genie-like title character in Three Thousand Years of Longing…