Innholdsfortegnelse for July 12-19, 2024 i Newsweek International

Culture HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN TELEVISION SQUID GAME STAR LEE JUNG-JAE FOUND HIM-self tongue-tied—and tongue-tired—in the lead role for the new Disney+ series Star Wars: The Acolyte. Speaking to Newsweek in June from Seoul, the capital of his native South Korea, the veteran actor spoke about the challenges of acting in English for the first time as Jedi Master Sol in his first Hollywood project, which even left him unable to eat at one point. “Practicing the English lines all day all the time, my tongue kept touching the inner part of my teeth and became worn down, and I couldn’t eat. “Obviously, the way the tongue moves when speaking English is very different from the way it moves when speaking Korean, so my tongue kept rubbing up…

In Focus THE NEWS IN PICTURES ATLANTA Joe Biden’s stuttering performance was the talk of the first presidential debate as he faced off against Donald Trump—without a live audience—at CNN studios on June 27. The President was helped off the stage by his wife Jill after clashing with his Republican rival on topics including immigration, abortion rights and the Russia-Ukraine war. Biden’s physical state and raspy voice drew scrutiny from both sides of the aisle, with one CNN panelist later claiming there was “very aggressive panic” among Democrats. Some in the party also cast doubt on whether Biden should be their candidate in November. While Trump appeared to be more alert throughout the night, he made several inaccurate claims, including that the Biden administration supports abortions “after birth.”…

OMPANIES THAT CREATE A GREAT WORKPLACE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ENGAGED workers who care about their jobs. But in April, Gallup reported that U.S. worker engagement hit an 11-year low, falling to 30 percent of full- and part-time employees feeling “highly involved and enthusiastic about their work and workplaces.” This was down 3 percentage points from the number of workers who felt the same way in just the last quarter of 2023. Gallup added that the drop was most noticeable among remote, hybrid and younger workers. To spotlight the companies whose employees find it easy to stay engaged, Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group are releasing the second-annual ranking of America’s Greatest Workplaces. The companies featured here show that, even in the face of waning enthusiasm among much of the…

Periscope ECONOMY STEPHANIE AND PAUL LITTLETON AREN’T LIVING the life they had imagined for themselves. Ten years ago, they moved from their native California to Texas chasing better work opportunities—and they found them. Paul, 49, works as an estimator and project manager for a construction company; Stephanie, 48, works in trust administration. They’re now making more money than ever but, after years of high inflation, they find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, while helping their kids to pay off debt and save enough money to step on the coveted property ladder. As they both approach the age of 50, the Littletons say they are now in the same financial situation as when they got married in their 20s. “It feels terrible,” Stephanie told Newsweek. “The only difference is that the…

Horizons SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY + HEALTH ENVIRONMENT “It’s such an important role...my hair turned white.” ▸ P.52 TECH GIANTS INCLUDING MICROSOFT, META, Alphabet and Salesforce are pouring more money than ever into climate solutions designed to pull carbon dioxide directly from the air. The multimillion-dollar investments are the latest moves by high-tech leaders to boost the small but growing field of carbon dioxide removal, or CDR, as they seek to meet ambitious climate goals while consuming mind-boggling amounts of energy. “We need carbon removal as an insurance policy,” Salesforce’s lead on carbon removal, Jamila Yamani, told Newsweek. Salesforce recently announced $25 million for the CDR investment company Frontier to make sure carbon removal technology will be ready when needed. “It’s going to require early investment today in order for us to…