Time Magazine International Edition April 16, 2018

IMMIGRATION COMPLICITY RE “BYE DAD, I LOVE YOU” [March 19]: Please continue to educate Americans about our woefully inadequate laws related to unauthorized residents so we can have an informed discussion of the changes necessary to update our immigration policy. This should include an analysis of how Americans encourage the presence of unauthorized residents because we benefit from low-cost labor in critical sectors of our economy, and how we have destabilized several Latin American countries with military, political and economic intrusions, which drives people to seek safety here. We need to understand our role in this complex history before we seek solutions. Alyson Howe Ball, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. YOU CONTINUE TO RIP THIS country apart by the depiction of illegal immigrants as victims, rather than reminding your readers that those adults…

‘Knock yourselves out ... We didn’t do anything wrong.’ CHARLES KUSHNER, real estate mogul, maintaining that his company and his son Jared Kushner, a White House adviser, haven’t broken any laws; the Kushner family faces multiple investigations into possible conflicts of interest ‘WE’RE GOING TO BE GUARDING OUR BORDER WITH THE MILITARY.’ DONALD TRUMP, U.S. President, stating during a meeting with Defense Secretary James Mattis at the White House that he plans to order the military to protect the U.S.-Mexico border until a wall can be built ‘IT IS STILL LIKE A DREAM FOR ME.AM I AMONG YOU?’ MALALA YOUSAFZAI, Nobel Prize winner, visiting her hometown of Mingora in Pakistan’s Swat Valley for the first time since the Taliban tried to kill her there in 2012 20 Number of colleges…

THE BIG THREE U.S. AUTOMAKERS HIT THE road early to ask the Trump Administration to hit the brakes on regulation. Not long after last year’s presidential Inauguration, the CEOs of GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler traveled to Washington, D.C., and made an in-person pitch to soften vehicle-emissions rules enacted under President Obama. A few weeks later, during a visit to Detroit, President Trump promised to take care of the auto industry. Now that Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt has delivered, however, carmakers are concerned that the rollback will bring a whole new set of challenges. Pruitt announced on April 2 that he would undo a regulation that would have required automakers to reach an average fuel economy of 54.5 m.p.g. by 2025, thereby preventing 6 billion metric tons of…

VIOLENCE BROKE OUT ON MARCH 30 when an estimated 30,000 Palestinians gathered at the border between Israel and Gaza for an event that was billed as the first day of a six-week protest against the longstanding blockade there. After more than a dozen Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, both sides defended their actions—and acknowledged that clashes were likely to continue in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding in May. A DEADLY DAY While the idea for border protests was started by a social-media activist months ago, Hamas—the Islamist group that controls Gaza—adopted it and organized the first day of the marches. When Palestinian demonstrators began throwing rocks, tossing Molotov cocktails and rolling burning tires toward the border fence, Israeli troops responded with tear gas, rubber bullets…

Shooter wounds three, kills self at YouTube HQ A woman opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., on April 3, wounding three people before killing herself. The suspect’s family said they had tried to warn police that “she might do something.” Antarctica experiencing glacial retreat Using satellite tracking software, a British-led team of scientists found that 10.7% of Antarctica’s oceanfront glaciers are retreating at significant speed—faster than the threshold considered average—as warm ocean water melts the ice from below, contributing to rising sea levels. Local news anchors recite script on media bias Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates nearly 200 TV stations in the U.S., required its news anchors to read a scripted message warning viewers about “fake stories,” echoing rhetoric about “fake news” used by President Trump, who…

Costa Rica picks a liberal President Costa Ricans voted to elect Carlos Alvarado Quesada, the center-left candidate from the ruling party, as President. In the April 1 runoff election, Alvarado—who campaigned on his support for same-sex marriage—beat Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, an evangelical pastor who vowed to restore “traditional values.” Rep. Esty will not seek re-election Democratic Representative Elizabeth Esty from Connecticut said on April 2 that she would leave Congress at the end of this year amid criticism of how she handled complaints of harassment against her former chief of staff, who was accused of threatening and harassing another staffer in Esty’s office. Labour leader responds to anti-Semitism charges Days after U.K. Jewish groups protested outside Parliament, accusing Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of ignoring anti-Semitism, Corbyn came under fire…