Time Magazine International Edition July 7, 2025

At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, TIME CEO Jessica Sibley moderated a roundtable on June 17 titled “The Power of Positivity—Building Meaningful Brand Connections,” presented by Pinterest. Participants included Pinterest CEO Bill Ready, Seven Seven Six founder Alexis Ohanian, PacSun CEO Brieane Olson, and Common Sense Media founder Jim Steyer. Read more at time.com/cannes-talk NEW LOOK AND NEW TECH In June, we unveiled a dynamic modern design for TIME.com, so our homepage shows off the breadth of our journalism. Continuing TIME’s tradition of embracing innovation, we also introduced an AI-generated audio briefing, a conversational summary of the day’s top news stories based on our reporting, to make it more accessible and interactive. On the covers Ryan Reynolds (center) at his TIME photo shoot with photographer Pari Dukovic (left)…

Experts predict this summer might be hotter than average—and the U.S. is not prepared to meet the challenge. Much of the Midwest and Northeast is forecast to see temperatures “persistently above average,” according to a Weather Channel prediction, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center estimates that the entire country will see above-normal temperatures—the only difference being in severity. This comes as the Trump Administration has conducted layoffs on climate and heat-related initiatives, and cut funding for research grants on extreme heat. Experts warn that this will risk the country’s ability to protect communities from extreme heat. Heat experts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) were told in early April that their positions would…

The shootings of Two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses brought renewed attention to the rise in political violence across the U.S. in recent years. Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed on June 14 by a man who authorities say was impersonating a police officer. The same shooter attacked Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, who were hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities said they were charging Vance Boelter in connection with both shootings. RESPONSE “We are not a country that settles our differences at gunpoint,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said in a statement on June 14. “We must stand united against all forms of violence.” President Donald Trump condemned the incident, saying, “Such horrific violence will not be tolerated in…

On June 5, as the feud between erstwhile besties President Trump and Elon Musk escalated, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” About 90 minutes later, in a post on X, Musk clapped back: “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.” Not long after that post went wide, Musk quietly deleted it. Later that evening, an X user posted to Trump and Musk, “This is a shame this back and forth. You are both better than this. Cool off and take a step back for a…

CONVICTED Harvey Weinstein In dramatic retrial Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted on one of three charges in his retrial for sex crimes, which came after his 2020 conviction was overturned by New York State’s highest court. On June 11, Weinstein was convicted of forcibly subjecting a person to a criminal sex act and acquitted of another sexual-assault charge. A day later, the judge overseeing the proceedings declared a mistrial on the final charge of third-degree rape, after jurors were unable to reach a verdict. The decision came after the jury foreperson said he felt threatened by the other jurors and refused to return to deliberate. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicated that his office was prepared to retry the rape charge. Weinstein was separately convicted of sexual assault…

In the fight against climate change, companies are navigating compounding problems: supply-chain issues, tariffs, changing government incentives for environmental programs. To track how top global firms across industries are rising to the challenge, TIME and data firm Statista partnered to rank the world’s 500 most sustainable companies based on their public commitment to and progress toward sustainability targets during the calendar year of 2023 (the most recent year for which complete data are available). The top-ranked company on this year’s list—as it was on last year’s—is France-based Schneider Electric, which makes energy-management software and advises other companies on how to reduce their emissions, beating out competitors like Siemens AG, GE Vernova, and ABB as the leading provider of energy-grid digitalization technology. Through a program called Energize, Schneider also helped top-ranked…