Newsweek International May 26 - June 02, 2023

1953 “Elizabeth II will have reigned one year, three months, and 27 days when she is crowned on June 2. In that time, she has already learned how much work—and what little fun—there is in being sovereign,” said Newsweek on her coronation. The longest-reigning monarch in the country’s history, she ruled until her death at age 96 last September. King Charles III’s coronation took place earlier this month, on May 6, at Westminster Abbey with all the customary British royal pageantry. Charles became the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the church since 1066. 1972 “After President Nixon’s return from his historic China visit, Newsweek began preparing a special report on [the Moscow Summit,] the second leg of the President’s global peacekeeping mission,” said the magazine. Now, with China…

A migrant climbs over the border fence into the United States after fetching groceries for other migrants waiting to be processed on May 10. On May 11, President Joe Biden’s administration lifted Title 42, the strict immigration policy implemented by former President Donald Trump that denied entry to asylum seekers on the basis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stemming from the Public Health Act of 1944, Title 42 granted federal officials emergency powers to prevent the spread of diseases. Along the border, authorities are preparing for an unprecedented surge of migrants seeking asylum from political instability and poverty.…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS HEALTH Achoo! This spring, seasonal allergy symptoms are as bad as they’ve ever been for many people…or worse. Tissues, antihistamines, nose sprays, inhalers and eye drops are constant companions for the growing number of people who suffer from allergies. Around 40 percent of all people have at least one allergic condition today, and unfortunately, the outlook for the future isn’t much brighter. But why? Acclaimed medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail investigates the history of allergies and traces the causes of their increasing prevalence in her book, ALLERGIC: OUR IRRITATED BODIES IN A CHANGING WORLD (Random House). She explains why there’s an uptick in all allergic conditions—food allergies, asthma, eczema, environmental allergies and more—and what we can do about it. In this excerpt from her book, MacPhail focuses…

Q _ Climate change is one factor causing increased respiratory allergies. What about the equally dramatic rise of eczema and food and drug allergies? Is our natural environment to blame for them as well? A _ Climate change is just one factor that is contributing to the problem. For our skin and gut, changes in our lifestyles and other man-made environmental changes are adding to the stresses on our immune cells. There are more than 85,000 chemicals listed under the EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act, and obviously we’re interacting with things we wouldn’t have even 70 years ago. Also, the types of food we eat are dramatically different, and we’re consuming more processed foods than ever before. For example, most Americans don’t get enough natural fiber in their diets and…

RUSSIAN TYCOON YEVGENY PRI-gozhin’s relationship with his longtime ally President Vladimir Putin appears to have reached a breaking point, with the one-time caterer resorting to publishing expletive-ridden videos on social media to get his voice heard amid the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin, who earned the nickname “Putin’s chef ” thanks to his catering contracts with the Kremlin, heads the notorious paramilitary outfit the Wagner Group. He has been pouring his fighters for months into the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine alongside conventional troops as part of a push by Moscow to secure its first major battlefield victory since the summer of 2022. He was viewed by the Kremlin as a key instrument in the war. But cracks began to show in the businessman’s relationship with the Kremlin when he…

IT'S PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE TO know exactly what your dog is thinking. But a few years ago, Gregory Berns, a neuroscientist at Emory University, decided he wanted to try and find out anyway. The catalyst was Bern’s diminutive pug Newton, a fawn-colored pooch with a friendly disposition and a small black mole on his cheek vaguely reminiscent of a young Robert De Niro. Every night for more than a decade, Newton climbed into bed with Berns and his wife and nestled his meatball-shaped head into the crook of the neuroscientist’s armpit, before passing out and snoring loudly. The routine continued even after Newton grew so arthritic that he relied on a tiny-wheeled cart attached to his hind legs to tow himself around and required assistance to get into the bed. When…