Indholdsfortegnelse for 1/22/2021 i Newsweek

It was the European Union’s second-most dynamic economy, with 4.9 percent growth in gross domestic product recorded in 2019, ranked 16th in the world for foreign investments. Like most economies, Hungary took a serious hit with the COVID-19 pandemic; but could its pre-crisis dynamism and strong fundamentals help speed its recovery and preserve investments? Yes, say the experts. “We estimate 6 percent economic contraction in 2020, but we could recover the bulk of that this year and hope to continue growing from mid-2022,” asserts Mihály Patai, deputy governor of the central bank, who predicts the country will maintain a growth rate 2-3 percent above the eurozone average. Hungary has handled the health aspects of COVID-19 well, claims Zoltán Kovács, Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations, and International Spokesman…

I’M 11-YEARS-OLD AND I’M IN the fifth grade at Upper Moreland School in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, and my favorite subject at school is math. But I also love to dance and make cakes. This year on Mother’s Day in May, I made a bundt cake and gave slices of it away to different moms. Straight away they began asking me to bake them cakes. I was already interested in baking because I enjoy watching different baking shows, like Nailed It! and Sugar Rush. But when I heard that people wanted my cakes, I realized I could just go for it. So, I started my cake business: Lovely London Delights. At first, I had to try a few different times to see how long it would take the cakes to bake…

AS HE FINALLY EXITS AMID PREDICTABLE chaos, Donald Trump’s final few acts have tested, but not broken, America’s democratic institutions. In what should have been a pro forma ceremony for Congress to accept the Electoral College vote and Joe Biden’s election as president, Senate Republicans maneuvering to succeed Trump in four years and House Republicans desperate for his continuing affection dragged Congress through hours of empty procedural delays, irrelevant rhetoric and in the end, a predictably futile result. They thus joined Rudy Guiliani and his “elite strike force” of gumshoe attorneys in their half-baked challenges to Biden’s win. The occupation of the U.S. Capitol by a terrorist mob and the violence that ensued is heartbreaking to all Americans, especially to those of us who have worked in and around Congress.…

SINGER MICHAEL MILOSH, 45, THE DRIVING force behind the alternative R&B collective Rhye, describes himself as a perpetual motion machine. In addition to writing, recording and touring, Milosh is involved in conceiving, directing and producing the group’s videos and photographing their album cover art. “I don’t want to do one thing,” the Canadian musician tells Newsweek. “There was a point when I was touring, I was driving the bus myself. I feel more energy from not being passive. I love all the stuff that I’m doing.” Milosh’s restless spirit accounts for the nomadic life he’s led, having spent time in Montreal, Berlin, Thailand and Los Angeles. These days, however, he has settled in Topanga, California, where he and Genevieve Medow-Jenkins, his romantic partner and artistic collaborator, purchased a house last…

SOMETIMES ACTORS CHASE GREAT PARTS, AND OTHER TIMES THEY JUST manifest. That’s what happened to Katherine Heigl with Firefly Lane, the Netflix series based on Kristin Hannah’s bestselling book, premiering February 3rd. “It was one of those graceful moments where it kind of landed in my lap. It was exactly what I was looking for at that time.” The story follows the unlikely 40-year friendship of Tully (Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) and shows that sometimes friendships can also be great love stories. Heigl mused, “Do I have that?” and then realized that she actually does. “It’s unusual, but it’s with my mother. I mean, she still bosses me around and tells me what to do, but we have kind of gracefully moved into a respectful adult relationship where she’s…

1980 According to Newsweek, as Russian troops “fanned relentlessly” across Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter’s response was “to order a tough new set of economic and political reprisals against the Soviet Union, including an embargo on technology and a sharp cutback in grain exports.” This “new cold war” further escalated tensions that did not resolve until roughly 10 years later with the end of the Soviet Union. Today, the U.S. imposes sanctions on various Russian companies and agencies in response to its invasion of Ukraine, cyber attacks, election interference and other abuses. 1972 “Venereal Disease in the U.S. is epidemic,” wrote Newsweek, with syphilis and gonorrhea “rising sharply among the middle and upper classes, whose members hitherto fancied themselves above the scourge.” According to the CDC, cases of both diseases have…

“Amen and Awoman.”—REP. EMANUEL CLEAVER (D-MO) CONCLUDING THE OPENING PRAYER OF THE 117TH CONGRESS “OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER AN UNPRECEDENTED ASSAULT.”—PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN “I wish I could say that I’m shocked. It’s another instance in a string of misapplications of justice.”—WISCONSIN LT. GOV. MANDELA BARNES IN RESPONSE TO PROSECUTORS DECLINING TO CHARGE THE OFFICER WHO SHOT JACOB BLAKE “Our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the President stormed the Capitol building following a rally he addressed. As I’m sure is the case with many of you, it has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.”—TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO ON HER RESIGNATION “IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE’RE EXPOSED TO A WIDE SPECTRUM OF OPINION, BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS THE DIGITAL…

A new year is all about losing extra baggage, especially with all we had to unpack in 2020, but for Unclaimed Baggage there are treasures to be found in what’s left behind. The country’s only lost luggage store gives new life to misplaced belongings by buying orphaned bags and selling, donating and recycling their contents. A 40,000-square-foot retail center in Alabama and a new online shop feature unclaimed items that airlines have not been able to reunite with their former owners. Some are so unusual and priceless—such as an Amazonian shrunken head and the Hoggle puppet from the iconic film Labyrinth—that they are exhibited in the company “museum,” unavailable for any price. In the last 50 years of reclaiming lost luggage, these are some of the most weird and wonderful…

THE ARAB SPRING PROTEST MOVEMENT TOOK the Middle East and North Africa by storm 10 years ago, sparked in part by the January 2011 death of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor. Bouazizi had set himself on fire two weeks earlier in a suicidal act of anti-establishment defiance that fanned the flames of revolutionary fervor across the region. But while the early days of the Arab Spring were defined by hope, excitement and indignation, many countries where mass demonstrations occurred would see brutal crackdowns, an influx of foreign interests and fighters as well as civil war, muddling the legacy of the pan-Arab revolt for democracy. A decade after Bouazizi’s iconic self-immolation, Newsweek looks back at some of the countries most affected by the Arab Spring and examines where they are…