Innehållsförteckning för November 17, 2023 från Newsweek International

ANTIBIOTICS USED TO TREAT COM-mon childhood ailments are becoming less and less effective, according to a new study. Many of the antibiotics often used to treat infections like pneumonia, sepsis (bloodstream infections) and meningitis, which children often contract, are now less than 50 percent effective, the study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health—Southeast Asia says. The regions most affected by this are Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Indonesia and the Philippines. Antibiotics in the United States are also getting less effective. “It is already affecting us in the U.S. This has been deemed a silent pandemic,” André O. Hudson, a professor of biochemistry at Rochester Institute of Technology, tells Newsweek. The Problem with Antibiotics Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is one of the top 10 public health threats,…

There’s getting away from it all and then there’s getting away from it all. The lodges, inns, luxury campgrounds and resorts on this list allow travelers to journey to the edge of the wilderness, where the beauty of earth meets with the wellness of an escape far from home. These eco-friendly, oxygen-rich retreats envelop their guests, putting them in the middle of everything, yet far away from anything. 01 Rustic Elegance Wickaninnish Inn TOFINO, BRITISH COLUMBIA A short seaplane ride from Vancouver, the Wickaninnish Inn positions guests at the intersection of the Pacific Ocean and a temperate rainforest biome. Plentiful oak, cedar and fir trees can be enjoyed via a hike or bike ride, or during a ride out to watch migrating humpback and gray whales, resident orcas and frolicking…

Hadas Kalderon, a Kibbutz Nir Oz resident, breaks down in her late mother’s scorched home on October 30. Kalderon’s mother and niece were found dead, according to Israeli authorities, and her two children and ex-husband were taken as hostages during Hamas’ surprise October 7 attack on Israel in which over 240 people were kidnapped. According to authorities and kibbutz residents, one in four of its community members were either killed or kidnapped in the attack. The U.S. military is supporting Israel’s search for hostages by flying surveillance drones over Gaza, according to Defense Department officials.…

“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote poet Robert Frost. What is the purpose of a country’s border, and its border control agents? To protect the nation from the entry of terrorists or smugglers, of course, but also to help facilitate the smooth arrival of legal immigrants and asylum seekers. What to do about the U.S.-Mexico border and how to stop drug and human trafficking and illegal immigrants from crossing it is constantly in the news—from presidential hopefuls on the campaign trail to elected leaders’ debates about funding and reform. In September, a federal judge ruled that the state of Texas must remove a 1000-foot-long wall of floating buoys in the Rio Grande, which Governor Greg Abbott is currently appealing. New York State Governor, Democrat Kathy Hochul, said the border is…

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GAVE AT LEAST $30 million in federal grants for research led by a scientist who is now working for Beijing. Song-Chun Zhu is at the forefront of China’s race to develop the most advanced artificial intelligence—research that he compared to the development of the atomic bomb in terms of military importance. Pentagon funding for Zhu, the former director of a pioneering AI center at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), continued even as he set up a parallel institute near Wuhan, took a position at a Beijing university whose primary goal is to support Chinese military research and joined a Chinese Communist Party “talent plan” whose members are tasked with transferring knowledge and technology to China. Newsweek’s reporting underlines how the United States, with its open…

King Charles III with participants in a Prince’s Trust National Enterprise Challenge for young entrepreneurs on October 31. In his first visit to a Commonwealth country since assuming the throne, the British monarch and Queen Camilla visited Kenya in advance of the country’s 60th anniversary of its independence in December. Their trip included a state dinner with President Will Ruto and his wife Rachel; visiting an elephant orphanage; meeting with leaders from the Muslim, Christian, Hindu and African traditional faiths and more.…

FROM COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY DEGREE programs to specialized professional development courses to classes for hobbyists or lifelong learners, the vast expanse of online learning opportunities can be overwhelming. For the third consecutive year, Newsweek has collaborated with the respected global data firm Statista to unveil America’s Top Online Colleges and America’s Top Online Learning Providers 2024. These rankings are based on a survey of over 9,000 online learners, as well as our research about the institutions. In our effort to find America’s Top Online Colleges, we evaluated and ranked 200 colleges and universities that offer online undergraduate and graduate programs. The awarded institutions have been given either five stars, denoting an aggregate score surpassing the median of all recognized institutions, or four stars, signifying a score just below that threshold. Evaluating…

AT LAST YEAR’S D23 EXPO, DISNEY announced a new character would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Israeli superhero Sabra. Debuting onscreen in 2024’s Captain America: New World Order alongside Anthony Mackie, Sabra’s inclusion was immeditely controversial. However, the war between Israel and Hamas has intensified the issue and created more potential pitfalls for the studio. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, which subsequently launched airstrikes on Gaza. At least 1,400 people had been killed in Israel as of November 3, while more than 9,000 had been killed in Gaza, according to the Associated Press. “The Sabra character, when juxtaposed with Captain America, unavoidably amplifies nationalist and political ideologies and convictions and could inadvertently exacerbate tensions in the Middle East,” Deepak Sarma, professor…