Innehållsförteckning för December 22, 2023 från Newsweek International

LAURA CLARK GETS UP AT THE crack of dawn every day, before putting on a pair of well-worn working boots and heading down to Colleton County Animal Shelter in Walterboro, South Carolina. Clark and her team of 15 paid staff then take on the enormous task of cleaning up after, exercising, arranging veterinary care for, and feeding the more than 300 domestic animals—ranging from cats to rabbits—they’ve rescued from across their South Carolina county. Surprisingly, there is one creature that by far outnumbers all the other animals in need residing at Clark’s shelter: dogs. “We only have 65 permanent dog kennels. Technically, we would keep five open at all times for new dogs, so our capacity is really 60. At the moment we have 195 dogs in our care, 141…

Culture HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN UNCHARTED 01 Gold Medal Bar Craft False Creek VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA Among the growing scene of skyscrapers in Vancouver, this building stands out for both its history and architecture. In the 1930s, the Vancouver Salt Company’s processing plant was housed here. Fast forward to the 2010 Olympics when it was refurbished to become an athletes’ hangout. Today, the building is home to Craft Beer Market, which has kept many of the architectural elements of the original structure in place in its green, LEED Gold certified renovation. 02 Say Olé! Quinta Real Zacatecas ZACATECAS, MEXICO This luxury hotel faces an ancient aqueduct and surrounds a 17th-century bullfighting ring, all set against the cliffside of historic Cerro de la Bufa. In addition to standout rooms,…

In Focus THE NEWS IN PICTURES DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A delegate at the United Nations global climate change summit, COP28, strolls by the Russia Pavilion in Expo City Dubai on December 8. Led by the head of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan al-Jaber, the nearly two-week conference brings together global leaders, scientists, environmental advocates and a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists to discuss the implementation of worldwide strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change. In his opening speech, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated that the only way to achieve the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree global temperature limit is to, “Stop burning all fossil fuels. Not reduce. Not abate. Phaseout.”…

HE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT IS HAVING a moment. Wage earners across the country in a variety of jobs, from delivery drivers and health care providers to Hollywood scriptwriters and auto plant workers, have formed new unions, threatened labor stoppages or gone on strike this year, bringing entire sectors of the economy to a standstill. President Joe Biden made history this fall as the first sitting U.S. president to join striking workers on a picket line. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain summarized labor’s new ethos in a recent speech, proclaiming what it claimed as a victory in contract negotiations with Stellantis, one of Detroit’s big three automakers. “We didn’t do it by begging the company, or agreeing to work terrible hours,” Fain told supporters. “We didn’t do it by giving…

Periscope NEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS RUSSIA A DECADE AGO, FOLLOWING A U.S. DECISION TO arm Syrian rebels to which he was staunchly opposed, Russian President Vladimir Putin was unequivocal on the subject of cannibalism. “One does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies, but open up their bodies, eat their intestines, in front of the public and cameras,” he said, likely responding to video footage of a rebel commander cutting the body of a fallen soldier and biting into one of his organs. “Are these the people you want to support? Is it them who you want to supply with weapons?” Now that stance seems to have changed. Not only has Russia revived the Stalin-era practice of throwing convicted murderers onto the battlefield to…