Innehållsförteckning för January 20, 2023 från Newsweek

2014 “In 2013, Jersey quietly rose to the top spot of the global rankings of offshore tax shelters,” wrote Newsweek as it covered class divisions and systemic child abuse on the Channel Island “known for warehousing nearly $2 trillion of the world’s wealth.” The magazine added, “while Jersey’s riches pile up, there is a growing perception among the island’s working class that there’s one set of rules for the haves and another for the have-nots.” Last year, to ease its housing crisis, the island’s parliament voted to exempt islanders from tax on rental income under £10,000 ($12,000) per year. 1978 “The growing presence of women at work is forcing men to revise their sexual stereotypes,” Newsweek said. “They are reassessing their priorities, their ideas about success, their notions of themselves…

IT WAS A BUSY YEAR FOR THE AUTO INDUSTRY. 2022 began with Ford F-150 Lightning buyers asking when they would get their electric trucks, as demand far outpaced supply. At the same time, the compact Ford Maverick sold out instantly and remains hard to find. GMC revealed the Sierra Denali EV, a counterpart to the Chevrolet Silverado EV. New electric vehicles (EVs) without a bed made the news, among them Lucid’s impressive Air sedan. Dodge introduced the first American electric muscle car, the Charger SRT Daytona. A host of Mercedes-EQ EVs hit the street. And while supply chain issues continued, EV infrastructure improved with several partnerships with charging companies. Home chargers became hot items. At year’s end, the Newsweek Autos team rounded up some of its favorite industry analysts from…

WITH THE RINGING IN OF THE New Year comes the arrival of the nation’s nearly $858 billion defense spending package—a $45 billion increase over President Joe Biden’s budget request that lawmakers say will advance the U.S. “strategic competition with China and Russia.” After Congress spent a year questioning military officials and drafting the bill’s supporting elements, the annual “must-pass” National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which funds the Pentagon, made it through the Senate with just two weeks remaining in the 2022 congressional session. Eighty-three Senators voted in favor of the bill, while just 11 opposed it. One of those 11 was instrumental in putting the bill together: Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Warren serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is responsible for drafting the legislation. As she…

COVER CHINA CHINA’S AMBASSADOR TO VANUATU WAS exceptionally busy in December as the tiny Pacific Island nation signed a security deal with America’s key ally Australia. Starting on December 13, when Vanuatu and Australia sealed the agreement, Ambassador Li Minggang hosted three events over three days in Vanuatu, including at the massive Chinese embassy in the capital Port Vila. Li was at pains to highlight China’s extensive involvement in the region with aid and infrastructure and its 40 years of diplomatic ties to a country where the U.S. has no embassy on the ground. Beijing’s message was clear: China was there for the long haul—and it was bringing gifts. China was willing to work with Vanuatu “to advance our strategic alignment,” Li told about 200 top government officials and other…

PLAYING POPPY SCOVILLE-PARNELL, A TRUE-CRIME PODCASTER OUT TO solve crimes on Truth Be Told (Apple TV+, January 20), was always in the cards for Octavia Spencer. “I’ve had this affinity for true-crime and investigative journalism. So it was just a natural progression.” Now in its third season, Spencer says, “it actually is our best season because it’s tied to something meaningful and real.” Spencer is joined by Gabrielle Union, who she says “is such a brilliant comedic actress and she’s coming into her own as a dramatic actress.” Together they must solve the case of a missing girl. For Spencer, what makes the genre so appealing is that “there’s something about being an active member of the investigation as a viewing audience member, you are actively a part of the…

“WE HAVE TO SAVE OUR FORESTS, OR WE’RE DONE.”—Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard “It’s going to stink for a while but I will fight with all I have got.”—TENNIS PLAYER MARTINA NAVRATILOVA ON CANCER “I want a family, not an institution.”—PRINCE HARRY “I hope that young women can connect with me and my journey, and maybe see a little bit of themselves in me.”—NICOLE MANN, NASA’S FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT “YOU’D BE SURPRISED HOW A.I. STRUGGLES WITH BASIC COMMON SENSE.”—Computer scientist Yejin Choi “My sins here are embellishing my resume.”— U.S. Representative-elect George Santos “IT IS ALSO ANOTHER STEP BY THE TALIBAN AWAY FROM A SELF-RELIANT AND PROSPEROUS AFGHANISTAN.”—Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward on banning women from universities…