Innholdsfortegnelse for June 14, 2024 i Newsweek

President Donald Trump leaves the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on May 30, just after the jury delivered a guilty verdict for falsifying business records on all 34 counts of which he was accused in his hush money trial. Trump is the first former president to be tried for or convicted of a felony. Disputing the outcome, he said the trial was “rigged.” The historic ruling comes in the midst of his reelection campaign as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Sentencing will occur on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention. What effect the unprecedented conviction will have on the election is still unknown.…

THERE WAS A NONSTOP PARADE of recognizable faces at former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial. On the witness stand, in the audience and in the overflow room, high-profile figures, Trump allies and even primetime news anchors made an appearance at 100 Centre Street in New York City. But the best-dressed person in the courtroom was not among that crowd. Instead, she was one of three court sketch artists who spent their days scribbling on large canvases, documenting the historic criminal trial—and eventual conviction—of a former U.S. president. Isabelle Brourman—who often sported a large, bedazzled headband and tights that made her legs look like they were covered in tattoos—spent five weeks inside the courtroom, diligently caricaturing the ex-president and the rotating cast of characters. From star witness Michael Cohen to members…

Periscope NEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENT IN 1972, NEWSWEEK PUBLISHED A COVER story warning the world about the need to clean up the Earth. A little more than 50 years later, some of those warnings are still being issued—and ignored. When the article was first published on June 12, 1972, the environment was at the top of many Americans’ minds. The Environmental Protection Agency was not yet two years old, the third Earth Day had just been celebrated, and a slew of federal policies with promises to protect the environment were beginning to take hold. What came next was decades of progress chartered by those early labors. President Joe Biden has a lofty aspiration of reducing U.S. emissions by up to 52 percent in 2030, achieving a carbon pollution-free power…

AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PREPARES to fight for reelection this November across a contentious battleground of U.S. states, the White House also finds itself vying for influence among several increasingly critical players on the world stage, among them a long-standing partner in the midst of groundbreaking changes in its policies at home and abroad. Saudi Arabia is not only a swing state in terms of geopolitics, but also plays an outsized role on issues key to the U.S. election. It holds a pivotal place in the Middle East at a time when Israel’s war with Hamas has become central to the campaign, and as the world’s biggest oil exporter it is a powerful player in determining oil prices, which could also be important given inflation is among U.S. voters’ top…

AFTER LONG MAINTAINING ONE of the Middle East’s most advanced nuclear programs and most powerful conventional militaries, Iranian decision-makers are beginning to reconsider their nation’s official ban on developing weapons of mass destruction in light of rising tensions and deteriorating security conditions in the region. Such a move, vehemently opposed by Israel and the United States, who are known to possess their own nuclear arsenals, would present both substantial risks and opportunities for the Islamic Republic. But after the severe unrest surrounding the ongoing war in Gaza simmered over into the first-ever direct exchange of attacks between Iran and Israel, influential Iranian figures are seeing greater value in boosting deterrence by going down the nuclear path. They include Kamal Kharrazi, senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a…

THE ASIA PACIFIC (APAC) REGION IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND economically dynamic areas on Earth. Its inhabitants comprise about 60 percent of the global population with 4.7 billion people. Many of those countries are home to aging populations. A report released in February from global data intelligence platform Statista found that the over-65 population is expected to double by 2050, with three Asian nations topping the predictions for the highest percentage of adults over 65. Given that, it makes sense that spending on precision medical treatment in the region is expected to increase substantially, from $8.32 billion in 2022 to an estimated $18.2 billion in 2027, according to banking giant HSBC, which also put out a report in February, one showing a “strong potential for growth” in the…