Innholdsfortegnelse for October 11, 2024 i Newsweek

The aurora borealis, known as the Northern Lights, illuminates the sky above the Scandinavian city of tromsö on September 25. Late September is a prime time to see the aurora, as the fall and spring equinoxes typically foster some of the most vibrant displays. During these moments, the planet’s axis faces the sun, accelerating the charged particles that create the aurora. the ongoing solar maximum—the period during which the sun’s activity peaks in its 11-year cycle—is also expected to provide more intense and frequent light spectacles over the next year.…

BOOK EXCERPT On October 7, 2023, the southern Israeli border with Gaza was overrun by approximately 3,000 Hamas members who indiscriminately killed and took hostages—men, women and children; from babies to the elderly; Jews, Israeli-Arabs, Bedouins and foreign workers alike. By the end of their rampage, more than 1,200 Israelis had been killed and 254 abducted into Gaza. Award-winning Haaretz reporter Lee Yaron delved into the stories of those in Israel affected by the attack in her new book, 10/7: 100 human stories (St. Martin’s Press, September 24). In a compelling tale of intertwined lives, Yaron shares first-person accounts of those who were left to tell the stories. In this excerpt, Yaron tells the extraordinary story of two young sisters thrust into the care of strangers in Sderot, as terror engulfed the…

WE SPEND TOO MUCH of our lives working to waste our time at a toxic job. I founded the Best Practice Institute, a research organization, to find a better way forward. Drawing on our research, bPI created the America’s Top Most Loved Workplaces®, an annual research project in partnership with Newsweek that dives into how employees really feel about the places where they work. this year, more than 1,200 companies were accepted to apply to be Most Loved Workplace® certified, but only 500 were certified, and 200 made it to America‘s top Most Loved Workplaces® list in this special Newsweek issue. The project showed that when employees love their workplace, it can have major benefits for their companies. These organizations vary widely, ranging in size from less than 50 employees…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSISFRAUD “THE CHINESE GANGS TAUGHT ME HOW TO make my profile look credible, gain followers and post regularly. After finishing my training, I started identifying my victims through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Line,” said Narin, a 20-year-old from northern Thailand. Part of a troubling trend, Thailand leads Asia in scam calls and text messaging, with a staggering 78.8 million incidents reported since last year, according to the country’s Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council, and $2 billion lost to such crimes in recent years. Now, the gangs, often led by Chinese masterminds, are expanding into the U.S. and appear to be ensnaring more Americans. In 2023, U.S. authorities issued a stark warning about the growing danger of Americans being trafficked into…

CultureHIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEENCINEMA GETTING PAID TO WORK ON A BEAUTIFUL, sun-drenched island might be a large enough attraction for many an actor to take on a lead role. But for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of the biggest highlights of appearing in Amazon Prime murder mystery Killer Heat was reuniting with Shailene Woodley, who he starred alongside in Oliver Stone’s 2016 biographical thriller Snowden. “Shay’s performance in this movie is my favorite part of the whole film,” he told Newsweek. “She’s so brilliant in it and we did a movie together years ago called Snowden, which is a dramatization of the whistleblower Edward Snowden, which is a really momentous and weighty historical event. We had to take our work very seriously and it was a very different feeling because…

JUST OFF THE MAIN ROAD, IN SIGHT OF southern Lebanon, builders tap away at concrete blocks of a half-built house, the sun merciless as it beats down. Equipped with its very own bomb shelter, a young family was preparing to move into the home in Kibbutz Matzuva, northern Israel. But Ishay Efroni, head of security for the regional council covering the kibbutz, told Newsweek: “When they move here, I’m not going to sleep.” A few months ago, Efroni had given the builders permission to resume work on the property, just a mile-and-a-half from the Lebanese border. The family should move in within two months, Efroni said when Newsweek visited in mid-September. Although deeply worried for their safety, Efroni said, he is anxious to get residents back to the north after…

AT A TIME WHEN WORKERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO redefine what they expect from their jobs, the companies on Newsweek’s annual list of the Most Loved Workplaces® in America are setting the standard for what a fulfilling workplace looks like. While employee engagement has seen a slight increase in 2024, there’s still work to do. And companies like Jack Henry, Parkview Health and others are listening. From career pathway initiatives to flexible work schedules to community activities, these organizations foster environments where their employees can truly thrive. Newsweek has once again partnered with the Best Practice Institute to analyze data from the Love of Workplace Index™, which surveys employees on collaboration, innovation, leadership trust, workplace belonging and everything in between. On this list, you’ll find companies like BDO…