Category Archives: News

Morning News: China’s ‘Five-Year Plan’, Lithuania To Build A Border Wall

We assess China’s ‘five-year plan’ for its economy and ask what it means for the country’s private firms. Plus: the latest on Lithuania’s plans to build a wall on its border with Belarus, and Zürich’s Design Biennale.

NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 11-18, 2026

NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE: The Future of Terrorism – How cheap, accessible technology is making potential attacks even easier.

The Terror Threat No One Saw Coming After 9/11 

New technologies have both increased the ability of militants to carry out attacks and expanded the number of potential targets.

AI Is Giving Physical Therapy a Robotic Makeover

AI-powered robots are transforming physical therapy, helping patients recover faster and reshaping the future of rehabilitation.

What Leavitt, AOC and Vance’s Decisions Reveal About Parenthood

It is women who need to make compromises if they want a career and children.

The Price America Pays for Trump’s Reliance on Kushner the Closer

Jared Kushner spent Sunday in a room that Washington had treated as off-limits for nearly three decades: sitting across the table from the leader of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya.

It’s just one part of a tour of the Middle East for President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and roving negotiator, who meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today in an attempt to breathe life into stalled Gaza peace talks.

Morning News: America’s Infrastructure, Zambia Election, GErman Politics

The Senate has passed the first part of President Joe Biden’s mammoth plan, which is now tied to a far more ambitious part two. We examine their prospects for passage. 

Zambia is undertaking a pivotal election—but it seems far from a fair fight to oust the incumbent. And our Germany-election tracker cuts through reams of data and tricky electoral politics.

Morning News: Fires In Greece, Taliban Advance On Kabul, Astrology

As Greece’s wildfires show no sign of abating, we speak to a correspondent on the ground. We also check in with Lynne O’Donnell in Kabul for the latest on the rapid Taliban advance. Plus: astrology in print.