Time Magazine International Edition

The poles are warming faster than anywhere else on earth, with untold consequences The world to come AT TIME, OUR EYES ARE ON THE RISING STARS poised to shape the future. We first joined forces with Rolex in 2014 to launch Next Generation Leaders, our series elevating young people from across fields and around the globe who are working to build a better world. This edition includes, for example, beauty entrepreneur Deepica Mutyala, who is creating better cosmetics for people of color and just partnered with Mattel to launch the first ever South Asian CEO Barbie doll; Nigerian Afrobeats star CKay; and Bolor-Erdene Battsengel, the youngest member of Mongolia’s Cabinet, who is revolutionizing public services for the digital age. Our international cover features one of these leaders, Olga Rudenko, the enterprising 33-year-old editor…

HOW ZELENSKY LEADS Simon Shuster’s May 9/May 16 cover story from inside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s compound drew praise on Twitter, including from journalists. Former TIME editor Walter Isaacson called the cover story “brilliant,” showing both Zelensky’s “humor and anger” and “why he’s an inspiring leader.” Neri Zilber described it as “the best piece/profile yet written about Zelensky at war.” Harry Lambert said the piece is “historic writing,” while Shaun Walker called it “fascinating and beautifully written.” Linguist Paula Chertok described the story as “bone-chilling.” Readers argued that Zelensky is a shoo-in for Person of the Year. “TIME better come through with Man of the Year for him. There’s no meaningful competition,” declared Los Angeles–based attorney Rebecca O’Malley. Donna Frose, a history teacher in Hanoi, replied, “I am thinking he currently has…

$803,650 The amount raised from an online auction of items owned by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, including a silver tea set; profits went to the Washington National Opera ‘I believe we bear a moral responsibility to do what we can to address the persistent corrosive effects of those historical practices.’LAWRENCE BACOW, Harvard president, in a letter to the school’s community, addressing an April 26 report issued by the university that revealed its historical links to slavery ‘HE LOOKED GREAT IN THE HOUSE WHILE I HAD HIM.’LAURA YOUNG, a Texas art collector, to the AP on May 6 after a statue she bought for $34.99 at Goodwill was identified as a 2,000-year-old bust of a Roman general, and missing from a German museum since World War II ‘THIS IS NOT A WAR OF…

ANTIVACCINE SENTIMENTS HAVE BEEN SIMMERing in the U.S. since at least 1998, when the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, published—and later retracted—a fraudulent paper falsely linking vaccines to autism. They’ve grown stronger in the past two years, thanks to disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Though the development of the shots happened at an accelerated pace, they’ve been rigorously tested and have proved safe and effective. Nevertheless, falsehoods about them—that they contain microchips, that they alter the DNA of recipients—march on. Public-health experts feared that those groundless claims would exacerbate mistrust among people who already doubted vaccines, or serve as a gateway into vaccine skepticism among people who previously had no such concerns. Now it appears those fears might have been well placed. In April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…

FERDINAND “BONGBONG” MARCOS JR., son of the Philippines’ late dictator, is set to become the country’s next President. The almost 31 million votes tallied for the 64-year-old Marcos by May 10 was more than double those for his closest rival, with only 3% of the vote uncounted. BLOODY LEGACY Marcos’ father Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ruled the Southeast Asian nation of 110 million for 21 years before being ousted in 1986. The elder Marcos tore up presidential term limits; imposed nine years of martial law; and brutally quashed political dissent, jailing and killing thousands of his opponents. He and his wife Imelda embezzled as much as up to $10 billion from state coffers. A citizen uprising drove the family into exile in Hawaii, where the elder Marcos died in 1989. REHABILITATION Experts say…

Al Jazeera journalist fatally shot Veteran Palestinian American correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head by Israeli forces while reporting, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and Al Jazeera. The network alleged “a blatant murder.” Israeli officials suggested the fire was Palestinian. New boss takes power in Hong Kong Former Hong Kong police official John Lee, who helped lead the crackdown on 2019 pro-democracy protests, was elected May 8 as the territory’s Chief Executive. In a statement, Foreign Ministers of the G-7 nations raised concerns about the election process and the “steady erosion of political and civil rights and Hong Kong’s autonomy.” Unrest continues in Sri Lanka After weeks-long protests in response to an economic crisis turned violent, on May 10 the Defense Ministry ordered troops to shoot protesters who threaten people…