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August 18th, 2025 | Vol. 206, No. 5 | South Pacific
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August 18, 2025
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South Pacific
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Table of Contents
BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsWorld
Business
Business
We Are Drinking So Much Matcha That Supplies Are Running Out
As matcha demand grows—so do prices—and a hot and dry spring in Kyoto do not demonstrate that supply will grow anytime soon.
Business
Is 'Sweatshop Data' Really Over?
A new essay argues that low-paid digital labor is becoming a thing of the past. Not so fast, TIME's tech correspondent writes.
Climate
Climate
The Rise of Green Wall Street
Cities are racing to become the world's sustainable finance hub.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Like Theo Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner Defied Expectations With Heart
The actor, who died on July 20 at the age of 54, forged a career an actor that was all his own
Entertainment
‘MAGA All the Way’: Tributes Pour In for Wrestling Icon and Outspoken Trump Supporter Hulk Hogan
President Donald Trump, the WWE, and more offered tributes to the sports and entertainment icon who died at age 71.
Entertainment
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath Singer and Heavy Metal Icon, Dies at 76
Osbourne has been credited with helping “invent” heavy metal with Black Sabbath. He went on to star in hit reality tv show “The Osbournes.”
Entertainment
FX's Alien: Earth Is the Best Thing to Happen to the Franchise Since Aliens
Noah Hawley's FX series is the best thing to happen to 'Alien' since 'Aliens'
Entertainment
How We Chose the 100 Best Podcasts of All Time
From Serial to 2 Dope Queens to WTF With Marc Maron, there is something for everyone on this list of the 100 best podcasts ever made.
Entertainment
With Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee Gives Us Another Great New York Movie
Spike Lee's reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 movie stars Denzel Washington as a music mogul facing an ethical dilemma.
Entertainment
Benny Safdie on Playing the Villain in Happy Gilmore 2—And Christopher Nolan Telling Him to Get in Shape for The Odyssey
TIME spoke with Safdie about the long-awaited Adam Sandler sequel, buzz surrounding The Smashing Machine, and working with directing greats like Christopher Nolan.
Health
Health
Why So Many Seniors Can't Afford Long-Term Care
A growing group of middle-income elderly people are too rich for government benefits but can't afford long-term care.
Health
The World's Richest Woman Has Opened a Medical School
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is trying a new approach to medical education.
Health
7 Surprising Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Up to 10% of people experience lingering, serious symptoms.
Health
COVID-19 Made Our Brains Age Faster
A new study suggests that the pandemic took a toll on your brain even before you got infected.
Ideas
Ideas
The Tragedy Unfolding in Gaza
Plummeting access to food across the territory has left ordinary Gazans facing famine, U.N.-backed body says.
Ideas
I Used to Hate the Beach. Here’s What Changed My Mind
David Litt shares his confessions of a beach convert who once loathed, and now loves, the beach.
Ideas
Why Trump's Threats Won't Alter Putin's Course in Ukraine
Despite President Trump’s demands that Russia halt attacks on Ukraine soon, Putin still believes time is on his side, writes Ian Bremmer.
Ideas
Becoming a Bodybuilder at 50 Showed Me That Women Were Never Meant to be Thin
"We’ve been taught to disappear, but our true power lies in taking up space," writes Anne Marie Chaker.
Ideas
We Can Stop Gazans From Dying of Starvation Right Now. Here’s How We Do It
"This famine is a man-made catastrophe," writes David Miliband. "It is not a consequence of natural scarcity, but of political choices."
Politics
Politics
How Mike Johnson Became Trump's Speaker
Johnson has shepherded a series of wins for the White House—and turned the House into an instrument of Trump's agenda
Politics
The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is Snowballing and Trump Can't Seem to Stop It
The fallout could reverberate into next year’s midterm election
Politics
A Joe Rogan-Blessed Democrat? James Talarico Draws Eyes of a Party Desperate For New Leaders
“James Talarico, you need to run for President,” Rogan said.
Sports
Sports
Erling Haaland Is Already Outscoring Soccer's Greats
The Norwegian striker on his decision to play for Manchester City, the 2026 World Cup, and his signature bun.
World
World
Where Giorgia Meloni Is Leading Europe
The first female Prime Minister of Italy has confounded her critics while forging a new right-wing nationalism
World
The Malnutrition Crisis in Gaza Will Outlive the War, Experts Warn
As limited aid reaches Gaza, experts warn that malnutrition and starvation is causing long-term, irreversible harm to civilians.
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