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How to Shop Green

Customers seeking sustainable merch are a big deal these days. But which products actually deliver on their environmental promises?

Blue -or Bluer

In Pennsylvania and Texas, democratic voters face clear ideological choices that could signal the party's direction

Monozukuri gives Japan's niche players a competitive edge

While Japan has faced increasingly larger competition from the likes of China, South Korea and Southeast Asia in recent decades, many Japanese SME manufacturers have maintained large global market shares in B2B markets and niche fields characterized by high-mix, low-volume production.

“Our Lives Are Not Misinformation

COVID-19 vaccines are safe for the vast majority of people. That's small consolation for the few who fall between the cracks

SINTOKOGIO: Total foundry and high-tech solutions from a global and proud workforce

Using its existing technologies as a foundation for those of tomorrow, Sintokogio has created a comprehensive support system, one that ensures the safe and stable operation of its customers' equipment around the world.

DHOWA TECHNOS: The manufacturing industry's most trusted supplier

Factory automation and optimization to remain high priority as respected company gears itself up for overseas expansion and structural change.

K-Romance Comes to Netflix

Thrillers like Squid Game were just the beginning. U.S. audiences are now picking up on several K-comedies and dramas about matters of the heart

LISA RINNA

PARTING SHOT

AMERICA'S BEST Maternity Hospitals 2022

BEST MATERNITY HOSPITALS 2022 Newsweek statista

Coping Strategies for Anxious Times

Pandemic, inflation, war-there is plenty to be stressed about. There are effective ways to manage the strain, but it's important to use them in a healthy way

An Uncertain Future for Ukrainian Refugees

The majority of the 12 million displaced by the war with Russia may never be able to go home

Betrayers in Blue

HBO's We Own This City tells the true story of the crooked cops who preyed on Baltimore for years

In Focus

INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA

Euricom Group Italian rice giant aims at worldwide growth

Italy's economy grew by 6.6% in 2021, above overall expectations, with the fiscal deficit far below official targets, as investment, consumption and exports all showed strong recovery from the economic effects of the pandemic. At the same time, the country is set to be the largest recipient of EU-wide covid recovery fund, potentially receiving as much as €200 billion in grants and concessional loans over the coming years.

Euroltalia The sweet smell of success for Italian fragrance giant

Italy has long been seen as a leading player in the global fragrances and beauty products market, offering luxury and aspirational products that have shaped the way we both look and smell. The country's trendsetting role in the industry has only strengthened in recent years. Meanwhile, the global fragrance market has continued to grow, and by 2025 is expected to be worth around $52 billion.

COLOMBIA Unstoppable

Colombia is one of the success stories of the Americas. With President Iván Duque coming to the end of his term, he leaves the Andean nation in the best shape yet. Strides have been made across the board, from the country's booming economy and public health infrastructure, to sustainable energy policies and, on the 200th anniversary of bilateral relations with the US, its international standing.

Rethinking Republican Identity

Will Adam Kinzinger stay in the GOP? The retiring Congressman tells Newsweek and extremism could drive him away

‘The Big Quit' - Roils Retail

Retailers are still short hundreds of thousands of workers. Here’s how the turnover is impacting merchants—and their employees

Simone Ashley

Parting Shot

THE WORLD'S GREATEST AUTO DISRUPTORS 2022

The visionaries and innovators leading the industry into the digital future

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Motor Group

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP'S engineering team developed the company's new Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which underpins a new generation of vehicles aimed at democratizing an electrified future. It earns its creators Newsweek's Auto Disruptors Research and Development Team of the Year Award.

VISIONARY OF THE YEAR - Euisun Chung, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP’S Executive Chairman Euisun Chung isn’t just focused on the cars of today. He’s pushing the company, and its Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, into the future in several key ways. The company is becoming more vertically integrated, with Hyundai acquiring stakes in many of the companies that supply it with materials and components. It is bringing numerous electric models to market and testing hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles. And it has acquired a major robotics company with an eye toward a future in which wheeled devices will move people and things around their homes and workplaces.

Forever in Their Hearts

Fontaines D.C. look at Irish identity from their new home in London

MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - Land Rover

LAND ROVER HAS BEEN supporting volunteer organizations and nonprofits across the world for almost a century. The company’s Defender Above & Beyond Awards are an extension of those efforts, combining the launch of a new vehicle with a marketing campaign that disrupts the traditional way of advertising a model, earning Land Rover Newsweek’s Auto Disruptors Marketing Campaign of the Year honors.

Patrick Stewart

AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS PLAYING JEAN-LUC PICARD IN MANY iterations of Star Trek: The Next Generation and now with the Paramount Plus series Star Trek: Picard (season finale May 5), it’s wild to think Patrick Stewart almost might not have gotten the iconic part. “Gene Roddenberry [series creator] didn’t want me.”

POWERTRAIN OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Motor Group

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP went into development of its new generation of electric vehicles aiming to improve efficiency and range.

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR - Jim Farley, PRESIDENT AND CEO, FORD MOTOR COMPANY

FORD PRESIDENT AND CEO Jim Farley’s grandfather worked on the line that built the Model T more than 100 years ago. Now Farley has been tasked with advancing the Ford family legacy of auto disruption and innovation into the twenty-first century by moving the company to the forefront of the industry’s digital future.

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR - Alfonso Albaisa, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL DESIGN, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

WHEN IT COMES TO AUTOMOTIVE design, the passion is in the process for Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan’s senior vice president of global design.

Banned: Silenced Stories of the Marginalized

SOME 1,597 BOOKS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED OR removed from libraries over the past year, according to the latest figures from the American Library Association (ALA)—the highest number since the organization began keeping track 20 years ago.

America's Most Trusted Companies 2022

Trust is something that seems to be in short supply in the world right now.