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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Amanda Calvo ## Amanda Calvo ## Amanda Calvo *  Aug 25, 2016 ### [Woman Found Alive After Being Stranded For One Month in New Zealand Mountains](https://time.com/4465651/new-zealand-hiker-rescued-month-cabin/) “This is a highly unusual case,” local police said [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 24, 2016 ### [Giant Pearl Kept Under a Fisherman's Bed for Ten Years Could Be the World's Largest](https://time.com/4464020/philippines-pearl-palawan-fisherman/) If confirmed to be authentic, it could have a value of more than $100 million *  Aug 23, 2016 ### ['Burkini' Designer Says Sales Are Up Following Ban in French Towns](https://time.com/4462449/burkini-islamic-swimwear-designer-sales/) The 'burkini' is enjoying a growing following among non-Muslim women [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 22, 2016 ### [Germans Asked to Stockpile Food and Water](https://time.com/4460802/germany-stockpile-food-water-catastrophe/) The mood in Germany has been unsettled recently following a number of horrific attacks [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 18, 2016 ### [Philippine Leader Duterte Calls U.N. 'Very Stupid' for Criticizing His Drug War](https://time.com/4457060/philippines-duterte-united-nations-drugs/) Duterte warned the U.N. not to interfere in his antidrug push [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 18, 2016 ### [Twitter Goes Wild Over Usain Bolt and Andre De Grasse's Olympic Bromance](https://time.com/4456975/2016-rio-olympics-usain-bolt-de-grasse-smile/) De Grasse and Bolt flashed each other grins as they crossed the line in the 200-m semifinals [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Aug 17, 2016 ### [Eminem Made a Cameo Appearance at Drake's Detroit Concert](https://time.com/4455612/eminem-drake-detroit-concert/) Drake introduced Eminem as the "greatest rapper" [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 17, 2016 ### [Australia's Manus Island Refugee Detention Center to Close](https://time.com/4455539/australias-refugee-detention-center-on-manus-island-to-close/) More than 100 former employees of the offshore processing centers are calling for the refugees to be... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 16, 2016 ### [Nauru Rejects Claims of Refugee Abuse](https://time.com/4453670/nauru-files-refugee-abuse-australia/) The Nauruan government said the claims in the report were "fabricated" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 15, 2016 ### [These Memes of Usain Bolt Show Just How Superhuman He Really Is](https://time.com/4451894/2016-rio-olympics-usain-bolt-photo-meme/) That's one meme-worthy grin [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Aug 15, 2016 ### [Chinese Divers Get Engaged at Olympics Medal Ceremony](https://time.com/4451835/2016-rio-olympics-chinese-divers-engaged/) Love is in the air at Rio [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Aug 11, 2016 ### [The Rock Hints at Resolution With 'Unprofessional' _Fast 8_ Co-Stars](https://time.com/4447813/the-rock-dwayne-johnson-fast-8/) "I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it. And like any family, we get better from it" [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 10, 2016 ### [Brazil Rules in Favor of Impeachment Trial for President](https://time.com/4446121/brazil-impeachment-trial-rousseff/) The trial is set to occur in the days following the Olympics closing ceremony [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 10, 2016 ### [Thailand Plans to Track Foreign Tourists Through Cell Phones](https://time.com/4446059/thailand-tourists-cell-phone-tracking/) Thai authorities say the move would help catch foreigners who commit crimes or overstay their visa [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 9, 2016 ### [Boy Decapitated on World's Tallest Water Slide](https://time.com/4444447/caleb-schwab-verruckt-water-slide-death/) Details surrounding the tragic incident remain murky [U.S.](/section/us/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/","name":"Amanda Calvo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/"},"name":"Amanda Calvo","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-calvo/","sameAs":["https://x.com/amandamcalvo"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```