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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 --- # Eli Meixler ## Eli Meixler ## Eli Meixler *  Jan 22, 2019 ### [Chinese University Fires Scientist Behind Gene-Edited Babies](https://time.com/5509239/china-university-fires-he-jiankui-gene-editing/) He Jiankui drew outrage last year with claims of engineering gene-edited twins [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 22, 2019 ### [Mexico's 2018 Murder Rate Sets Another Record](https://time.com/5509216/mexico-murder-rate-sets-record-2018/) The country opened 33% more murder probes than in 2017, which was also a record [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 22, 2019 ### [Greenland's Ice Melt Has Reached a 'Tipping Point': Study](https://time.com/5509148/greenland-ice-melting-four-times-faster/) The island's ice is melting four times faster in 2013 than in 2003 [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 21, 2019 ### [Facebook, Germany to Work Together to Protect E.U. Elections](https://time.com/5508531/facebook-partner-germany-eu-election-meddling/) Facebook's public image has been shaken by a series of controversies [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 21, 2019 ### [Ex-CIA Spy Who Inspired 'Argo', Dies at 78](https://time.com/5508451/tony-mendez-cia-spy-argo-dies/) Mendez masterminded a daring plan to rescue six Americans from Tehran in 1980 [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 21, 2019 ### [Police Suspect New IRA in Northern Ireland Car Bombing](https://time.com/5508394/police-arrest-4-suspects-northern-ireland-car-bomb/) Police are probing whether the attack was linked to the New IRA militant group [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 18, 2019 ### [Zimbabwe Pastor Faces 20 Years for Subversion](https://time.com/5506559/zimbabwe-pastor-evan-mawarire-subversion-fuel-protests/) Evan Mawarire was arrested as security forces violently suppressed fuel protests [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 18, 2019 ### [North Korea's Envoy Arrives in U.S. for Talks With Pompeo](https://time.com/5506617/north-korea-kim-yong-chol-talks-washington/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 17, 2019 ### [Most of the World's Wild Coffee Is at Risk of Extinction](https://time.com/5505345/wild-coffee-species-threat-extinction/) Of 124 known coffee species, 75 are at risk of extinction [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 17, 2019 ### ['Billboards' Campaign Protests Gay Conversion Therapy in China](https://time.com/5505317/three-billboards-gay-conversion-china/) Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1997 but alleged therapy programs persist [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 16, 2019 ### [Sculpture of Smiling Satan Causes Controversy in Spain](https://time.com/5504047/spain-segovia-devil-statue/) Residents say Satan should be "repulsive and despicable — not kind and seductive" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 15, 2019 ### [Saudi Arabia Flag Sculpture Removed From Ground Zero](https://time.com/5502889/saudi-arabia-flag-sculpture-removed-ground-zero/) The artwork's proximity to the site of 9/11 was criticized as insensitive [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 15, 2019 ### ['Lost Michelangelo' Painting Missing From Church in Belgium](https://time.com/5502873/belgium-church-lost-michelangelo-painting/) The painting disappeared after a pastor told people it might be a Michelangelo [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 14, 2019 ### [Nobel Laureate Scientist Loses Titles Over Race Comments](https://time.com/5501811/james-watson-loses-honors-race-comments/) Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, has linked IQ to genetics before [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 14, 2019 ### [China Coal Mine Collapse Kills 21](https://time.com/5501792/china-shaanxi-coal-mine-collapse-kills-21/) After the roof gave way, 66 miners were rescued [WORLD](/section/world/) 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/eli/","name":"Eli Meixler"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/eli/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/eli/"},"name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/eli/","sameAs":["https://x.com/elimeixler"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```