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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Lisa Spear ## Lisa Spear *  Sep 30, 2015 ### [Philippine Children 'Risk Their Lives' in Gold Mines](https://time.com/4055289/child-miners-philippines-gold/) Study by a rights group says children are working "absolutely terrifying conditions" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 29, 2015 ### [New Zealand Plans Marine Sanctuary in the South Pacific](https://time.com/4053432/marine-sanctuary-south-pacific-exploitation/) The new zone forms part of a 1.3 million-sq.-mi. network of marine reserves in the Pacific [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 28, 2015 ### [A 'Murder Victim' Has Been Found Alive in Germany 31 Years After Vanishing](https://time.com/4051501/murder-pazsitka-false-identity-german/) Petra Pazsitka paid her bills in cash to hide her identity [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 25, 2015 ### [1,000-mph Car Is Unveiled in London](https://time.com/4049585/bloodhound-rocket-powered-record-andy-green/) The Bloodhound Supersonic Car fuses automobile and space technology and aims to travel faster than a... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Sep 24, 2015 ### ['Serial' Podcast Eyes The Story of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl](https://time.com/4047714/sgt-bowe-bergdahl-serial-talibanpodcast-afghanistan/) The Idaho native faces up to life in prison for endangering thousands of troops [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 24, 2015 ### [Man Flies For 12 Days to Raise Money For Cystic Fibrosis](https://time.com/4047657/long-haul-flights-cystic-fibrosis-matthias-fuchs/) "This is a cause very close to my heart" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 23, 2015 ### [NATO Denies Policy of Ignoring Pedophilia by Afghan Allies](https://time.com/4045742/nato-afghanistan-boys-sexual-abuse/) The practice of bacha bazi, or “boy play,” is common in parts of Afghanistan [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 22, 2015 ### [Colombia and Venezuela Agree to Normalize Relations](https://time.com/4043879/colombia-venezuela-border-criris-smuggling-crackdown/) Venezuela blames smuggling for chronic food and gasoline shortages in the country [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 21, 2015 ### [Warner Bros. Taps Into Chinese-Language Film Industry](https://time.com/4042115/china-warner-brothers-film-movies-hollywood/) The first title could be released as early as 2016 [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 18, 2015 ### [Recovery Efforts Begin in Chile After Huge Earthquake](https://time.com/4039716/tsunami-earthquake-chilean-emergency/) The quake was the strongest in the world this year and the worst to hit Chile since 2010 [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 17, 2015 ### [Tajikistan: Former Minister Killed by Government Forces](https://time.com/4037760/tajikistan-abdukhalim-nazarzoda-islamist-isis/) Abdukhalim Nazarzoda had been accused of creating a hardline Islamist group [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 17, 2015 ### [Indonesia Arrests Executives in Haze Crackdown](https://time.com/4037939/indonesia-haze-pollution-fires-arrests/) Personnel from another 20 companies are said to be under investigation [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 16, 2015 ### [Teen Jailed for ISIS-Inspired Killing of Mother](https://time.com/4035870/danish-teen-isis-mother-murder-lisa-borch/) Lisa Borch, 15, planned to join ISIS in Syria with her Iraqi boyfriend after the killing [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 16, 2015 ### [Choking Smog Isn't Going to Stop the Grand Prix in Singapore This Weekend](https://time.com/4035757/grand-prix-singapore-smog-haze/) Current air-quality levels are rated unhealthy, but not dangerous [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Sep 16, 2015 ### [U.S. Warns North Korea on Nukes](https://time.com/4035721/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-plutonium/) Experts believe Pyongyang is capable of creating one nuclear bomb's worth of plutonium every year [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/lisa-spear/","name":"Lisa Spear"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lisa-spear/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lisa-spear/"},"name":"Lisa Spear","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-spear/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```