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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>TIMEhttps://time.com/<!\[CDATA\[Breaking news and analysis from TIME.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science and entertainment news.\]\]>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:15:45 +0000en-UShourly1<!\[CDATA\[Republican Senator Calls On Trump to Replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/trump-hegseth-tillis-driscoll-resignation-pentagon/<!\[CDATA\[Politics\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Sen. Thom Tillis is urging the President to oust Hegseth because of what he described as “inept management.”\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Kent Nishimura—AFP/Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives to meet Australia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles during an honor cordon welcome ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, 2026.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives to meet Australia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles during an honor cordon welcome ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, 2026\. —Kent Nishimura—AFP/Getty Images

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is urging President [Donald Trump](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/donald-trump/) to replace Defense Secretary [Pete Hegseth](https://time.com/article/2026/09/01/trump-response-hegseth-run-for-president-2028-top-contenders/) because of what he described as “inept management.”

The North Carolina lawmaker’s call to oust Hegseth comes after Dan Driscoll [resigned](https://time.com/article/2026/09/01/sean-parnell-chief-pentagon-spokesperson-driscoll-army-secretary-replacement-contender/) from his role as Army Secretary on Monday, amid [tension that had been reportedly broiling](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/army-secretary-dan-driscoll-resigns) between Driscoll and Hegseth for months. In a [social media post](https://x.com/SenThomTillis/status/2095175195648512020) on Wednesday, Tillis thanked Driscoll “for his leadership to our Army and service to our country,” before going on to slam Hegseth.

“If we had a @SecWar who maintained the same priorities and forward-thinking, he would be fighting to retain talented leaders like Dan and the many flag officers he has forced into retirement,” Tillis said. “Instead, he is creating a leadership void at the top of our military ranks.”

Tillis, who previously served on the Senate Armed Services Committee, included in his post a link to a [CBS News article](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-leaders-fired-forced-out-resigned-hegseth-defense-secretary-trump-pentagon/) that lists about 20 military and civilian leaders who have been ousted or stepped down since Hegseth was confirmed to lead the Department of Defense, including Driscoll. Also among them is Gen. Randy George, who was serving as the Army Chief of Staff until Hegseth requested that he [retire](https://time.com/article/2026/04/03/hegseth-army-firings-chief-of-staff/), effective immediately, in the spring.

Tillis voted to confirm Hegseth as Defense Secretary last year, though he initially had reservations about him. Amid [mounting controversy](https://time.com/7199646/pete-hegseth-nomination-trump-republican-senators/) surrounding Hegseth’s nomination, three other Republicans broke from party ranks and voted against it, forcing Vice President J.D. Vance to be the tiebreaking vote. It was the smallest margin for the confirmation of a nominee to lead the Defense Department since the Secretary role was first formed in 1947, Senate records indicate.

Despite Tillis’ crucial vote in the confirmation, he has since publicly criticized the Defense Secretary. The Republican Senator told [POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/22/thom-tillis-trump-republicans-interview-00928214?nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nname=playbook&nrid=e5258108-c464-426a-b285-f2029af35557&utm%5Fsource=firefox-newtab-en-us) in May that he thought that “Hegseth misinformed \[the President\] on the challenges” related to a war in Iran, adding that “I’m glad the president did what he did in Iran. I’m not glad that he has Hegseth advising him on the details.” He went on to tell the news outlet: “I’d love to see Pete Hegseth fired because he’s incompetent and doing a horrible job. That’s kind of on a Christmas wish list.”

And he renewed those calls on Wednesday.

“I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,” Tillis said in his post on X. He accused Hegseth of being “intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force.” 

“I urge the President to find a new leader at the Pentagon who will retain and empower our military talent rather than diminish it,” Tillis continued.

Tillis and Trump have clashed in the past, most notably when the North Carolina Senator joined two other Republicans in the upper chamber in [voting against](https://time.com/7299324/trump-big-beautiful-bill-republican-senators/) the President’s [“One Big Beautiful Bill”](https://time.com/7299226/big-beautiful-bill-senate-trump-murkowski/) last year. In the aftermath, the President lashed out at Tillis, [threatening](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114764184133829613) to back candidates who could challenge Tillis in a Republican primary race. 

Soon after, Tillis announced that he would not seek reelection in the 2026 midterms, citing what he described as a shift away from bipartisanship in Washington in recent years.

“Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who really don’t give a damn about the people they promised to represent on the campaign trail,” Tillis said in a [statement](https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/6/statement-from-senator-thom-tillis) last June. He added that a choice “between spending another six years navigating the political theatre and partisan gridlock in Washington or spending that time with” his family is “not a hard choice.”

Trump has [remained firm](https://time.com/article/2026/09/01/trump-response-hegseth-run-for-president-2028-top-contenders/) in his support for Hegseth. Amid [speculation](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/pete-hegseth-talking-possible-run-president-2028-sources-say-rcna594891) that Hegseth is considering launching a 2028 presidential bid, a reporter asked the President if he would back the Defense Secretary in such an event.

“I think he’s doing a fantastic job, but it’s very early to talk about that,” Trump said. “We have to get through the midterms first, and I think he’s a very good guy.”

“Right now, all \[Hegseth\] loves is, and all he cares about is, the military and taking care of the military,” he continued.

Hegseth has [denied](https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2093475499242934557) that he is considering running for President in 2028.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blte3999c525fec3310Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:59:16 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Chantelle Lee\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Agriculture—and Farmers—Should Be at the Heart of Transforming Africa's Economy, Leading Voices Agree\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/africa-farmers-economy-future/<!\[CDATA\[World\]\]><!\[CDATA\["It's a huge opportunity if you make \[the workforce\] agri-food system skilled."\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Matt Jelonek—Getty Images for TIME; Taylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images; Courtesy (2)\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Elizabeth Wathuti; Ismahane Elouafi; Temiyeoluwa Alabi; Kingsley Moghalu\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Elizabeth Wathuti; Ismahane Elouafi; Temiyeoluwa Alabi; Kingsley Moghalu —Matt Jelonek—Getty Images for TIME; Taylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images; Courtesy (2)

Africa’s [agricultural productivity](https://time.com/6220057/climate-change-africa-food-crisis/) has grown in recent decades, but more progress needs to be made to improve the livelihoods of [smallholder farmers](https://africa.time.com/cover-story/diaspora-investment-africa-idris-sabrina-elba/) and create lasting economic growth, experts agreed at the TIME Impact Dinner on Wednesday Sep. 2 in Kigali, Rwanda. 

Moderated by TIME senior correspondent Justin Worland, leaders in agriculture, [climate](https://time.com/section/climate/), and development discussed the progress that has been made in growing Africa’s agricultural productivity and the work that still remains. 

A [report](https://agra.org/foresight-report/) released this week from AGRA, an African-led institution focused on scaling agricultural innovations for smallholder farmers and the event sponsor, shows that Africa’s farm output has roughly doubled in the last 20 years. Yet despite meaningful investments, not enough has been done to ensure that gains are not siloed, says Ismahane Elouafi, executive managing director of CGIAR, the world's largest, publicly-funded agrifood research network. “We have made increases in productivity, but not enough,” she says, noting that while a farmer might have healthy soil, they could still lack water or strong irrigation systems. “So basically, we have done it in piecemeal, but not as a food system as a whole.”

Many African countries do not treat food systems as an important part of economic and development agendas, says Kingsley Moghalu, founder of the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET) Academy and CEO of Sogato Strategies LLC, a global risk advisory firm. “Our countries look at agriculture as some niche area, and that bypasses 80% of its potential,” he says. 

Agriculture is central to Africa’s economy, contributing 20% to GDP and employing over 60% of the workforce, according to the [World Economic Forum](https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/tackling-global-food-security-in-africa/). That, coupled with a rising population that is expected to represent 25% of the [global workforce](https://www.uneca.org/stories/%28blog%29-as-africa%E2%80%99s-population-crosses-1.5-billion%2C-the-demographic-window-is-opening-getting) by 2050, could present a new avenue for growth in Africa, Kingsley notes. "It's a huge opportunity if you make \[the workforce\] agri-food system skilled."

Yet strengthening the food system can only happen if the needs of smallholder farmers are taken into account, says Temiyeoluwa Alabi, head of corporate communications at [ThriveAgric](https://time.com/collections/time100-climate-2024/7172521/uka-eje/), which connects smallholder farmers across Africa to financing, support, and markets. 

“We try to emphasize the need to look at the smallholder farmer as an important … entity within the value chain,” Alabi says. “Otherwise, we can't unlock the real value, because if the farmer just won't get value for what he does, then there cannot be prosperity for him.”

Technological advances present a promising opportunity for change, says Elouafi. “In Africa there is definitely a lack of infrastructure that makes the value chain very long,” she says. “But I think now with AI, with advisory services, with the way we can really look at big data, we could make a very quick and very fast impact and improvement.” 

Those opportunities shouldn’t come at the cost of farmers. “If we are to have a change, we must invest in the entire value chain,” says [Elizabeth Wathuti](https://time.com/collections/time-100-climate-2025/7326596/elizabeth-wathuti/), climate activist and founder of Green Generation Initiative. “Technology and innovation is not supposed to make the farmers realign their lives to accommodate it. It's supposed to actually look at how it's addressing the realities on the ground and what exactly the farmer is doing on the ground.” 

Success must be measured in different ways—beyond a farmer’s yield, Wathuti notes. 

“For farmers that are in areas that are completely degraded, it is almost impossible for them to be able to continue adapting to a changing climate. How are we strengthening the farmers and ensuring that the farmers actually have more security?” she says. “We have to also look at the profitability and the value that the farmer gets from being able to put in the work to be able to produce our food.”

_TIME Impact Dinner: Reimagining Farmer Prosperity: Building Africa’s Next Food Systems Frontier was presented by AGRA._

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltcf0f9ac76921a2c7Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:30:33 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Simmone Shah\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Why America's AI Boom Isn't an Industrial Boom\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/why-america-s-ai-boom-isn-t-an-industrial-boom/<!\[CDATA\[Ideas\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The AI boom is real, but it has yet to reshape investment across the broader industrial economy, write Shubham Singhal, Anna Kortis, and Jan Mischke.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Jonathan Kitchen—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6acd65864d29322f/6a987cde04193c762d96a13d/ai-industry.jpg?branch=production)

 —Jonathan Kitchen—Getty Images

America’s AI investment boom is real. However, this surge has yet to result in the kind of industrial revolution that many had hoped for. 

To be sure, the United States is experiencing a genuine boom in AI investment. The hyperscalers accelerated their R&D and capital investment [50-fold](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/The-race-takes-off-in-the-next-big-arenas-of-competition) over the past [two decades](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/The-race-takes-off-in-the-next-big-arenas-of-competition) to [$750 billion in 2025](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/The-race-takes-off-in-the-next-big-arenas-of-competition) compared to [$15 billion in 2005](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/The-race-takes-off-in-the-next-big-arenas-of-competition). By the end of 2026, total investment by these hyperscalers could approach [$1 trillion](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/The-race-takes-off-in-the-next-big-arenas-of-competition).

But here’s the catch: despite that record level of spending, [productive investment](https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?ReqID=10&step=2) as a share of U.S. GDP has barely budged. That measure matters because it tracks spending on the economy’s productive assets—the factories, equipment, infrastructure, and intellectual property that underpin future productivity and competitiveness. The AI boom is real, but it has yet to reshape investment across the broader industrial economy.

This disconnect matters because productive investment is a leading indicator of competitiveness and of where production, jobs, and growth will occur. While the United States has outperformed most advanced economies on investment since the global financial crisis, China is adding roughly [$4.4 trillion](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) in net productive assets annually, roughly [four times](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) the equivalent amount in the United States.

We estimate that addressing the most critical U.S. import dependencies could require on the order of $2 trillion in additional manufacturing investment or about [6% of GDP](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/ramping-up-manufacturing-in-america). At the end of [2025](https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?ReqID=10&step=2), investment in factory structures fell [6%](https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?ReqID=10&step=2) after peaking in [2024](https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?ReqID=10&step=2). Meanwhile, investment in general industrial equipment was essentially [flat](https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?ReqID=10&step=2), although there was a slight uptick in machinery and equipment investment in the [first quarter](https://amtonline.org/article/machinery-orders-continue-rally-in-q1-2026-despite-uncertainty-from-iran-war) of this year. The reshoring momentum that started in [2022](https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/from-plans-to-starts-examining-recent-trends-in-manufacturing-plant-construction-20250114.html) has plateaued in the numbers, and any recent announcements will take time to translate into construction and development.

One clear challenge to sparking a U.S. industrial renaissance: it’s expensive to make in America. Across most steps of the production process—construction, labor, materials, equipment, and time to market—the United States is a costly place to invest. Excluding any subsidies, the all-in costs to build products like semiconductors and pharmaceuticals are roughly [40%](https://www.semiconductor-digest.com/building-fabs-in-the-u-s-vs-taiwan-twice-as-long-twice-as-much/) and [60%](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) higher, respectively, than in the most competitive locations, while the cost of developing a new antibody medicine is [2.7 times](https://www.mckinsey.com.br/en/our-insights/biopharma-r-and-d-the-evolving-formula-for-discovery-and-development) as expensive compared to China. [Two factors](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) constitute the bulk of the cost gap. The first is more costly and slower capex delivery. U.S. construction costs are about [double](https://www.semiconductor-digest.com/building-fabs-in-the-u-s-vs-taiwan-twice-as-long-twice-as-much/) what they are in Asia, and construction times can be [twice as long](https://www.semiconductor-digest.com/building-fabs-in-the-u-s-vs-taiwan-twice-as-long-twice-as-much/): recent nuclear projects have taken up to a [decade](https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=937&lang=en) to complete compared to [six years](https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-reactor-database/details/fuqing-5) in China. Second, labor costs are [two to five times](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) more than in China or Taiwan, a difference that used to be offset by productivity differences. But in like-for-like industrial settings, productivity differences have all but vanished. In advanced fabs, for instance, Taiwanese engineers produce about a [quarter more](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) per worker than in the United States, where wages are more than 2.7 times as high.

To close such gaps, companies hoping to build at home could start by using modular, off-site methods that can cut project timelines by [half](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-capital/our-insights/scaling-bigger-faster-cheaper-data-centers-with-smarter-designs) and capital costs by [10 to 20%](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-capital/our-insights/scaling-bigger-faster-cheaper-data-centers-with-smarter-designs), and deploying technology, collaborative contracting, and more to lower construction costs. Also AI- and robot-first operating models can help employers transform labor productivity. Our analysis found such steps could close [half to two-thirds](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/catalyzing-competitiveness-where-investment-happens-and-why) of the U.S. cost gap.

Where cost competitiveness isn’t possible, companies can compete on service quality, brand, customer proximity, and innovation. Complex drug therapies, for example, command premium margins and a [decade or more](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/development-approval-process-drugs/frequently-asked-questions-patents-and-exclusivity) of effective commercial exclusivity. Performance and trust can sustain premium prices. Increasingly, unrestricted access to the U.S. market also matters.

Policymakers face their own challenges. They cannot protect, nurture, ringfence, or subsidize every industry. Instead, they can support industries that can solve America’s so-called “[Achilles heels](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/ramping-up-manufacturing-in-america),” the roughly [25%](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/ramping-up-manufacturing-in-america) of imported manufactured goods that are critical to national security, exposed to supply concentration, and derived from geopolitically distant trading partners. The scale of intervention required, whether selective trade measures, financial support, industrial policy, or other measures, is substantial. The task is about triage, deciding which industries justify a scale of intervention that would change the playing field, starting with the [25%](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/ramping-up-manufacturing-in-america) of imported manufactured goods in which dependencies are most pronounced. Policymakers will also want to work to address existing skews in the international trading system.

The U.S. technology boom shows the country can mobilize capital at breathtaking speed. Kicking off an industrial renaissance raises a harder question: Is the United States willing to change how it builds industry and absorb higher costs when doing so isn’t enough?

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt494979653ddcae99Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:46:10 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Shubham Singhal, Anna Kortis and Jan Mischke\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Trump Suggests Renaming Strait of Hormuz the 'Trump Strait' Amid Renewed Iran Hostilities\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/trump-suggests-renaming-strait-of-hormuz-after-himself-iran-war/<!\[CDATA\[Politics\]\]><!\[CDATA\["Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before," Trump said, as he floated the idea.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Kevin Dietsch––Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[President Donald Trump attends an event in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 31, 2026.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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President Donald Trump attends an event in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 31, 2026\. —Kevin Dietsch––Getty Images

President [Donald Trump](https://time.com/article/2026/08/31/is-trump-responsible-for-reviving-america-s-auto-industry-/) has suggested renaming the [Strait of Hormuz](https://time.com/article/2026/03/17/what-is-the-strait-of-hormuz-global-trade-oil-flow-iran-war/) the “Trump Strait” amid[ renewed hostilities](https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/us-iran-deadly-strikes-attacks-civilians-sirik-strait-hormuz/) with Iran following a brief period of respite.

“Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to Trump Strait? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!” the President[ said](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117202132375758936) Wednesday.

Trump floated the idea a day after the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) [launched](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094916573920199143) a new wave of strikes against Iranian military targets.

The U.S. military said it struck air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday released a [statement](https://x.com/Iran%5Fin%5FIndia/status/2095161585698484734) insisting the U.S. had attacked civilian areas and service infrastructure in the provinces of Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, and Kerman. It said a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, Sirik County, had been struck, resulting in fatalities and injuries.

In a statement to TIME, CENTCOM spokesperson Navy Captain Tim Hawkins said: “We are aware of reports, which originated from Iranian state media. The U.S. military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC.” 

The IRGC said it had [launched](https://t.me/irna%5F1313/447023) retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, alongside an additional U.S. facility in Iraq, overnight Tuesday. 

The renewed hostilities and threats come after a roughly month-long pause in active hostilities between the two countries. On Sunday, the U.S. military [struck two Iranian launchers](https://time.com/article/2026/08/31/us-iran-strikes-larak-island/) on Larak Island it said were preparing to fire rockets carrying naval mines into the Strait.

Trump’s attempt to rename the Strait underscores how both Iran and the U.S. have continued to vie for control of the vital waterway, through which roughly a fifth of global oil transited before the war.

The President has previously turned to name changes as a show of power and a way to undermine his perceived adversaries, most recently renaming[ Lake Ontario as “Lake America”](https://time.com/article/2026/08/27/trump-lake-ontario-america-order-canadians-boycott-us-travel-trade-war/) during the [U.S. trade war with Canada](https://time.com/article/2026/08/24/-we-don-t-need-canada-trump-escalates-trade-war-with-threat-of-50-auto-tariffs/).

Meanwhile, although Trump has claimed the U.S. has near total control of the Strait, the tussle over the body of water—which reignited after both countries adopted different interpretations of the [Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)](https://time.com/article/2026/06/17/us-iran-peace-deal-agreement-leaked-draft-text/)—rages on.

With no clear path to a negotiated truce, Washington has doubled down on its “economic D-Day” threats against Tehran, [increasing the pressure](https://time.com/article/2026/08/20/iran-hits-back-at-trump-s-threat-of-a-crushing-economic-d-day-campaign/) by tightening sanctions in addition to military action. 

### Traffic falls once more amid renewed instability for the Strait of Hormuz

The latest round of strikes between the U.S. and Iran has further disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kpler, a commodities data and analytics firm, shared data with TIME that shows only six ships crossed the Strait on Tuesday—a drop from 19 vessels on Friday last week.

Before the Iran war began on Feb. 28,[ 138 vessels](https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/update-008---jmic-advisory-note-08%5Fmar%5F2026%5Ffinal.pdf?rev=2b8c9ce801d34ff790337efd2938a76e) typically passed through the vital trade waterway during a 24-hour period.

On Wednesday, U.K. Maritime Operations (UKMTO)[ reported](https://x.com/UK%5FMTO/status/2095113714068255219) an attack on a tanker transiting the Strait that resulted in two casualties.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry [reported](https://x.com/KSAmofaEN/status/2095134599181426865) that Iran had targeted a Saudi tanker in the waterway, with UKMTO later [stating that](https://x.com/UK%5FMTO/status/2095170206117101596) two crew members had been killed.

### Iran's Gulf neighbors condemn Tehran's “heinous” retaliatory attacks

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) described Iran’s overnight retaliatory strikes against U.S. bases in the region as a “heinous” act. Secretary General Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi [said](https://www.gcc-sg.org/en/MediaCenter/News/Pages/news-2026-9-2-4.aspx) "these Iranian attacks represent a blatant violation of state sovereignty and a direct threat to their security and stability."

He stated that the GCC stands “firmly alongside” these countries “in all measures and actions taken to preserve their sovereignty, protect their security and stability, and ensure the safety of their peoples and residents.”

The council is made up of six countries on the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The UAE, which[ suspended trade with Iran](https://time.com/article/2026/08/19/uae-suspends-trade-with-iran-after-reported-missile-strikes/) in August amid missile strikes, released its own statement condemning Iran’s strikes across the wider Gulf region.

“These hostile attacks constitute a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the brotherly nations and a threat to their security and stability,”[ said](https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/MediaHub/News/2026/9/2/uae-Kuwait) the UAE’S Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltf23d3b0bcd9e33d3Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:59:01 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Tiago Ventura\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Ink Is an Exhilarating Portrait of the Beginning of the End of Newspapers\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/ink-review-danny-boyle/<!\[CDATA\[Entertainment\]\]><!\[CDATA\[In Danny Boyle's invigorating Venice Film Festival opener, Jack O'Connell shines as a 1960s newspaperman who awed even Rupert Murdoch.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Netflix\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Guy Pearce and Jack O'Connell in Ink\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Guy Pearce and Jack O'Connell in Ink —Courtesy of Netflix

What do we mean when we say a filmmaker has returned to form? Danny Boyle has made Oscar-winning movies _(_[_Slumdog Millionaire_](https://time.com/archive/6909421/slumdog-millionaire-a-dark-indian-epic-full-of-life/)_),_ great movies that people will remember forever _(_[_Trainspotting_](https://time.com/archive/6729305/cinema-on-the-fast-track/)_,_ [_28 Days Later_](https://time.com/7294568/28-years-later-danny-boyle-interview/)_),_ and superb, expressive movies that not many people think about anymore _(Sunshine, A Life Less Ordinary)_. Boyle has been making movies for so long now—and has been making them in such varied textures—that it’s hard to say what form, exactly, there is for him to return to. But _Ink,_ which opens the Venice Film Festival, somehow feels both old-school—in the brash, _Trainspotting_ way—and invigorating and modern; it’s almost as if Boyle were taking inspiration from himself, revisiting his catalog of ideas and revamping rather than repeating them. This is a bold, entertaining piece of filmmaking that also brings us back, perhaps to the precise year, when newspapers and other media organizations began veering away from serious news and toward the on-ramp of nonstop entertainment and stimulation. For that, we have news mogul [Rupert Murdoch](https://time.com/3917671/rupert-murdoch-history/) to thank. But as _Ink_ tells it, Murdoch learned how to be Murdoch from a lesser-known player you may never have heard of: who the hell was Larry Lamb?

_Ink,_ adapted from James Graham’s stage play and drawn from real life, opens in 1969 London on Fleet Street, the heart of the city’s newspaper business. The young, Australia-born Rupert Murdoch—played, with almost alarming charisma, by Guy Pearce—isn't yet a mover and shaker in the news business. But he has a proposition for a brash Yorkshire newspaperman whose career has taken a nosedive. Would this guy, Larry Lamb—Jack O’Connell, crackling with roguish charm—like to spearhead the relaunch of a [paper Murdoch has just purchased](https://time.com/7315668/murdoch-succession-rupert-lachlan/)? The two meet in a tony London restaurant where newspaper deals are made, tussling like bulls as they outline their ideas of what news should _be._ Then they stride out into the night, and as they pass the paper’s offices, they drop down on all fours to feel the rumble of the printing presses belowground. Newspapers are in their blood; they can’t differentiate between their own heartbeat and the clanking of tomorrow’s edition rolling off the cylinders.

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71e49ba140436f9c/6a95cab422b3da121a75d7bd/ink_2.png?branch=production)

Pearce, center, as Rupert Murdoch —Courtesy of Netflix

That image may sound corny, but as movie language, it works. Boyle and cinematographer Alwin H. Küchler (who also shot _Sunshine)_ give the movie a zig-zagging, simmering energy. If _Trainspotting_ mapped the euphoria and careless self-destruction of heroin addicts, _Ink_ is the story of another kind of obsessive: guys in thrall to the big story, to power, and to money, maybe not even necessarily in that order. By 1969, London was already swinging, but not for these guys: In their trim but conventional Savile Row suits, they’re aware of the style revolution around them, yet they stay happily outside it, like gods smirking from Mount Olympus. It's as if they’d long ago decided that their main job was to observe and reflect the world rather than actually live in it.

The first half of _Ink_ tells the story of the _Sun_’s ascension, from its lagging position behind its hugely successful rival, the _Daily Mirror,_ to a tabloid that seduced readers with new kinds of coverage. What, exactly, were working-class Londoners interested in reading about, Lamb would ask his assembled staff, including a starchily old-school deputy editor imported from Liverpool (Patrick Kennedy), a possibly over-the-hill sports editor (Christopher Fulford), and, most notably, the crackerjack newswoman Jules (Claire Foy, fierce as a firecracker), who’s been sleeping with the married Lamb for years in an arrangement that suits them both. He’s now given her the luxury of editing a “woman’s page,” which she’s free to fill with whatever she likes, including the radical feminist ideas that drive her. (She ends up printing an excerpt of the banned-in-Britain book _The Sensuous Woman,_ a manual written to help women navigate and understand their own sexuality—though she makes it clear that it's the guys who really ought to be reading it.) 

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4062d599fd3b1f5/6a95cab422b3dabadd75d7b9/ink_(3%29.png?branch=production)

Foy as formidable newswoman Jules —Courtesy of Netflix

In revamping the paper's coverage, the list of key categories Lamb and his staff come up with includes the usual suspects (sport, the weather) but also some surprises. Everyone, the staff concluded, loves watching television, but newspapers weren’t covering it—why not? And the men, of course, loved looking at naked women, and thus the “Page 3 Girl”—basically, a tasteful nudie image—was born. That’s how Lamb remade the _Sun,_ and made his name. In the movie’s second half, in a gracefully executed tone shift, Lamb’s newly forged reputation as a wonder boy is tested; suddenly, _Ink_ becomes a mildly grim true-crime thriller, based on a real-life case. (The principals involved are played by Jonathan Hyde and Lucy Russell.) Boyle presents the details as if he were splashing paint on canvas, not carelessly but with controlled strokes of energy. 

Does Lamb want to help solve the mystery at the heart of this crime, or is his job to stay out of it and let the police do their job? He’s too addicted to sensationalism to know when to stop. In the story _Ink_ tells, Murdoch is in thrall to Lamb and his instincts, even as he frequently recoils from them. He sees what’s unsavory about Lamb’s approach and, more than once, moves to restrain him; then he sees the uptick in the _Sun_’s sales figures and zips his lip. If you’d prefer to think of Murdoch as an individual wholly devoid of sex appeal, Pearce’s performance might rattle you; his Murdoch is shrewd but not inhuman—even monsters were young once. Foy's character is a composite and not based on a specific individual, but she avoids all the pitfalls of playing a symbol. Jules is a woman in an overwhelmingly masculine world, so devoted to her work she doesn’t want to be anywhere else, but she never makes it look easy. Foy plays Jules' moments of doubt with piercing clarity—she sees the moral cracks in her boss-and-lover's ambitious strategies, and she voices them, but there are no moments of obvious triumph. Jules lives and works in a space where standing your ground can only make you exceedingly lonely.

And still, O’Connell’s Larry Lamb is a guy you want to root for, even if, as a modern person with a reasonable awareness of what’s happened to the news media in the internet age, you can see he’s making the snowball that starts the avalanche. O'Connell plays Lamb as somehow disreputable and principled at once; it’s simply that he’d rather be right than do right. He’s the kind of brazen, disreputable showman you want to creep closer to—even the young Murdoch feels it. _Ink_ works as both a fictionalized snapshot of a lost world and a forensic exploration of what happens when you give the people what they want, instead of what they don’t _know_ they want. It’s a movie about the beginning of an end, brought about by enterprising men who just wanted to sell papers. So thrilled by the lede they were writing, they gave zero forethought to the kicker.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt191216d8568b0925Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:00:03 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Stephanie Zacharek\]\]><!\[CDATA\[What is 'Scromiting'? ER Doctors Are Seeing it More\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/what-is-scromiting-er-doctors-are-seeing-it-more/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The painful condition, with symptoms of both screaming and vomiting, is linked to cannabis use.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Anastassiya Bezhekeneva—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Anastassiya Bezhekeneva—Getty Images

Recreational [cannabis](https://time.com/tag/cannabis/) use [is now legal](https://time.com/6973962/health-hazards-of-legalizing-marijuana/) in [24 U.S. states](https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/cannabis-overview). After [Illinois legalized it,](https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/cannabis-information-center/home/social-consumption.html) in 2020, James Swartz started to keep an eye out for any changes in public health that might stem from more widespread marijuana use. A professor of social work at the University of Chicago, he still remembers when he and his colleagues learned about the rise of [a distressing condition that seemed linked to chronic marijuana usage](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15479672/). “We started seeing more and more clinical reports and case studies in the literature about this syndrome,” he says. “So we were curious: Is that happening here?” 

They found that indeed, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS)—which can include a symptom colloquially called “[scromiting](https://www.reddit.com/r/emergencymedicine/comments/1pmr4c0/finally%5Fhad%5Fa%5Fscromiter/),” a portmanteau of “screaming” and “vomiting”—seemed to be [on the rise in emergency departments nationwide](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2841769). In 2025, the condition [even got its own ICD 10 code](https://adai.uw.edu/icd-10-code-chs/), allowing doctors to enter it more specifically into medical records. The condition is still poorly understood, and recently, physicians [publishing in _JAMA_](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2853351) wrote a primer on the disorder.

## What is cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS)?

An important backdrop to the rise of CHS is a condition called [cyclic vomiting syndrome,](https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cyclical-vomiting-syndrome/) or CVS, says Dr. Thangam Venkatesan, a professor at the Ohio State University who is an expert on CVS and an author of the new paper. “It has episodes of nausea, vomiting, belly pain, headache, and this affects both children and adults,” she says. During episodes, people vomit or retch four or five times an hour, and episodes can last several days, before abating for weeks or months. Understanding and avoiding triggers is key to treating the disorder.

CHS was [first described in 2004 in Australia](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15479672/), when doctors carefully followed patients with cyclical vomiting who were habitual cannabis users. It presents similarly to CVS and usually occurs after people have been using marijuana for some time, sometimes as a treatment for other disorders, and involves abdominal pain and vomiting that recedes after people stop cannabis use. The pain can be so intense for some people that they may [scream while they vomit](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21665-cannabis-hyperemesis-syndrome). (About the “scromiting” label: Venkatesan doesn’t use it and calls it “a fairly derogatory term.”)

During episodes, people can seek relief by taking very hot baths and showers, though it’s not clear why this helps, says Venkatesan—nor is this coping method unique to CHS. “Close to half the patients with cyclic vomiting who have never used cannabis also exhibit the hot shower bathing behavior,” she says. “This is very peculiar.” 

## Why is cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome on the rise?

It’s possible that some of the increase in documented cases comes from more ER doctors recognizing what they’re seeing as a cohesive syndrome, says Venkatesan. But the rise seems to coincide with a sharp increase in the potency of the forms of cannabis now available and an increase in cannabis use generally. Concentrations of THC, the primary psychoactive compound in marijauna, [used to be around 1-3% in dried plants, and now they may be higher than 15%](https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/about.html)—and as high as [95%](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12483347/).

“It's a completely different product, even in medical dispensaries,” than before legalization, Venkatesan says. She notes that people may not be aware of the potential for syndromes like CHS when they start using cannabis, and the picture is complicated by the fact that many heavy users do not experience these symptoms, she says. 

## What should people know about cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome?

Although most people with CHS tend to be young adults, there are patients of all ages. The main risk factors are prolonged use of cannabis with high concentrations of THC. 

“You really increase your chances of this with frequent use of high-potency products for an extended period of time,” says Swartz. “So I would say, be careful of the products that you're using, be mindful of the potency and the frequency with which you're using. It's not a fun condition to have.” 

The rise of legalized cannabis has also been accompanied by an increase in schizophrenia cases, research has found; one study in Ontario found that cases associated with cannabis-use disorder [nearly tripled](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39903464/) in recent years. Even before legalization, there was [a known link](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2424288/) between psychosis and prior cannabis use in young people, suggesting that in some, there may be a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that is [exacerbated by cannabis](https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/behind-the-smoke-unmasking-the-link-between-cannabis-and-schizophrenia/). Daily use of high-potency cannabis is associated with a nearly five-fold increase in schizophrenia risk,[ another study found](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30902669/).

Do people with CHS also have psychiatric conditions? Studies found that [mental-health conditions and CHS do tend to co-occur](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.26.26347188v1.full), says Swartz. But whether that’s because people are self-medicating with cannabis and thus predisposing themselves to CHS, or whether CHS and mental-health conditions occur together for other reasons isn’t clear. 

Quitting cannabis isn’t always an easy process, Swartz says, even with a motivation as strong as resolving CHS. “It's more complicated than, ‘Hey, just stop,’” he says. “The question is: ‘Why are you using?’ And let's think of some other way you can address that, other than cannabis.” 

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt76829ccf9ad4bf40Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:47:48 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Veronique Greenwood\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Personality Is Linked to Genes, New Study Finds\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/personality-is-linked-to-genes-study/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The largest study of its kind has uncovered the genetic links of traits like extraversion and agreeableness.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Flavio Coelho—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Flavio Coelho—Getty Images

When it comes to [personality](https://time.com/7612/americas-mood-map-an-interactive-guide-to-the-united-states-of-attitude/), humanity contains all sorts, from people who thrive on socializing to those who’d prefer to have a quiet cup of tea at home. Psychologists have found that five dimensions of personality, often termed [the “Big Five](https://time.com/6959682/are-personality-tests-useful/),” are reliable descriptors of temperament. Given regular questionnaires about their lives and attitudes, people tend to score consistently across their lifetimes on extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness (a tendency to go with the flow), neuroticism (a tendency toward anxiety and other negative emotions), and conscientiousness (like self-discipline and rule-following). 

Exactly how these tendencies arise, and the extent to which they are the result of nature or nurture, are [areas of active research](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1635039/). Now, in a [paper](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10992-9) published in _Nature_ on September 2, scientists who examined the genes of more than a million people who also took personality questionnaires have revealed a swath of genetic variants linked to each of the Big Five traits. This information opens the door to research into the intersection of personality and biology, helping to answer questions about how we become who we are.

## What’s the relationship between genes and your personality?

Psychologists have long suspected that some aspects of personality must be genetic, says Denis Bratko, a psychologist at the University of Zagreb in Croatia who [has studied this question](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view%5Fop=view%5Fcitation&hl=en&user=B7h7yXAAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation%5Ffor%5Fview=B7h7yXAAAAAJ:XUvXOeBm%5F78C) but was not involved in the new research. Previous efforts to look for these links, however, [did not uncover clear correlations—](https://www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fulltext/psych/77/1/annurev-psych-013125-042402.pdf?expires=1788349013&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=4BDFBC4B083FCFDC45343DD3A3D4A1BA)no particular gene or genes for extraversion, for example—likely because study sizes were small and because there are now thought to be many genetic variants, each with a subtle effect, involved in personality. “Several decades of studies have seen failures because they \[have been\] looking for one or a few genes which will have a huge effect,” he says. 

To overcome these problems, the authors of the new study reached out to scientists around the world who manage repositories of data that include both genomic information and information about personality. 

“We think that personality is super-important for health,” says Michel Nivard, a professor of genomic epidemiology at University of Bristol in the U.K. and an author of the study. Scores on Big Five traits have long been associated with risk for mental-health diagnoses; neuroticism, in particular, is [linked to anxiety.](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10797059/) Personality can also help predict certain health outcomes, including [whether people will stick with taking medication](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23783830/) or seek out medical help for a problem.

## What did researchers find?

The study revealed more than 1,000 genetic variants that appear to contribute to personality. Because the data came with all sorts of information about the people in the study—including, in some cases, the area where they lived, how much they [walked](https://time.com/7306018/maximize-health-benefits-walking/) a day, how other people rated them on personality questionnaires, and other measures—the researchers could see links between personality traits, genetic variants, and other parts of people’s lives as well.

Looking at genetic profiles, the researchers could see that people whose variants were linked to extraversion were more likely to be infected with COVID early in the pandemic, says Nivard. “Which makes sense, right? Because when you loosen up rules around social interaction, then the people who will take advantage of those loosening rules the most are people who have been missing that interaction most,” he says.

Personality was also linked to where people lived in midlife, the researchers found, using information from the [UK Biobank](https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/) that included home location. Those with genetic profiles linked to greater openness to new experience tended to end up in cosmopolitan cities, while those higher on neuroticism gravitated to affluent suburbs. 

Overall, the study found that a relatively small but significant proportion of personality can be predicted by genetics—up to around 13%—reinforcing psychologists’ impression that personality is a combination of genetics and environment. And it’s not necessarily the case that personality is inherited: an extravert, for example, may not have extraverted children. The system is clearly quite a bit more complex than that. 

Many, many genes—more than were identified in this study—are probably involved, influencing a variety of pathways in the brain, Nivard says. “That must be the case, given how diffuse we find those genetic effects to be.” 

“It's a wonderful paper,” says Tena Vukasović Hlupić, a psychologist at the University of Zagreb who was not an author on the new study. “It's finally empirical evidence that there is not one gene for whatever personality trait.”

## What’s next for genetics and personality research? 

Understanding the genetic variants playing into each trait may help psychologists and neuroscientists further explore the basic neurobiology of personality. “There’s this endless debate on whether our body and our experiences shape our personality, or whether personality shapes our experience. I'm super excited to go and use these results to dig into those kinds of questions,” says Nivard. 

This information also raises the possibility of using such variants as a way to screen for problems down the road, says Hlupić. The variants themselves are only a small part of what might give people a predisposition to a certain mental-health condition, for instance, but if they can be used as an indicator of risk, and early interventions can help, they might be useful tools beyond basic research. 

If you’d like to find out more about your own personality, the best way is still an [academically validated Big Five test](https://www.psychometrictest.org.uk/big-five-personality/), Nivard says—not a genomic test. “There is no better way to know about your personality than to take a personality test,” says Nivard. “They're really good. They're not perfect, but they're way better than anything we could ever do with genetics.” 

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt39dc8ad41bb82c53Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:21:27 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Veronique Greenwood\]\]><!\[CDATA\[E.U. Chief Says Alleged Russian Drone Plot Had 'Hallmarks of State-Sponsored Terrorism'\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/germany-russia-alleged-drone-attack-airport-european-retaliation/<!\[CDATA\[World\]\]><!\[CDATA\[German officials have said Russia was behind the explosive-laden drone that was found near a runway at a German airport last month.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Michael Brandt—Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Kaja Kallas, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, addresses journalists in Wicklow, Ireland, on Sept. 2, 2026.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Kaja Kallas, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, addresses journalists in Wicklow, Ireland, on Sept. 2, 2026\. —Michael Brandt—Getty Images

An alleged Russian [drone plot at a German airport](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/germany-airport-explosive-drone-counterterrorism-investigation-europe-security/) last month had “all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism,” European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas asserted Wednesday, a day after Germany said Russia was responsible.

“We have already summoned Russian ambassadors,” Kallas [told](https://x.com/kajakallas/status/2095054697321148473) reporters in Ireland, ahead of a meeting with European foreign ministers. Kallas said E.U. member states would consider adding further sanctions on Russian military assets, in addition to working with Ukraine on efforts to put additional pressure on Moscow to end the war.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Russia was responsible for the attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport in early August, which saw the discovery of an explosive-laden drone close to a runway. Germany's _Bild_ newspaper [reported](https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/neue-details-zur-sperrung-am-flughafen-leipzig-drohne-trug-ein-paeckchen-mit-zuender-6a72de2d22542e2b26f0cc4c) that the drone had been found lying near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft. Federal police and a bomb disposal unit were deployed to safely dispose of the drone.

Leipzig/Halle has served as a European base for Ukraine's Antonov jets since[ Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022](https://time.com/6256509/ukraine-russia-war-anniversary/). The airport is [also used by NATO](https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/deterrence-and-defence/strategic-airlift) for transportation needs, as well as by the German military.

Wadephul [said](https://x.com/BMI%5FBund/status/2094830817750942057) “the means used to commit the attack, including the drone’s configuration, various components, explosives and ignition technology, are familiar to us from other Russian hybrid operations and from Russia’s war against Ukraine.”

He described the technology found at the airport as “professional” and said the drone’s components demonstrated “a high degree” of technical expertise. “Through the attempted attack in Leipzig, the Russian leadership consciously chose to damage further our already severely strained bilateral relationship,” he alleged.

Wadephul announced retaliatory measures, relaying how Germany intends to close the Russian consulate in Bonn from Sep. 18\. The lease for the [Russian House](https://www.berlinglobal.org/index.php?the-russian-house-of-science-and-culture-celebrates-35-years) in Berlin, an institute showcasing Russian culture, will be terminated.

There will also be tighter entry controls for Russian nationals and additional pressure will be placed on [Moscow's shadow fleet](https://www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2026C20/).

Russia has denied responsibility for the drone plot.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that no evidence for the allegations had been presented, and that “under a completely far-fetched and far-fetched pretext, Berlin has once again escalated bilateral relations,” according to Russian state news agency [TASS](https://tass.ru/politika/28066771). 

In response to the retaliatory actions taken by Germany, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko [told reporters ](https://tass.com/politics/2180949)Wednesday that Moscow “will respond as we deem necessary, when we are ready for it.” This came after Russian President Vladimir Putin called the German response a “grave mistake” that “clearly runs counter to the interests of the German people,” [according to TASS reporting](https://tass.ru/politika/28067413).

TIME has approached the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Kremlin for comment. 

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A police investigator works on the tarmac after the discovery of a explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany on Aug. 5, 2026\. —Jens Schlueter/Getty Images

### European officials lead support for Germany

Europe has rallied behind Germany and vowed to display a strong, united front.

British Prime Minister [Andy Burnham](https://time.com/article/2026/07/17/andy-burnham-first-speech-labour-leader-incoming-prime-minister/) said “the United Kingdom stands in full solidarity with Germany following Russia’s egregious and reckless attack in Leipzig. Russian attempts to undermine our united resolve and our willingness to support Ukraine are futile and doomed to fail.”

French President Emmanuel Macron [said](https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/2094848157251170670) Russia's alleged involvement “cannot go unanswered,” calling for European allies to remain united and stand in support of Ukraine.

Further afield, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney [said](https://x.com/MarkJCarney/status/2094862495806529915) "attacking a Ukrainian cargo plane on German soil was an egregious attempt by Russia to weaken our resolve and our collective defence—and it will fail."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky [said](https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2095112838029185276) he had discussed the incident with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “This is yet another Russian escalation, and it is important that Germany responded,” Zelensky said. “I assured him that Ukraine is ready to help—with expertise, experience, or in other areas where Germany may need it.”

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, meanwhile, [expressed](https://x.com/SecGenNATO/status/2094818411066904731) “full solidarity” with Germany. “The evidence is clear,” he said, voicing his backing of Berlin’s measures against Moscow. “Russia’s attempts to intimidate us, to undermine our unity and our willingness to support Ukraine are futile and will fail.”

The U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said [the U.S.](https://x.com/USAmbNATO/status/2095079022535266662) "stands in solidarity with Germany and all allies in the face of efforts to cause harm and chaos on NATO territory."

Since President Donald Trump’s return to Office, Washington has [maintained](https://time.com/article/2026/07/03/trump-nato-defense-spending-row-alliance-summit/) that European allies must do more to prop up its defensive capabilities, rather than relying heavily on the U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth [announced](https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/hegseth-us-troops-europe-review-nato-allies-criticism-iran-war/) a review of U.S. troops stationed in Europe in June, expressing the Trump Administration’s disappointment over the “shameful” response from allies to the war with Iran and the lack of support for Washington’s military actions.

NATO has [largely heeded](https://time.com/article/2026/07/24/trump-mark-rutte-europe-nato-/) the call, with members [pledging](https://time.com/7297698/nato-2025-summit-trump-iran-ukraine-defense-topics/) higher defense spending, but there have still been clashes over key issues, such as Trump’s expressed interest in annexing [Greenland](https://time.com/7344268/us-trump-greenland-annexation-denmark/).

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltf423c9a6bc9de3efWed, 02 Sep 2026 16:43:53 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Callum Sutherland\]\]><!\[CDATA\[U.S. Mint Begins Selling Trump $1 Coins. Are They Legal?\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/trump-1-gold-coins-go-on-sale/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Trump is the first sitting president in a century to appear on a U.S. coin, reviving questions about whether the practice is legal.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared a photographic rendering of a commemorative $1 coin featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump on social media on July 15, 2026.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87c218fcf4fa1c7d/6a984cfd739f6798bda4cde5/HNQwzATXUAAcimK2.jpg?branch=production)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared a photographic rendering of a commemorative $1 coin featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump on social media on July 15, 2026\. —Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

The U.S. Mint [began selling](https://www.usmint.gov/campaigns/donald-trump-coin?srsltid=AfmBOook40qVVKCfeLbZm81TaIDD%5FxFWQLCnr2Xt%5F6LhuvhH0pR9L2SI) $1 coins bearing a likeness of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, making him the first sitting president in a century to have his face on currency.

Celebrating the nation’s semiquincentennial, the gold-colored coins feature a portrait of the president on one side, along with inscriptions of “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “1776 \~ 2026.” On the other side is an illustration of the presidential seal and inscriptions of “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “ONE DOLLAR.”

**Read More:** [_All the Things Trump Has Put His Name and Face on as President_](https://time.com/article/2026/03/27/trump-name-face-signature-currency-government-buildings-programs/)

Certain coins will feature an additional commemorative emblem. The U.S. Mint said that 250,000 of the coins were struck on July 4 in Philadelphia, and those are embellished with a special “July 4th” privy mark. The coins have been distributed at random among the rolls and bags that are available for purchase. 

The coin, which is being pressed at the Philadelphia Mint, was first [announced](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/trump-1-dollar-coin-commemorative-us-mint-250th-anniversary/) in July by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He wrote [on X](https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2077339920461439115) that the coin “celebrates the strength of American values, and the promise of a nation dedicated to preserving freedom for all.”

Although this is the first currency featuring Trump to enter production, it is not the first proposed by the Treasury. Earlier this year, Bessent [unveiled plans](https://time.com/article/2026/05/29/trump-250-dollar-bill-treasury-currency-congress-semiquincentennial/) for Trump to appear on a commemorative $250 bill, and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted to approve a [24-karat gold commemorative coin](https://time.com/article/2026/03/20/trump-gold-coin-250th-anniversary-commemorative-king-living-person-tradition/) featuring Trump’s face in March.

## Can the Trump semiquincentennial coin be used as currency?

The semiquincentennial coin can be used as currency, with a face value of $1 under federal law. However, the U.S. Mint is promoting the item as a collectible, referring to its “once-in-a-generation anniversary design destined to become a standout addition to modern collections.”

Accordingly, they are sold at a premium: Collectors can purchase a 25-coin roll for $61 or a 100-coin bag for $154.50\. There is a limit of two of each product per household in place through 2 p.m. Thursday. 

The Treasury has also [clarified](https://www.usmint.gov/campaigns/donald-trump-coin?srsltid=AfmBOorKEE3cUB8yuKLstXCB6HlhVEVM5VeB8tYsYaH4AlDGw8tzUE2O) that the 0.286 oz. coins do not contain any precious metal; the golden coloring is derived from manganese brass. The composition of the coins consists of 6% zinc, 3.5% manganese, and 2% nickel, with copper forming the remaining balance.

The coin is legal tender, but federal law does not require private businesses to accept it as payment for goods or services. Businesses may generally establish their own payment policies unless state or local law provides otherwise.

## Are Trump $1 coins legal?

Democratic lawmakers have questioned the legality of putting a living president’s face on a coin, pointing to [federal law](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section5114&num=0&edition=prelim) that states: “Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.”

Lawmakers and experts have also cited the [Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005](https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1047), which prohibited coins issued under that presidential series from depicting a living current or former president—or a president who had died within the previous two years.

In December 2025, Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada introduced a [bill](https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-cortez-masto-lead-new-bill-to-block-donald-trump-from-putting-his-face-on-dollar-coin/) seeking to block Trump’s likeness from appearing on the $1 coin. In April, seven Democratic senators also urged leaders of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to prohibit funding for coins or currency bearing a sitting president’s image or signature. The letter [pointed](https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cortez-masto-democratic-colleagues-urge-senate-committee-to-block-the-trump-dollar-coin/) to how George Washington “strongly opposed having his image on U.S. coins during his presidency, viewing it as a contradiction to the war for independence from Kings.”

“Placing the bust of a living president on a commemorative or circulating coin contradicts who we are as a nation,” the senators wrote.

Bessent has acknowledged federal law, but has argued that there is precedent for Trump’s likeness on the coin.

"During the 150th there was a Calvin Coolidge coin," Bessent said on Fox News in July. "So we can put living presidents' images on a coin."

Bessent was referring to a half-dollar issued for the nation’s 150th anniversary that featured then-President Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge is the only previous sitting president to appear on a U.S. coin.

The Trump Administration has also pointed to an act from Trump’s first term, the [Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1923), which explicitly prohibits portraits of living people on the reverse of semiquincentennial coins but does not explicitly impose the same restriction on the obverse, where Trump’s portrait appears. Coolidge’s portrait likewise [appeared](https://www.facebook.com/UnitedStatesMint/photos/calvin-coolidge-was-the-first-president-to-have-his-portrait-appear-on-a-coin-st/545780210929941/) on the obverse of the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence half-dollar.

But the controversy is a bit more nuanced. The 2020 statute defending the legality of the coin also says each semiquincentennial design “shall be selected by the Secretary after consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.”

The Commission of Fine Arts—made up of seven Trump appointees—did suggest a design that is different from the one that currently appears. The advice was meant to be advisory only, so a failure to use the recommended design is not considered a violation of the statute.

The CCAC, which is an 11-person committee established by Congress, did not review the design. The Mint maintains that it repeatedly gave the committee multiple opportunities to review the portfolio and was entitled to proceed after committee leadership declined. Some CCAC members [dispute](https://www.ccac.gov/system/files/2026-03/Meeting%5F-%5F02-24-2026.pdf) whether the compressed schedule provided a meaningful opportunity to conduct the statutorily required review. One member said the committee received the Trump coin designs five days before a planned meeting, substantially less than the recent average, while the Mint noted that the committee had sometimes reviewed designs on only two or three days’ notice.

The resulting question of legality centers on whether the Mint satisfied the statute by providing the CCAC an opportunity to review the designs—or whether the law required an actual committee deliberation and input.

According to Michael J. Gerhardt, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, says that the coin “violates both federal law and historical practice.”

“The Department of Treasury is bound to follow federal law. Its efforts to maneuver around federal law are illegal,” Gerhardt tells TIME. “The fact that the coin is commemorative does not immunize it from being covered by relevant federal law.”

Daniel Weiner, the senior director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program, sees this as an issue that goes beyond law, and is much more about an Administration that has continually stretched the bounds of executive power.

“To some extent, its legality is kind of beside the point,” he tells TIME. “There’s the broader context of removing checks on the President’s ability to dominate every action of the Executive Branch. The question is: What are we supposed to do in this situation?”

“In the past, it's not that this kind of thing would be illegal,” he continues, “but it would be unthinkable.”

The legality of the coin is based on a “hodgepodge of different statues,” Weiner says, but the issue is more about restoring a “tradition of restraint among Presidents.”

Weiner and Gerhardt both point out that even if Trump’s coin is illegal, it would be hard to find plaintiffs that could show they are being harmed by the move, which is required in order to file a lawsuit challenging the issuance of the coin. 

“Ultimately, this is a question that's as much about unwritten rules as written rules,” Weiner adds. “Because the written rules kind of contradict each other, and it's unclear who is supposed to enforce them.”

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt72c83916b681c221Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:57:24 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Rebecca Schneid\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The World Can’t Ignore Nepal. We Are All in Danger.\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/climate-change-melting-glaciers-himalayas-floods-nepal-danger-/<!\[CDATA\[Ideas\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The climate disasters in Nepal are the essence of climate injustice. Those least responsible for climate change are the worst affected and the least equipped to recover.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Safal Prakash Shrestha-NurPhoto-Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Families in Nepal search for missing relatives at the National Trauma Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 1, 2026, one week after floods struck areas near the Nepal-China border. More than a 1,000 people are dead and around 4,000 are missing.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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Families in Nepal search for missing relatives at the National Trauma Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 1, 2026, one week after floods struck areas near the Nepal-China border. More than a 1,000 people are dead and around 4,000 are missing. —Safal Prakash Shrestha-NurPhoto-Getty Images

We are still burying or cremating our dead. We are still searching for our missing people. We are still gasping at the emptiness where our homes stood. 

And we know something: the furious deluge that came crashing down from a mountain peak in northern Nepal, like a scene from an apocalyptic movie, and tore through the valleys of the Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts of our country was not a freak accident.

It was a warning from the Himalayas. Our majestic mountains and their glaciers are warming because of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions from[ industrialized nations](https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/causes-effects-climate-change) that have been burning fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution. We, in Nepal, produce a mere 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. And it is time for the industrialized nations to take responsibility for it.

On Monday, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority estimated that[ at least 1,050](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nepal-flash-floods-live-updates-death-toll-persons-missing-rescue-relief-september-1-2026/article71413472.ece) people have died in the floods, 292 are injured and 3,916 are missing. More than 90,000 people have been affected. Around 600 of the missing people are foreign nationals from 39 countries.

The first reports, which pointed toward[ an earthquake](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world/asia/nepal-flood-glacier-ice-avalanche.html) setting off the glacial rage, were quickly reversed. What the seismometers registered was a warming glacier shearing off Langtang Lirung mountain peak and slamming into the valley floor with enough force to[ register](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/what-caused-the-catastrophic-flash-flood-in-nepal-and-tibet-and-how-does-a-glacier-collapse) a magnitude 5.2 shock, sending a wall of rock, ice, mud and water thundering down the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli River valley at a ferocious speed that gave communities along the riverbanks almost no warning. 

Chinese monitors clocked just six to seven minutes between the collapse and the moment the surge hit Gyirong Port at the China-Nepal border. In Rasuwa district, officials recorded the Trishuli River rising as much as nine meters in 30 minutes.

Nepal is familiar with a pattern of extreme climate events induced by climate change. In July 2025, a smaller flood washed away the Friendship Bridge, which connected Rasuwagadhi in Nepal with Gyirong on the Chinese side of the border. In Aug. 2024, a glacial lake let go near Mount Everest,[ tearing through Thame village](https://www.icimod.org/press-release/glof-from-thyanbo-glacial-lake-sweeps-away-thame-village/) and destroying homes, a school and a health post overnight. These natural calamities are becoming more frequent and fiercer.

Nepalis are resilient. Every time a disaster hits, we mourn our dead, rebuild, and carry on. We call it karma, or fate, or the mountains doing what mountains do. But this isn’t karma. The climate is changing, and human activity is changing it. Our resilience becomes a quiet abandonment, a way for the rest of the world to admire how well we absorb losses it helped create.

### **A Himalayan warning**

In Oct. 2023, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stood near Mount Everest and[ pleaded](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/nepals-mountains-have-lost-one-third-their-ice-un-chief-says-2023-10-30/), “I am here today to cry out from the rooftop of the world: stop the madness…The glaciers are retreating, but we cannot. We must end the fossil fuel age.” 

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is[ warming faster](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/himalayan-glaciers-track-lose-up-75-ice-by-2100-report-2023-06-20/) than the global average. Go up to the mountains and you can see it: bare grey rock where there was snow and ice just a decade ago. The region is often called the “Third Pole" because it holds the largest volume of ice outside the two poles. It is also one of the planet’s most important water towers, feeding ten major river systems and sustaining nearly two billion people downstream.

In March, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an intergovernmental group working in the Himalayan region, confirmed what mountain people already feel: glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya are now losing ice at[ roughly twice the rate](https://www.icimod.org/press-releases/hindu-kush-himalaya-glaciers-losing-ice-at-double-the-rate-since-2000-new-icimod-report-confirm/) they did before 2000, and have disappeared 65% faster between 2011 and 2020 than in the preceding decade. Nepal alone holds more than 2,000 glacial lakes.

An assessment by the Nepal government and ICIMOD identified[ 21 glacial lakes](https://www.adaptation-undp.org/report-icimod-and-undp-identifies-potentially-dangerous-glacial-lakes-river-basins-nepal-tibet) across the Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali basins of the country as potentially dangerous and capable of producing a damaging outburst. In 2016, the government of[ Nepal and UNDP](https://undpnepal.exposure.co/reaching-new-heights-in-nepal-climate-action-at-imja-the-himalayan-glacier) worked together to lower water levels in Imja Tsho, one of the largest and most closely watched glacial lakes in the Everest region. The initiative successfully drained Imja Tsho to a safer level and installed community-based early warning and response systems.

But new lakes keep forming, and old ones keep growing, faster than any single country can monitor them. Imja took years of international effort and millions of dollars to make it safe. Nepal has dozens of glacial lakes like it. We don’t have a fraction of the money required. 

### **The arithmetic of climate injustice**

And here is the arithmetic of the injustice: Nepal is one of the smallest contributors to[ global greenhouse gas emissions](https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/Nepal%20First%20NDC.pdf), yet its people, from remote villages to the Kathmandu Valley, keep paying the price for it. Nepal has grown its forest cover to[ nearly 46%](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/11/20/from-data-to-action-enabling-sustainable-forest-management-in-nepal) of its land and draws[ around 90%](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS?locations=NP&) of its electricity from clean hydropower. The climate disasters we face are the essence of climate injustice: those least responsible for the crisis are the first and worst affected, and too often the least equipped to recover.

Just as Nepal was turning a corner, under a reform-minded government promising good governanceandattracting foreign investment, this disaster could set this part of the country back by about a decade. Our finance minister, Swarnim Wagle, estimates that rebuilding will cost between four and five billion dollars, close to a tenth of our entire economy, against a national budget of around $14 billion for the year. 

Every major disaster forces the country to divert scarce resources away from education, healthcare, infrastructure and development and back into rebuilding what was lost. A country that spends its future paying for someone else’s emissions cannot develop. It can only tread water. Nepal doesn’t need another pledge recited at another international conference. We need the international community to move from symbolic gestures to real action. 

We need climate finance that actually reaches Nepal. We need a[ Loss and Damage Fund](https://unfccc.int/fund-for-responding-to-loss-and-damage) that pays out when a village needs it, not years after the water has receded. Nepal also needs investment in early warning systems, continuous monitoring of glaciers and glacial lakes, and disaster preparedness that reaches the most remote mountain communities. Six minutes of warning is not a policy failure of Nepal’s alone; it is what underinvestment in mountain monitoring buys. 

And finally, the people who live in these mountains and the billions who depend on the water flowing from them deserve a voice in climate policy. Nepal should be central to that conversation. We are not debating what climate change might do. We are already living it.

Nature has a way of reminding us just how interconnected and interdependent we are. A glacier destabilized in one country can, within minutes, devastate villages, infrastructure and livelihoods in another, while the bodies of the dead are found hundreds of kilometers downstream in a third country. Nepal, China and India share not only mountains and rivers, but alsoa common exposure to the accelerating risks of climate change. We need more regional cooperation, and Nepal, sitting at the head of these shared watersheds, is well positioned to play a central role.

Nepal’s mountains are our identity. They feed our rivers, our tourism, our sense of who we are. Now they are also ground zero for the climate emergency. The world needs to heed this warning: we need shared, urgent, and just action before more mountains give way.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt9d941a022130d42bWed, 02 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Sumnima Udas\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Kaushik Kappagantulu’s Greenhouse in a Box Is Aiding India’s Farmers\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/kaushik-kappagantulu/<!\[CDATA\[World\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Farmers using Kheyti’s structures have significantly reduced their crop losses while using two-thirds less water and fertilizer.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Yogesh Pund/Kheyti\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Yogesh Pund/Kheyti

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt264500953f5305faWed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:37 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Jessie Williams\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Introducing TIME Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/introducing-time-trailblazers/<!\[CDATA\[World\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The inaugural list recognizes leaders who are building a better world.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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## [**_Click here to read the full 2026 list._**](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/)

In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina’s devastating August landfall, [Resilience Force founder and executive director Saket Soni](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/saket-soni/) moved to Louisiana to help the workers facilitating the state’s recovery. Confronted by the realities of the storm’s aftermath, Soni had a clarifying conversation with his mentor, historian Vincent Harding, who, he said, told him that the country they lived in was a work in progress: "This is a place that's still being built, and you're part of building it.”

To this day, it’s this ethos that underpins Soni’s advocacy, in which he supports and protects the crews who rebuild after disaster. It also provides a powerful shorthand for the apparent mission of every innovator featured on our inaugural TIME Trailblazers list, which recognizes those leaders who, across the world, are designing and making the future. 

Among them: [Aicha Evans of Zoox](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/aicha-evans/), who imagines a future where our roads are dotted by safe, and time-efficient, robotaxis. [Bjarke Ingels](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/bjarke-ingels/), a visionary architect who helped design The Dryline, the U.S.’s largest urban climate adaptation project. [Mike Schultz](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/mike-schultz/), a gold-medalist whose company, BioDapt, creates prosthetics used by many athletes in the Paralympics. And [Jason Ballard](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/jason-ballard/), the CEO of Icon, which 3D prints homes he hopes “will become a part of humanity’s toolkit”—and potentially help solve the growing housing crisis. 

This is a world full of potential, promise, and problems to solve. This is a world that is still being built. These 14 Trailblazers are standout examples of the many committed to building it.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt8d91ee5eab609ba3Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:37 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Cate Matthews and Jessica Hullinger\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Why Erika Woolsey Sees Virtual Reality Tech as an Ocean Conservation Tool\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/erika-woolsey/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Her nonprofit, The Hydrous, creates augmented and virtual reality experiences that connect people with the marine environment.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Xander Peterson\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Xander Peterson

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt9bb27d6b2293d075Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:36 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Alison Van Houten\]\]><!\[CDATA\[How Eloy van Hal’s ‘Dementia Village’ Is Transforming Patient Care\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/eloy-van-hal/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[At Hogeweyk, residents with dementia live in small groups in separate homes where they cook together and share meals, go grocery shopping with aides, among other activities.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Be Advice\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Courtesy of Be Advice

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt083f37c9747b6b03Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:36 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Alice Park\]\]><!\[CDATA\[How Mike Schultz’s Prosthetics Are Powering Paralympians\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/mike-schultz/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[When his injury led to an amputation, Schultz found existing prosthetics didn’t support the positions his favorite action sports demand. So, he decided to make his own.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Mike Coppola/Getty Images\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9f55a0bed76b111/6a8f4a36be4ea1edbaebcfa4/Schultz---Mike-Coppola-Getty-Images.jpg?branch=production)

 —Mike Coppola/Getty Images

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt84109f084138625cWed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:36 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Matt Alderton\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Saket Soni Wants to Protect the Workers Rebuilding Communities After Disaster\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/saket-soni/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The nonprofit Resilience Force protects the rights of workers who make a living cleaning up after natural disasters.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Saket Soni\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Courtesy of Saket Soni

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt3a709a54782bf112Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:36 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Alison Van Houten\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Zoox’s Aicha Evans Is Reimagining Urban Mobility\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/aicha-evans/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Zoox builds its robotaxis entirely from scratch, designing the entire vehicle around the rider rather than a driver.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Zoox\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7b67cd4d043a44f/6a8f4af4de3fb6243b8ea492/Evans---Zoox.jpg?branch=production)

 —Courtesy of Zoox

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt6b391a63d41319cbWed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:36 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Joe Mullich\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Bjarke Ingels Is Designing Better Spaces for People and the Planet\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/bjarke-ingels/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Petra Kleis\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Petra Kleis

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltbaef52f65e038e2fWed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:36 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Matt Alderton\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Tadeu Carneiro Is Trying to Make Steel Sustainable\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/tadeu-carneiro/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The Boston Metal CEO says that its Molten Oxide Electrolysis technology is the best option for decarbonizing steel.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Boston Metal\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Courtesy of Boston Metal

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltd810ff2bd5767879Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:35 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Matt Alderton\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Salum Mshamu Showed How Smarter Home Design Can Prevent Deadly Diseases\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/salum-mshamu/<!\[CDATA\[Health\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The Star Homes project installs air-permeable mesh around an entire home to reduce the spread of malaria and infections, which kill millions of children annually.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Salum Mshamu\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Courtesy of Salum Mshamu

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt8eb494f7a71542fbWed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:35 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Veronique Greenwood\]\]><!\[CDATA\[These California Architects Found a Faster Way to Rebuild After Fires\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/alex-athenson-and-cynthia-sigler/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The Foothill Catalog Foundation‘s pre-approved housing plans would streamline rebuilding and save homeowners time and money.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Sigler: Courtesy of Cynthia Sigler. Athenson: Eleni Joan.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Sigler: Courtesy of Cynthia Sigler. Athenson: Eleni Joan.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltc9f3992c5cbbadc1Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:35 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Aimee Rawlins\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Jason Ballard Is Using 3D Printing to Take on America’s Housing Crisis\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/jason-ballard/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[As of 2026, the company has 3D-printed 260 houses and other structures with its proprietary concrete-like material.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Philip Cheung\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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 —Philip Cheung

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltecb307657e600867Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:35 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Joe Mullich\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Tammy Eagle Bull Is Weaving Indigenous Design Into Modern Architecture\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/tammy-eagle-bull/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The ASU professor is educating the next generation of architects to incorporate resiliency, cultural literacy, and a deep understanding of the natural environment into their work.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Courtesy of Tammy Eagle Bull\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The Wounded Knee Memorial (unbuilt), Wounded Knee, South Dakota.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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The Wounded Knee Memorial (unbuilt), Wounded Knee, South Dakota. —Courtesy of Tammy Eagle Bull

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltd23f78bc54975b82Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:34 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Aimee Rawlins\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Free Solo’s Alex Honnold Is an Unexpected Solar Power Champion\]\]>https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/alex-honnold/<!\[CDATA\[U.S.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[The Honnold Foundation has committed over $11 million to 75 solar projects in 2026 alone.\]\]><!\[CDATA\[Marcio Jose Sanchez—AP Photo\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbfa9e53c4c4ebeb/6a8f4a0ede3fb6347f8ea486/Honnold---Marcio-Jose-Sanchez-AP-Photo.jpg?branch=production)

 —Marcio Jose Sanchez—AP Photo

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=blt869e2ab5d6d022e3Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:34 +0000<!\[CDATA\[Aimee Rawlins\]\]><!\[CDATA\[TIME Reveals the Inaugural 2026 Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future List\]\]>https://time.com/article/2026/09/01/time-reveals-the-inaugural-2026-trailblazers-designing-and-making-the-future-list/<!\[CDATA\[Press Room\]\]><!\[CDATA\[

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_Presented in partnership with Autodesk, TIME will convene this year’s listmakers at a special event in Las Vegas on September 14._

Today, TIME reveals the inaugural _TIME Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future_ list recognizing an exclusive group of architects, engineers, founders, technologists, and builders whose work is expanding what is possible across housing, infrastructure, climate adaptation, mobility, and public health.

\--Explore the full _2026 TIME Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future_ list: [**here**](https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/).

Of the inaugural list, TIME editors write:“Our inaugural TIME Trailblazers list recognizes those leaders who, across the world, are designing and making the future…This is a world full of potential, promise, and problems to solve. This is a world that is still being built. These 14 Trailblazers are standout examples of the many committed to building it.”[**Read more here.**](https://time.com/article/2026/09/02/introducing-time-trailblazers/)

TIME’S 2026 ‘TRAILBLAZERS: DESIGNING AND MAKING THE FUTURE’ LIST INCLUDES:

**Aicha Evans**, CEO of Zoox

**Alex Athenson**, Co-founder of the Foothill Catalog Foundation

**Alex Honnold**, Founder of the Honnold Foundation

**Bjarke Ingels**, Founder and creative director, Bjarke Ingels Group

**Cynthia Sigler**, Co-founder of the Foothill Catalog Foundation

**Eloy van Hal**, Founder of The Hogewyk

**Erika Woolsey**, Chief scientist and CEO of The Hydrous

**Jason Ballard**, CEO at ICON

**Kaushik Kappagantulu**, CEO of Kheyti

**Mike Schultz**, Founder and CEO of Biodapt

**Saket Soni**, Founder and Executive Director of Resilience Force

**Salum Mshamu,** Researcher

**Tadeu Carneiro**, CEO of Boston Metal

**Tammy Eagle Bull**, Architect

**Autodesk** is the presenting partner of the _TIME Trailblazers:_ _Designing and Making_ _the Future_ list.

“The people designing and making our future are tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time—from housing and infrastructure to manufacturing and climate resilience,” said **Dara Treseder**, Chief Marketing Officer of Autodesk. “These Trailblazers are showing us what’s possible, and we’re proud to partner with TIME to recognize the people designing and making a better world for all.”

To recognize the 2026 _TIME Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future_ listmakers making an impact across industries, TIME will host an invite-only gathering in Las Vegas on September 14, presented by **Autodesk**.The event will feature remarks by CEO of ICON **Jason Ballard**, Professional Climber & Founder of the Honnold Foundation **Alex Honnold**, Chief scientist and CEO of The Hydrous **Erika Woolsey**,Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Autodesk **Steve Blum**, Founder and Executive Director of Resilience Force **Saket Soni**, and CEO of Zoox **Aicha Evans**.

\]\]>https://time.com/?p=bltbde2a562be2db2f7Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:02 +0000<!\[CDATA\[TIME PR\]\]>