--- title: July 27th, 2026 | Vol. 208, No. 3 | Asia description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/asia/2026/07/17/july-27th-2026-vol-208-no-3-asia/ og:title: July 27th, 2026 | Vol. 208, No. 3 | Asia og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32baf4a67937a79b/6a45557a67a94359bd7a6093/TIM260727-Pandemic-Cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # July 27, 2026 | Vol. 208 No. 3July 27, 2026 | Vol. 208 No. 3  Issue name July 27th, 2026 | Vol. 208, No. 3 | Asia Issue date July 27, 2026 Location Asia ## Table of Contents BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.World ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### AI Doesn't Feel. So Why Does It Have Something Like Emotions? Jane Goodall forced humanity to rethink intelligence in animals. AI is forcing a similar conversation. ### Climate [Climate](/section/climate/) ### Why Is Europe So Ill-Equipped to Handle Heat Waves? Europe is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. But it's infrastructure was built for a cooler climate. [Climate](/section/climate/) ### How to Safely Lower Your Body Temperature In Extreme Heat Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer. Here's what to do—and what to avoid—when you're trying to stay cool. ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 'A Relief to Rip My Heart Out of My Chest': How Olivia Wilde Turned Her Pain Into _The Invite_ The director found catharsis by channeling the pain of her own past relationship into a new marital chamber comedy. [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass_ Is An Affable, Off-Color Comedy From the _Wet Hot_ Crew Zoey Deutch stars in this pleasantly daffy riff on 'The Wizard of Oz,' if the Wizard were Jon Hamm and the mission were sex. [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Little House on the Prairie_ Fails the Test of Time Netflix's well-meaning Laura Ingalls Wilder adaptation addresses the novels' blind spots, but the result is strangely joyless [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _The Five-Star Weekend_ Is Five-Star Summer Escapism Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, and Chloë Sevigny are perfectly cast in Peacock's delightful adaptation of the Elin Hilderbrand beach read [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Alix Earle - TIME100 Creators The influencer and entrepreneur on what followers get wrong about her and the storylines viewers can expect to unfold on her family's upcoming Netflix reality series. ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Ebola Returns: How We Can Fight Back A new outbreak of Ebola is outpacing us again. What will it take to finally get ahead of viruses? [Health](/section/health/) ### Why You Should Seek Out a Few Minutes of Awe Every Day You don’t need to wait for an eclipse. Noticing a swirl of milk in your coffee might be enough. ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Business Model of Colleges Is Broken. It’s About to Get Worse Declining enrollment and Trump’s policies are “breaking the business model that built the modern higher education system,” writes Jeffrey Selingo. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Will Israel Elect Netanyahu Again? The October election in Israel will be the voters’ verdict on Benjamin Netanyahu. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Healing America Means Rethinking Patriotism “Reclaiming patriotism does not mean reclaiming the flag. It means rediscovering the people who refused to give up on democracy,” writes Dominic Erdozain. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Unexpected Way AI Helped Me Appreciate My Body An AI-hating writer starts chatting with an AI bot ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Graham Platner Drops Out of Maine Senate Race After Sexual Assault Allegations Platner's exit leaves Democrats scrambling to field a new candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins. [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Democratic Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Is Running Against Both Parties His progressive campaign's strength in Michigan has caught some Democrats off guard ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### We've Been Undercounting the Insects. There May Be Three Times as Many Species as We Knew A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation. ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### TIME100 Talks Leading with Purpose — Advocacy, Storytelling, and Community Impact: TIME Visionaries For Cruz, telling stories onscreen and fighting for LGBTQ young people are inextricably linked. ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Hamas Says It Will Cede Power in Gaza. What Comes Next? Hamas says it will hand Gaza’s government to a technocratic committee, but questions remain over disarmament and Israel’s response. [World](/section/world/) ### Trump Reignites Tensions With Meloni Ahead of NATO Summit President Donald Trump on Sunday revived his dispute with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after sharing an inflammatory post about her on social media. [World](/section/world/) ### Khamenei's Funeral Is Meant to Project Strength. But Iran's New Leader Has Yet to Appear Months after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Feb. 28, his weeklong funeral is meant to demonstrate a seamless succession of power. But there has been one notable absence. [World](/section/world/) ### China Is Already Trying to Control Who the Next Dalai Lama Will Be The fight over the 91-year-old’s reincarnation is becoming a test of China’s power over Tibet—and whether his spiritual legacy can outlast him. 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