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# September 30, 2024 | Vol. 204 No. 9 September 30, 2024 |  

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Vol. 204 No. 9

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September 30th, 2024 | Vol. 204, No. 9 | Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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September 30, 2024

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Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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## Table of Contents

BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### How TIME and Statista Determined the World's Best Companies of 2024

How TIME and Statista determined the World's Best Companies of 2024

[Business](/section/business/)

### Welcome to the Golden Age of Scams

Why you're constantly baited by grifters—and more vulnerable than you think

### Climate

[Climate](/section/climate/)

### How Cities Are Clamping Down on Traffic to Help Fight Emissions

Dublin has joined a flock of global cities that have banned or limited vehicle traffic on a regular basis. 

[Climate](/section/climate/)

### Companies Shouldn't Overlook This IRA Fund That's Boosting Local Climate Projects

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund committed $27 billion to a range of organizations to support community climate and clean energy projects.

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### James Earl Jones Was So Much More Than Darth Vader

Remembering James Earl Jones, who died on September 9 at age 93 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Kate Winslet Is Reclaiming Her Image—Just Don’t Call Her Brave

The producer and star of 'Lee' on her devotion to telling the story of the renowned model turned war photographer.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### There Will Never Be Another Sally Rooney

With ‘Intermezzo’ comes the latest wave of envy and desire to replicate the superstar author’s sales and popularity. But she stands alone.

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### 7 Metrics Everyone Should Know About Their Own Health

Data overload isn't helpful—but knowing these numbers can help you stay healthy.

[Health](/section/health/)

### Why Mosquitoes Are So Dangerous Right Now

A perfect storm of conditions is making mosquitoes, and the diseases they carry, a big threat to human health.

[Health](/section/health/)

### Does Text Therapy Really Work?

'And how does that make u feel?'

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Superstorm Era Is Upon Us

As we can see in the data, the science, and now in our own backyards, extreme weather is merely the result of inaction, writes Porter Fox.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Sorry State of Tunisia's Democracy

President Kais Saied's near-certain—and certainly illegitimate—reelection in the Oct. 6 election is a sad reminder of the Arab Spring's failure. 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Heartache of Calling Israel Home

“How is this a normal place to raise a child?”

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Kamala Harris Knocked Donald Trump Off Course

In the nine years since Trump first burst onto the scene, no one has gotten under his skin like Harris did.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trump New York Hush-Money Sentencing Delayed Until After Election

Donald Trump will be sentenced in his New York hush-money case on Nov. 26, after the presidential election.

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How We Chose the Democracy Defenders

The list shines a spotlight on leaders who are working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation. 

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Where the Koch Network Is Putting Their Money—Anywhere But Trump

Conservative network backing down-ballot Republicans, not top of ticket

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### What It Means to Be a Man, According to UFC’s Dana White

The UFC president talks about the upcoming fight at the Sphere, Donald Trump, and masculinity

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### This Is Life in America’s Water-Inequality Capital. It Might Be About to Change

The Navajo Nation has first rights to the water around it, yet pays the most and gets the least. Things might be changing.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### How We Chose the 2024 Latino Leaders

The list features 17 U.S.-based trailblazers changing their industries and the world.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### India’s Supreme Court Orders Striking Doctors to Return to Work

India’s highest court has ordered doctors on strike after the murder of a junior medic to return to work.

[World](/section/world/)

### From Scooters to Microtransit, Cities Are Embracing Alternatives to Short Car Trips

[World](/section/world/)

### Kate Middleton Announces She's Completed Chemotherapy

"I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment,” Middleton said. “The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family."


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