--- title: June 2nd, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific 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/south-pacific/108674/june-2nd-2014-vol-183-no-21-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/ og:title: June 2nd, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/108674/june-2nd-2014-vol-183-no-21-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97c32c9f00d1c753/6986907535ba6f7756c021b0/int_cover_0602.jpg?branch=production&width=556&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 556 og:image:height: 313 og:image:alt: TIME International Magazine Cover, June 6, 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: June 2nd, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97c32c9f00d1c753/6986907535ba6f7756c021b0/int_cover_0602.jpg?branch=production&width=556&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # June 2, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 21June 2, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 21  Issue name June 2nd, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific Issue date June 2, 2014 Location Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentHealthIdeasWorld ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Lily Allen Takes the Crown The outspoken singer is making the sharpest pop songs that radio won’t play [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Norway's Proust The unlikely stardom of Karl Ove Knausgaard ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Saving Preemies Dedicated caregivers are helping the tiniest babies survive—and thrive ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### VA Chief Eric Shinseki (Still) Must Go The VA is broken. It’s past time to fix this shameful bureaucratic tragedy [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Love Me Tinder My wife and I try a dating app to see how we'd fare if we got divorced. She won ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Narendra Modi: The New Face of India Despite a controversial record, the politician has a historic mandate from voters. Now he must revive the nation’s fortunes and reset ties with friend and foe alike [World](/section/world/) ### Modi and the World A crisis could force the hand of India’s new leader as he navigates Asia’s shifting geopolitics [World](/section/world/) ### No Military Solution Egyptians are about to elect their former army chief as President. That’s a huge mistake [World](/section/world/) ### Watch Out for Missile Blowback Giving Syria’s rebels surface-to-air weapons is a risk the Obama Administration shouldn’t take [World](/section/world/) ### Rafael Nadal’s High Aces The world’s top ranked player is chasing tennis history—and trying his hand at high-stakes poker. Will his body--and his luck--hold out? [World](/section/world/) ### 10 Questions With Ferran Adrià The El Bulli chef talks about the weirdness of honey and why everyone is wrong about tomatoes [World](/section/world/) ### TIME 100 ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"June 2nd, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 21 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific","item":"https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/108674/june-2nd-2014-vol-183-no-21-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/"}]}]} ```