--- --- Back to the vault # April 28, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 16April 28, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 16  Issue name April 28th, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 16 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific Issue date April 28, 2014 Location Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Oliver's Twist HBO bets on a Daily Show alum to make bad news funny [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 10 Questions with Colin Firth The Academy Award winner talks about history, the horror of naked co-stars and that wet-shirt Darcy thing ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Cleveland Clinic's New Medicine At one Ohio hospital, patients get herbs as well as drugs ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Living My Best Herbalife I had no idea what it was. But I was determined to sell as much of it as I possibly could ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### The Return of Mediscare In Arkansas, Democrats dust off an old tactic in order to retain control of the U.S. Senate ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Mercado Of America Traditional malls in the U.S. are struggling. Developer José de Jesús Legaspi is remaking them to meet the tastes of the new American consumer [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Barbara Brown Taylor Faces the Darkness Darkness is often treated as evil, a vast unknown and the Ultimate spiritual enemy. But as one of America's leading theologians believes, it may save us all [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Should U.S. Colleges Be Graded by the Government? The President wants to rate colleges to increase competition and cut student-loan debt. The campus backlash has begun ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Shinzo Abe: The Patriot Japan’s most powerful leader in years aims to reclaim his country’s place on the world stage. That makes many Asians—including some Japanese—uncomfortable [World](/section/world/) ### Putin Ups Ante in Ukraine Can Obama lower the boom with sanctions? [World](/section/world/) ### Russia's Game in Ukraine Putin does not want to risk a takeover. But he does want another pliant leader in Kiev [World](/section/world/) ### Belgium's Lechery Backfire Outlawing sexist comments made in public will only make women look like victims [World](/section/world/) ### India Decides April 28th, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 16 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific ```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":"April 28th, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 16 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific","item":"https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/66125/april-28th-2014-vol-183-no-16-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/"}]}]} ```