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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. Vol. 208 No. 1  Issue name July 6th, 2026 | Vol. 208, No. 1 | U.S., South Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa Issue date July 6, 2026 Location U.S., South Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa ## Table of Contents BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthIdeasScienceSportsU.S.World ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### What's at Stake for Trillionaire Elon Musk and SpaceX After Blockbuster IPO The pressure is on the company—and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk—to deliver. [Business](/section/business/) ### World's Most Sustainable Companies of 2026 [Business](/section/business/) ### The CEO Moment: Brian Moynihan on the Economy, AI, and More The world's most influential business leaders sit down with editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs for TIME's new video interview series. ### Climate [Climate](/section/climate/) ### Rising Sea Levels Are Already Remaking Reality in This North Carolina Community Photographer Cornell Watson documented life in the historically Black town of Scranton, N.C., as the tides keep getting higher. ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### A Young Woman Searches for Her Lost Parents in the Graceful, Restorative _Romería_ Writer-director Carla Simón draws from her personal history in this gentle drama about filling in the missing puzzle pieces of our lives. [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### A Formidable Angelina Jolie Anchors Observant Fashion Drama _Couture_ French director Alice Winocour displays a gift for sculpting small moments; she may be better at them than she is at shaping big, revelatory ones. [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Greta Lee Plays a Tablet in _Toy Story 5_. In Real Life, She Bought Her Kids a Landline The actor plays a tablet in the Pixar film. In real life, she bought a landline for her kids ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Why Watching Sports Makes People Happy Watching sports of all kinds, both in-person and on a screen, can have positive impacts on well-being. [Health](/section/health/) ### 12 Things Orthopedic Surgeons Do to Maintain Speed, Balance, and Longevity From weighted planks to "pogos" at bus stops. ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### America: Success or Failure? Both! As the U.S. celebrates its Semiquincentennial, we can recognize its problems and still raise a glass—and history shows us why. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### What The Next 250 Years of American Justice Should Look Like “We cannot punish our way out of systemic failures, and we cannot excuse away personal responsibility. The next era of American justice must balance these truths,” writes Ana Zamora. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### America's New, Old Attitude Toward 'Foreign Entanglements' The nation's inward turn, 250 years after independence, is bigger than one presidency. ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### Who NASA Chose For Its Artemis III Crew and What Their Mission Is NASA revealed on Tuesday the four astronauts who will make up the crew of the Artemis III lunar mission. ### Sports [Sports](/section/sports/) ### What the Knicks' Championship Means to New York With their defeat of the San Antonio Spurs, the Knicks clinched their first title since 1973 ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Our America To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME is asking 250 experts to tell us about something that captures the essence of American life today [U.S.](/section/us/) ### The Story Behind TIME’s 250th Anniversary of America Issue We asked 250 experts to tell us about the art, landmarks, and innovations shaping the nation now. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### How Shepard Fairey Created TIME's 'Our America' Cover For a fitting cover to mark the 250th birthday of the United States, TIME turned the canvas over to renowned American muralist and graphic artist Shepard Fairey. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### The Words That Made America ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Trump Champions Peace Agreement, Threatens to Resume Bombing If Iran Doesn't Comply In closing remarks at the G7 summit in France, Trump threatened to restart the war if Iran fails to comply with the terms laid out in the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding. [World](/section/world/) ### Ukraine Is a Step Closer to Joining the European Union. 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