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COLOMBIA Unstoppable

Colombia is one of the success stories of the Americas. With President Iván Duque coming to the end of his term, he leaves the Andean nation in the best shape yet. Strides have been made across the board, from the country's booming economy and public health infrastructure, to sustainable energy policies and, on the 200th anniversary of bilateral relations with the US, its international standing.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST AUTO DISRUPTORS 2022

The visionaries and innovators leading the industry into the digital future

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Motor Group

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP'S engineering team developed the company's new Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which underpins a new generation of vehicles aimed at democratizing an electrified future. It earns its creators Newsweek's Auto Disruptors Research and Development Team of the Year Award.

VISIONARY OF THE YEAR - Euisun Chung, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP’S Executive Chairman Euisun Chung isn’t just focused on the cars of today. He’s pushing the company, and its Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, into the future in several key ways. The company is becoming more vertically integrated, with Hyundai acquiring stakes in many of the companies that supply it with materials and components. It is bringing numerous electric models to market and testing hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles. And it has acquired a major robotics company with an eye toward a future in which wheeled devices will move people and things around their homes and workplaces.

Forever in Their Hearts

Fontaines D.C. look at Irish identity from their new home in London

MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - Land Rover

LAND ROVER HAS BEEN supporting volunteer organizations and nonprofits across the world for almost a century. The company’s Defender Above & Beyond Awards are an extension of those efforts, combining the launch of a new vehicle with a marketing campaign that disrupts the traditional way of advertising a model, earning Land Rover Newsweek’s Auto Disruptors Marketing Campaign of the Year honors.

Patrick Stewart

AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS PLAYING JEAN-LUC PICARD IN MANY iterations of Star Trek: The Next Generation and now with the Paramount Plus series Star Trek: Picard (season finale May 5), it’s wild to think Patrick Stewart almost might not have gotten the iconic part. “Gene Roddenberry [series creator] didn’t want me.”

POWERTRAIN OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Motor Group

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP went into development of its new generation of electric vehicles aiming to improve efficiency and range.

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR - Jim Farley, PRESIDENT AND CEO, FORD MOTOR COMPANY

FORD PRESIDENT AND CEO Jim Farley’s grandfather worked on the line that built the Model T more than 100 years ago. Now Farley has been tasked with advancing the Ford family legacy of auto disruption and innovation into the twenty-first century by moving the company to the forefront of the industry’s digital future.

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR - Alfonso Albaisa, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL DESIGN, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

WHEN IT COMES TO AUTOMOTIVE design, the passion is in the process for Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan’s senior vice president of global design.

Banned: Silenced Stories of the Marginalized

SOME 1,597 BOOKS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED OR removed from libraries over the past year, according to the latest figures from the American Library Association (ALA)—the highest number since the organization began keeping track 20 years ago.

Still in His Prime

Nearing 80, actor Christopher Walken continues to rack up career firsts including a new series on Amazon

THE PRICE OF COMPLACENCY

The White House and Congress are fighting over pocket change even though the pandemic is still a threat

Wet Leg Gets the Joke

The hot British indie duo have been riding high since their single “Chaise Longue" became a smash. They're not taking their success too seriously

Trying to Stand Out

With customers increasingly willing to stray, brands are upping their game on loyalty programs

Noodles Around the World

For some people, noodles are a comforting bowl of chicken noodle soup; for others, they're a crazy-exotic spice bomb. Whether they are long or short, loopy or straight, noodles may be one of the most common food items in the world. Nearly every culture has a celebrated homegrown noodle dish—from macaroni to lasagna and from udon to pho-meaning there's a very good chance that most of us have tucked into a heap of incredible noodles at some point. Here are some of our favorite noodle dishes from cultures across the world.

In Focus

For the Children

Another Battle Brews in Europe

As the war in Ukraine rages, a second conflict is heating up between Russian ally Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan

Craig Robinson

WHAT DO SNAKES AND THE AMERICAN DREAM HAVE IN COMMON?

AMERICA'S BEST HOME AND GARDEN BRANDS 2022

AMERICANS HAVE BEEN SPENDING MUCH MORE time at home over the last couple of years.

Oscar-Worthy Film Locales

Despite the ongoing pandemic, this year the show did go on. Film crews navigated COVID-19 protocols in locations around the globe, from the Jordanian desert (Dune) to the New Zealand mountains (The Power of the Dog) to Hiroshima's cityscape (Drive My Car). Tune in on March 27 (ABC) to see which of the following nominations win top spots at the 94th Academy Awards, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.

Russian Oligarchs Take Manhattan

The story of how a small coterie of fabulously wealthy Russians laundered billions in New York City's luxury condos—and how the Feds are now in pursuit

Dishes Foodies Travel For

“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food,” Anthony Bourdain said.

Jabari Banks

PARTING SHOT

Things Change

Harvey Fierstein's / Was Better Last Night is part memoir and part firsthand account of modern gay history

An Unreliable Seal of Approval

A lot of sites with .org in their addresses are publishers of false or misleading information

'Shock and Awful'

Russian forces, fully prepared and operating from russian soil, were able to move just tens of miles into an adjoining country. What putin's military weakness means for the West

Stromae Returns

The Belgian star’s long-awaited new album tackles mental health, fatherhood and misogyny while sidestepping the culture wars

The World's BEST Hospitals 2022

This year’s expanded ranking of more than 2,200 premier destinations for general medical care around the globe and throughout the U.S.

PARTING SHOT Courteney Cox

COURTENEY COX KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT SCARY STORIES - FROM THE Scream franchise to having lived in Gypsy Rose Lee's house (“Everyone said, "This house is haunted”).