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The Best New Books to Read in May

This month's must-reads include Christina LI's adult literary debut and Yiyun Li's new memoir.

HUNGARY: Poor Man's King

One reason why Hungary remains a slightly grotesque "kingless kingdom," ruled by His Serene Highness salty old Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagyba…

SWISS-BELGIUM: High Time

Unlike the Swiss Navy, the Swiss Army is no myth, no joke. Equipped with expensive Swiss repeating rifles. Swiss infantrymen rightly consider th…

GERMANY: Bears, Monkeys & Goring

GERMANY Bears, Monkeys & Göring Ever since charges of cruelty to humans began to be bandied against Nazi Storm Troops, members of the Hitler Gov…

FRANCE: Sarraut & Weygand

Still in no mood to balance France's scandalously unbalanced budget, the Chamber of Deputies warily received last week the new Cabinet of that s…

Books: Fortune Making

MELLON'S MILLIONS—Harvey O'Connor—John Day ($3). Few stars have receded into space more swiftly than, in a few months time, the Greatest-Secreta…

FINLAND: Minna Craucher

On the Finnish mainland last week the Lapuan or Finnish Fascist revolt that petered out so dismally fortnight ago (TIME, March 14) was punctured…

FINLAND: Occult Purposes

For more than a year Helsingfors police have been baffled by ghouls. Some 40 corpses have been exhumed, mutilated, left lying beside their open…

ITALY: Pinnings

Bristling with American Legion pins. William Edward ("Bill") Easterwood Jr., big breezy Texan and vice-commander of the Legion, was in Rome last…

Religion: Naughty Turkiya Hassan

Brave men and great fighters are the followers of Islam, but their religious sensibilities are tender as an aching tooth. Because the British Wa…

LITTLE ENTENTE: New Great Power?

Always busy is the brain of Dr. Eduard Benes, "Europe's Smartest Little Statesman," perpetual Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia and recently th…

Medicine: Mind Triumphant

Clifford Whittingham Beers, bellwether and battering ram of the Mental Hygiene Movement, last week began a round of salutes. The occasion was th…

U.S. Announces Director of New AI Safety Body

Elizabeth Kelly, former Biden economic policy adviser, will lead the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute.

British Woman Given Suspended Sentence in Cyprus Rape Case

The 19-year-old received a four-month suspended sentence Tuesday

Body Cavity Searches, Indefinite Detention and No Visitations Allowed: What Conditions Were Like for Migrant Kids Before the Flores Agreement

Prior to the Flores Agreement there were no standards for children in detention, including no oversight to comply with child welfare laws.

Did Cory Booker Flash Beto O'Rourke Side-Eye After He Started Speaking Spanish at the Debate?

Booker later also spoke Spanish on the debate stage

2019 World Press Freedom Index Shows Global Decline

"Democracy is in great danger," media watchdog says

Cardi B Is a Red Carpet Gift in Her Clamshell Grammys Look

Cardi B wore an eye-catching vintage style to the Grammys