Time - International (2019-09-02)

Time Sept. 2–9, 2019

For the Record

‘I don’t think it was very good for me.’

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN,

author, on how HBO’s hit Game of Thrones added pressure to finish the series of books on which the show was based

‘I am her free bird.

So why would

I come back

and be caged?’

RASHIDA TLAIB,

U.S. Congresswoman, at an Aug. 19 press

conference, after Israel denied entry to

her and Representative Ilhan Omar; Tlaib

refused an offer to be allowed to visit

her grandmother in the West Bank if she

agreed not to promote boycotts of Israel

‘I am

sorry for

harm

I have

caused.’

ELIZABETH WARREN,

U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate, at an Aug. 19 forum on

American Indian issues in Sioux City, Iowa, six months after her controversial

announcement that she’d taken a DNA test to prove her Cherokee ancestry

‘I feel a

profound sense

of obligation

to protect

Harry and his

family from the

unnecessary

press intrusion

that contributed

to Diana’s

untimely death.’

ELTON JOHN,

musician and friend of

Princess Diana’s, reacting

Aug. 19 to negative coverage

of Prince Harry and Meghan

Markle’s flying on his private

jet to his house in Nice, France

‘GREENLAND IS

NOT FOR SALE.’

KIM KIELSEN,

Premier of Greenland, responding to reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is interested

in buying the island—a semiautonomous Danish territory—for its strategic value; Trump announced

Aug. 20 he was canceling a planned visit to Denmark because the idea had been rebuffed

30 ¢

Cost of a gallon of gas at a

Santa Monica, Calif., station

on Aug. 15; the ’50s-era

pricing, a promotional stunt

for Amazon’s The Marvelous

Mrs. Maisel, was nixed

by authorities when it

caused traffic jams

Holmes

It was revealed

actors Katie Holmes

and Jamie Foxx

broke up after six

years of dating

Watson

Ottawa Mayor

Jim Watson comes

out as gay in an

Aug. 17 op-ed

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

90

Pounds of sand a French couple

tried to take home from Sardinia as

a souvenir; the sand is protected

by law, and the tourists could face

up to six years in jail for its theft

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6 SOURCES: BBC; GUARDIAN; KTLA; NEW YORK TIMES; OTTAWA CITIZEN; PEOPLE