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Vienna is the world's most livable city, according to The Economist's ranking

Live tracking of the hurricane season · The Best Magazine Covers of the year in the United States

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Clara Nafría & Ismael Nafría
July 03, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

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  • Vienna is the world's most livable city, according to The Economist's ranking

  • Live tracking of the hurricane season

  • The Best Magazine Covers of the year in the United States

Vienna is the world's most livable city, according to The Economist's ranking

 For the third consecutive year, Vienna, the capital of Austria, has been named the city with the highest quality of life in the world, according to the annual ranking by EIU, the intelligence unit of the publisher of The Economist, among a total of 173 cities worldwide.

Copenhagen (Denmark) occupies the second spot, Zurich (Switzerland) the third, Melbourne (Australia) the fourth, and in the fifth place, Calgary (Canada) and Geneva (Switzerland) tie. The top ten are completed by Sydney (Australia), Vancouver (Canada), Osaka (Japan), and Auckland (New Zealand).

This video presents the ranking:

This livability index takes into account five factors evaluated for each city: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.

An interactive feature with data from all the analyzed cities can be found on The Economist's website.

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Live tracking of the hurricane season

From June 1 to September 30 each year, it's the Atlantic hurricane season. This week, Hurricane Beryl has become the earliest hurricane to reach Category 5, the highest level for a hurricane, since records began, raising concerns that this might be an especially challenging season.

Beryl has already caused significant damage in Carriacou and other Caribbean islands, and it is now heading towards Jamaica and, if it maintains its projected path, the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC), located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida (USA), is the official hurricane information center of the United States government. It provides alerts, forecasts, analyses, and real-time tracking of any extreme weather conditions, such as Atlantic hurricanes.

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The Best Magazine Covers of the year in the United States

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) recently announced the winners and finalists of their annual awards for the best magazine covers.

The editor's choice award went to Entertainment Weekly for its digital cover “A Marvelous Pair,” featuring Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein from the series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

The readers' choice award was given to the winter issue cover of Highsnobiety, featuring the K-pop group NewJeans.

These awards, given for the past 18 years, honor the best covers of the previous year in 10 different categories. Winners and finalists are selected by magazine editors, art directors, and photography directors. Additionally, the public can vote for their favorites through popular voting.

On the awards website, you can view the complete gallery of the 62 winning and finalist covers in all categories.

In addition to the aforementioned publications, other winners include The Atlantic, GQ, New York, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Variety, MIT Technology Review, Sports Illustrated, and Teen Vogue, among others.

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