Easy chairs and rugs are part of chief executive Brian Niccol’s plan to make shops more inviting and boost sales

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Jamie Beaton has 12 advanced degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oxford and other top universities, with more on the way. Why? How?

The logic behind Polymarket, Kalshi and sports betting apps can be traced back to the inner workings of the slot machine.

Stéphane Boujnah has obsessively chased acquisitions to compete with larger rivals

Billions of meals each year are made from the fast-growing Ross 308 genetic strain of birds. But a backlash is gathering pace

A $30M fine. Five first-round picks taken away. Steve Ballmer suspended for a year. ESPN's NBA insiders break down the harshest punishment in league history.

A global surge in poultry numbers is transforming high streets, diets and landscapes. Is the chicken takeover unstoppable?

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The new film Tony both adds to and rises above a cottage industry dedicated to selling Anthony Bourdain’s mythology.

'Africa under the influence' (2/6). Sold at a low price, kush causes rapid addiction and severe, often fatal, injuries. Photographer Gaël Turine traveled to Freetown and Monrovia to document the destruction wrought by this new synthetic drug among young people in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

'Africa under the influence' (3/6). In Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, traffickers long believed they were untouchable. But Paris's new relationships with Rabat and Algiers have changed the rules, forci...

In this week’s ‘My Two Cents,’ The Cut’s personal-finance columnist, Charlotte Cowles, talks with a woman who retired at 35 about how she did it and whether she may end up going back to work after all.

Most kids play hide-and-seek. Zayd Ayers Dohrn, whose parents became fugitives after founding the Weather Underground, learned how to lose a tail.

UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.

The first in a series on Chinese carmakers in Europe examines the overseas ambitions of Xiaomi, Xpeng, Li Auto and Aito

'Bernard Arnault's Empire' (2/6). LVMH's boss has never hidden his allegiance to France's pro-business, establishment right. He's close to fellow billionaire Vincent Bolloré and, above all, pragmatic....

The Thailand-based owners of Leicester City Football Club, the football team that won the Premier League a decade ago, are considering a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.

'Bernard Arnault's Empire' (1/6). The billionaire at the head of LVMH is as secretive as he is powerful. He relies on a devoted entourage in which a mix of fear and admiration prevails.

'Bernard Arnault's Empire' (2/6). The LVMH chief has never hidden his allegiance to France's pro-business, establishment right. He's close to fellow billionaire Vincent Bolloré and, above all, pragmatic. Now he's preparing for the far right's rise to power.

The long read: Claudia Sheinbaum started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals?

Beijing’s export controls on rare earths and other niche metals are distorting markets and fuelling resource nationalism

I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood outBy Tobias Jones. Read by Bert Seymour