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Xu Yangtian, Shein’s mysterious founder under fire

China’s fast fashion giant, dealing with outrage in France, was created by a man who is unrecognisable even to his own employees

08.11.2025 8

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Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s iron lady is set to surprise

The country’s first female prime minister must manage a nation in a state of painful flux

24.10.2025 5

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Andry Rajoelina, the Madagascar president ousted by Gen Z

The rise and fall of the DJ-turned-politician is dizzying even by the standards of this African island country

18.10.2025 10

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Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper getting under Trump’s skin

His selection as the half-time entertainment at the Super Bowl has outraged Maga-world

11.10.2025 7

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Daniel Ek, the Spotify founder who wants to stay in control

After revolutionising the music industry, the streaming mogul is stepping back but not giving up

04.10.2025 7

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Stephen Graham, the ‘Adolescence’ star who became a voice of the young

As the writer and actor’s fame has grown, he has spoken out more on complex social issues

20.09.2025 8

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Carlos Abrams-Rivera, the Kraft Heinz CEO dealing with America’s lost appetite

Less than two years after taking the top job he is unwinding the packaged-food company’s failed megamerger

06.09.2025 5

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François Bayrou, France’s isolated PM with his job on the line

Allies call him the most principled politician in the country, but his popularity among voters and lawmakers is plummeting

30.08.2025 10

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Robert Jenrick, viral star of the Tory right

The shadow justice secretary’s social media videos on migrant camps and fare dodgers have found a large audience

23.08.2025 5

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Stephen Colbert, the cancelled late night TV host

The comedian’s ousting ahead of Paramount’s $8bn sale to Skydance raises concerns about political interest in US media

26.07.2025 30

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Pam Bondi, the Trump loyalist swallowed up by the Epstein affair

The US attorney-general’s stance has disappointed the president’s Maga base

19.07.2025 10

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Rachel Reeves, the iron chancellor who cried

Those who know the politician say she isn’t going anywhere — and that Labour can’t afford to lose her

04.07.2025 3

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Zohran Mamdani, the socialist New Yorker shaking up the Democrats

Few expected the 33-year-old’s victory in the mayoral primary

28.06.2025 6

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Gavin Newsom, California’s resister-in-chief

Trump’s decision to send troops into Los Angeles gives the governor a chance to sell political pushback to the country

16.06.2025 4

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Jonathan Anderson, Dior’s playful new creative director

After creating car-shaped dresses and tomato bags at Loewe, he now faces the challenges of one of the great fashion houses

07.06.2025 9

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Andrew Cuomo, New York’s comeback contender

Four years after resigning as governor, he is mounting a mayoral campaign as leader of the city’s liberal resistance

24.05.2025 5

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Juliette Binoche, the French star slaying film’s sacred monsters

The 61-year-old has managed to remain a beloved figure in the cut-throat movie industry while embracing activist causes

17.05.2025 20

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George Simion, Romania’s ultranationalist president in waiting

The former football hooligan has tapped into public disgust at the political establishment

10.05.2025 9

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Kevin Farrell, the cardinal running the papal conclave

The Irish-American camerlengo is responsible for overseeing the Vatican’s secretive election to choose the next pope

03.05.2025 20

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Steve Witkoff, the Trump loyalist disrupting diplomacy

The billionaire property investor has been tasked with securing peace in Ukraine and the Middle East

25.04.2025 10

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Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary shaping Trump’s trade war

The former hedge fund manager is being asked to lead negotiations with foreign governments amid America’s self-inflicted hit

11.04.2025 6

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Anne Wojcicki, the foundering 23andMe’s eternal optimist

Despite the company filing for bankruptcy, the co-founder won’t give up on her dream of using DNA kits to discover new drugs

28.03.2025 10

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Wang Chuanfu, the BYD founder with a battery obsession

Chinese EV maker’s five-minute charge puts the disrupter one step closer to conquering global markets

22.03.2025 10

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Rodrigo Duterte, the strongman brought to book

After presiding over a bloody drugs crackdown while in office, the former Philippine president has been detained by the ICC

14.03.2025 5

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Doug Ford, the defiant Canadian politician taking on Trump

As the US-Canada tariff war continues, the Ontario premier faces the defining challenge of his career

07.03.2025 5

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James Bond, the British spy under US ownership

Ian Fleming’s fictional creation, a boon and burden to UK intelligence agencies, will now be defined by tech giant Amazon

01.03.2025 10

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Denise Cheung, the US prosecutor resisting Trump

A lifetime public servant, the by-the-book lawyer is the latest to defend the integrity of an increasingly imperilled justice system

22.02.2025 10

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Kendrick Lamar, the rapper about to play on the world’s biggest stage

In the run-up to his performance at the Super Bowl, hip-hop’s most celebrated storyteller has been on a hot streak

07.02.2025 4

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Liang Wenfeng, the DeepSeek founder panicking the tech world

The hedge fund quant turned start-up leader rose from a rural Chinese village to overturn America’s AI monopoly

31.01.2025 7

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Stephen Miller, Trump’s implementer-in-chief

The fiery anti-immigrant ideologue has made himself indispensable to the president

24.01.2025 10

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Charlwin Mao, the Chinese tech founder welcoming ‘TikTok refugees’

A sudden surge of US users on Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, could threaten China’s Great Firewall

17.01.2025 5

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Herbert Kickl, Austria’s far-right leader eyeing the chancellorship

Once dismissed as having modest political prospects, he now is on the verge of the nation’s top job

11.01.2025 10

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Matthieu Blazy, the designer taking on Chanel

The new creative director is known for his emphasis on craft and collaboration

21.12.2024 3

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Gwynne Shotwell, the woman making SpaceX’s moonshot a reality

As president, she has guided Elon Musk’s rocket company to become the most valuable private start-up in the world

13.12.2024 6

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Jon M Chu, the ‘Wicked’ director uniting America

The man behind the crowd-pleasing film adaptation of the musical has set a new box office record

30.11.2024 5

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Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a trial that has shocked France

She has shown extraordinary strength as a court hears how she was drugged by her husband and raped by strangers

23.11.2024 10

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Friedrich Merz, the man who would be Germany’s next chancellor

The CDU leader gave up a lucrative business career and is now bidding to unseat Olaf Scholz

15.11.2024 10

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Thomas Tuchel, a combustible German coach enters the Lions’ den

The master tactician has been hired to lead England to World Cup glory in 2026

19.10.2024 6

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Marc Rowan, the man with a plan to remake Wall Street

The Apollo chief believes we are on the cusp of a new era in finance

04.10.2024 6

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Ursula von der Leyen, the politician tightening her grip on Brussels

The European Commission president has pitched herself as the answer to the question: ‘who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?’

20.09.2024 5

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Alexandre de Moraes, the steely Brazilian judge facing down Musk

Already known for his battles with Bolsonaro, his ban on X has pitched him into the centre of a new fight

06.09.2024 3

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Pavel Durov, Telegram’s self-mythologising founder

Arrested in France, the social media app CEO is accused of promoting free speech idealism at the expense of safety

30.08.2024 4

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Banksy, the guerrilla street artist loved by the market

He continues to use his interventions around the world to needle establishment norms

16.08.2024 3

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Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate charged with restoring peace in Bangladesh

The octogenarian micro-lending pioneer has the fate of the world’s eighth-most populous country in his hands

09.08.2024 6

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Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s contested president

The strongman is reasserting his grip after an election marred by violence and suspected fraud

02.08.2024 3

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