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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 5

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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 2

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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 4

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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 2

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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 3

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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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Charli XCX, the bard of ‘brat’

The British pop star is providing the soundtrack to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign

27.07.2024 10

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Anne Hidalgo, crusading Paris mayor dives into the Olympics

Her attempts to give the French capital a green makeover have made her unpopular but unrepentant

20.07.2024 2

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Gareth Southgate, the manager tackling England’s fear of failure

As his team reaches the final of Euro 2024, no one in the history of English men’s football can match his record

13.07.2024 10

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