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Saint Laurent’s chief says luxury must work harder to retain customers
Cédric Charbit is part of new team of executives at parent company Kering as it seeks to revive growth
Andy Burnham backs away from rejoining EU
Rival to Keir Starmer is trying to win election in pro-Brexit constituency
Tear gas and fist fights overshadow Swatch and Audemars Piguet’s ‘Royal Pop’ launch
Debut of much-anticipated watch collaboration descends into chaos as customers scuffle in cities from Paris to New York
Trump drops $10bn lawsuit against IRS and Treasury
Legal action stemmed from leak of tax documents
Baseball is learning to live with shorter attention spans
New rules have made games faster and more exciting
NextEra strikes megadeal with Dominion to create $420bn US utility
Tie-up would create power behemoth at a time of booming demand for electricity for AI data centres
UK plans to relax key banking rules set up after 2008 financial crisis
Chief secretary to the Treasury says softening ringfencing regulations would free up £80bn for extra lending
The Bank of England’s oil shock modelling has gone awry
Assumptions used by the bank in August 2025 make no sense when applied to its April 2026 data
US-China summit: postgame analysis
Little was ventured, little was gained — but the visuals were interesting
US strikes kill ‘more than 20’ Isis militants in Nigeria
Attack comes shortly after killing of group’s second-in-command as Washington steps up West Africa military action
Commerzbank rejects €39bn UniCredit takeover offer
Proposal draws pushback from German lender and Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Farage’s accounts challenge claim he paid for £1.4mn house with TV fee
Reform UK leader has said he did not use £5mn gift from crypto billionaire to buy Surrey property
The Beloved — Javier Bardem simmers in tense father-daughter drama
The Spanish actor is terrific as a filmmaker-patriarch shooting a film with the child he once abandoned
Tank maker KNDS comes late to the European defence boom
The Franco-German group might fare better reviving a previously rejected alliance with Rheinmetall
The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI
As stewards of vast quantities of data, the sector could play a critical role in fuelling the digital economy
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A peaceable Trump-Xi meeting may set up follies for the future
The system of managed trade towards which the US and China seem to be moving is unlikely to work well
Trump and Xi will not determine Taiwan’s fate
China assumes that the island would be helpless without American support — that is a dangerous mistake
Shakira wins €55mn tax battle against Spain
Court orders Spanish authorities to return unlawful penalties Colombian pop star had been forced to pay
And the FTAV charts quiz winner is . . .
Eurovision Chart Contest
UK must keep cutting fiscal deficit, says IMF
Warning comes as bond investors worry about Andy Burnham’s potential bid for Labour leadership
Requiem for America at the Barbican — impossible to listen to without being shaken
Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Native American singers, Brent Michael Davids’ premiere is a roll-call of atrocities against Indigenous peoples
Sindarov’s unbeaten streak ends after 53 games as Kasparov praises the world title challenger
Puzzle: can you do as well as the world No 2?