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The American flag flies behind a Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on April 22, 2026. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesAsian stocks rallied Monday while oil prices tumbled after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a peace deal aimed at ending nearly four months of conflict, prompting investors to unwind some of the geopolitical risk premium that has dominated markets since February.The strongest reaction was seen in energy markets. U.S. crude oil futures for July delivery were down 4.77% to $80.83 per barrel by 8:27 p.m. ET. Brent futures, the…

On Saturday night, the New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs to win the team’s first NBA championship in 53 years. As the Knicks celebrated on the court in San Antonio, the city that never sleeps lived up to its name, partying in honor of the Knickerbockers.Amid the melee in the streets was Ramell-Correen Frederick, known to his friends as “Cheeks.” He was sitting outside the Habana Outpost restaurant on Fulton and South Portland in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, working away on a vintage embroidery machine. Cheeks, a textile artist and denim tailor by trade, spent all night making custom…

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, left, works with Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, at 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Andy Rain | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWorld leaders welcomed the U.S.-Iran agreement to end the Middle East war, with some European nations reportedly signaling they were prepared to lift sanctions on Tehran in exchange for the country taking steps to curb its nuclear program.After more than three months of war, the U.S. and Iran reached a deal on Sunday that would bring an immediate and permanent end to the conflict, according to Pakistan’s Prime Minister…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2026. Daniel Heuer | ReutersThe U.S. and Iran have agreed on a deal to bring their nearly four-month war to an end, with both sides declaring the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday.”Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED,” Sharif said in a post on X. Pakistan…

“The M.V.P.,” photographed by Steven Meisel, was originally published in the September 2005 issue of Vogue.For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here.High-performance day dresses and suits are fall’s most powerful players—carrying you smoothly from summer to September. With skilled assists from the New York MetroStars, Gisele Bündchen nets one for the team.PLAYING THE FIELDA sixties-inspired A-line minidress melds modernist function and minimalist form. THIS PAGE: Fendi scarlet stretch-jersey dress, $1,500; (800) FENDI-NY for stores. Hogan black-and-gold lace-up sneakers. PLAYING THE FIELDMichael Kors black zipper dress, $1,495; Bergdorf Goodman; Saks Fifth Avenue. Jean…

Charlie Javice leaves Manhattan federal court after being sentenced to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co., in New York City, U.S., Sept. 29, 2025. Jeenah Moon | ReutersCharlie Javice, who was convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase after selling her company, is seeking a pardon from the Trump administration, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Javice founded a startup called Frank that JPMorgan acquired in 2021 for $175 million. Last year, she was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for defrauding the bank by overstating the number of customers Frank had. She is appealing the verdict.…

The scenes in New York on Wednesday, after Game 4, offered a hint of what was to come: entire city blocks flooded with orange and blue; fans riding vehicles like parade floats; horns blaring; confetti flying; perfect strangers transformed, if only for an evening, into the very dearest friends.When, on Saturday night, the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973, defeating the Spurs, 94–90, in San Antonio, the city erupted into a joyous bedlam of epic proportions.In an era otherwise defined by a strain of social alienation variously empowered by technology and by politics, New York has…

What do you do when you need a moment to focus? For thousands of people around the U.S., the answer might be reaching for a technicolor piece of plastic that, when pressed, emits a soft and satisfying “click.”A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.It’s only been about a year since the pair stumbled into the niche of 3D printing fidget clickers, and they’ve already captured the attention of millions (including the adoration of…

Between weddings, galas, and garden parties, there are more than enough occasions to dress for this summer—and Hollywood’s finest are showing how to do summer formal right. This week, the best dressed stars all slipped into seasonally-appropriate designs—from sleek suits to captivating couture gowns—that struck the right chords of elegant yet effortless.Take Greta Lee in her Dior couture gown, worn to the Toy Story 5 premiere in L.A.: She wore a one-shouldered, twisted knit bubble dress, featuring an asymmetrical draped skirt embroidered with red and white velvet flowers. It was statement-making and sculptural, yet still felt carefree. Ditto for Taylor…

A year after spending over $14 billion to bring in Alexandr Wang and a group of his top Scale AI engineers to revamp its artificial intelligence efforts, Meta is at least back on the map in AI, though it’s still far behind OpenAI, Anthropic and Google in the market. Wang’s big accomplishment was the delivery of the Muse Spark AI model in April, marking Meta’s first jump into proprietary foundation models and away from a strict adherence to open source, or open weight as it’s more commonly called in AI. The group Wang leads — Meta Superintelligence Labs — was…