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Ben Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, during a panel discussion at the Paris Air Forum in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The forum brings together aviation executives from the aeronautics, defense and space industries. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Air France–KLM CEO reveals how airline filled all its planes and dodged the summer chaos

By Vivienne Walt

Blockchain and cryptocurrency Binance founder and CEO Chinese-born Canadian Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, poses during an interview at the technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)

Binance boss CZ says the crypto downturn is far from over—and he plans to go on a spending spree

By Vivienne Walt

PSKOV, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER,11 (RUSSIA OUT): Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (R) attend the opening ceremony of the monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky and His Guard at the supposed location of 1224 Battle on Ice, also known as Lake Peipus (Chudskoye) Battle, on September,11,2021, in Samolva villiage outside of Pskov, Russia. Russians marks the 800th Annivesrary of Alexander Nevsky’s birthday this year. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Who is Kirill? The Russian religious patriarch whose appearance on the sanctions list threatens to block Europe’s oil embargo yet again

By Vivienne Walt

A Ukrainian volunteer soldier<br />
tests a Starlink receiver at a<br />
military base before sending<br />
it to frontline fighters.

Elon Musk’s fledgling Starlink satellite network has become a lifeline in Ukraine

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Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi of LOUD competes at the VALORANT Masters Grand Finals

Au revoir ‘e-sports’ and ‘streaming’: France outlaws use of English gaming words, reflecting concerns over U.S. Big Tech dominance

By Vivienne Walt

PARIS, FRANCE May 29. Rafael Nadal of Spain replaces his head band before the start for he fifth set against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada on Court Philippe Chatrier during the singles fourth round match at the 2022 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on May 29th 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Amazon bought the rights to some of the French Open’s biggest time slots. The sport’s top players are desperate to avoid them

By Vivienne Walt

CHERKASKE, DONETSK PROVINCE, UKRAINE, MAY 3: Ukrainian servicemen are seen in the trenches as fighting against Russian troops continues near to the Cherkaske City, on eastern Ukraine, May 3, 2022. (Photo by Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ukraine’s execs go from sailing and lobster to missiles and armor, changing the country’s business world forever

By Vivienne Walt

Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), speaks on stage after Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, delivered a special address via video link on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday, May 23, 2022. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from May 22 to 26. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Zelensky pitches Western leaders at Davos on the business opportunities that would come from giving Ukraine $5 billion a month

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Inside the ‘IT unit’: In Ukraine, an army of techies hone their skills in a unique battle against Russia

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Field engineers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine stand next to a destroyed Russian armoured vehicle during mine clearing operations on a street of Bucha on April 5, 2022, as Ukrainian officials say over 400 civilian bodies have been recovered from the wider Kyiv region, many of which were buried in mass graves. – Bucha had been occupied by Russian troops, but when they withdrew recently Ukrainian authorities and independent international journalists including AFP found bodies of people in civilian clothing, some with their hands tied behind their backs. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)

War in Ukraine is disrupting world supply chains in unexpected ways. Take your dream bathroom tiles

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A man walks near a residential building damaged in Mariupol on April 17, 2022. The entire urban area of Mariupol city in eastern Ukraine has been fully cleared of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries, the Russian military said Saturday. (Photo by Victor/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Who will pay to rebuild Ukraine? Economists have a plan for Russia to foot what could be a $1 trillion bill

By Vivienne Walt

An illustration of two people balancing on a beam over a Bitcoin.

Crypto’s complicated role in Ukraine: ‘Literally saving lives,’ but also helping oligarchs

By Vivienne Walt

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Europe vows new Russia sanctions over Bucha carnage. But Putin’s closest EU ally could doom that plan

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy also spoke to the Grammy Awards on Sunday. April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Zelenskyy calls out former European leaders Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy for failing Ukraine as he vows justice for civilian killings

By Vivienne Walt

A man looks at digital paintings by US artist Beeple at a crypto art exhibition entitled Virtual Niche: Have You Ever Seen Memes in the Mirror?, one of the world’s first physical museum shows of blockchain art, ahead of its opening in Beijing on March 26, 2021. – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

The billionaire founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, thinks the NFT craze is bonkers: ‘People may have lost their mind’

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