How Workplace Fashion Has Changed Over the Decades

Office workers once wouldn’t have shown up without formal clothing—and hats for men! Now, comfort reigns.

Machado Made It Out of Venezuela by Boat a Day Before Nobel Ceremony

The opposition leader didn’t reach Oslo in time to collect Peace Prize but says she will travel to Norway

Now Poorer Countries Are Shutting the Door on Refugees Too

Uganda had been a notable exception to a worldwide pull-up-the-drawbridge trend—until now

How Venezuelan Gangs and African Jihadists Are Flooding Europe With Cocaine

Surging trans-Atlantic drug flows mean that cocaine seizures in Europe now exceed those in North America

EU Fines Musk’s X $140 Million Over Blue-Check System, Ad Transparency

The commission is still scrutinizing X over the possible spread of illegal content

The Top 10 Reasons New Businesses Fail

Entrepreneurs face all sorts of minefields when they launch a business. They would do well to keep these in mind.

SpaceX in Talks for $800 Billion Valuation Ahead of Potential 2026 IPO

Company’s CFO told investors about the transaction and IPO plans in recent days, say people familiar with the matter

U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy

An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, now directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies

Celebrities Are Making Smoking Cigarettes Cool Again

Cigarettes resurface in pop music and movies, raising fears that a yearslong decline in smoking rates could reverse

America’s World Cup Kicks Off With ‘104 Super Bowls’—and One Peace Prize for Trump

The draw for the 48-team tournament to be held across North America next summer produced as a lavish, two-hour spectacle with no shortage of star power

Ukraine’s Corruption Cops Drip-Feed Probe Details Like an HBO Drama

Ukraine’s anticorruption agency uses teasers and social media to build support for politically charged case

The Failed Crusade to Keep a Rare-Earths Mine Out of China’s Hands

Failure of one Western company to build China-free rare-earths supply is a glimpse at how Beijing has come to dominate the critical minerals