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The New Yorker Who Cracked the U.K.’s Premier Quiz Show

Brandon Blackwell, a 30-year-old from Queens, helped turn London’s Imperial College into a “University Challenge” powerhouse.

What Happens When TikTok Is Your Marketing Department

The Pink Stuff, a home cleaning paste, went from total obscurity to viral sensation — and Walmart staple — thanks to one “cleanfluencer” and her...

Phantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.

Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a...

An Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law in Uganda Is Hurting the Economy

Passed in May, the Anti-Homosexuality Act is harming businesses that rely on foreign travelers and trade.

Sanjay Shah, British Trader, Is Extradited to Denmark on Fraud Charges

Sanjay Shah had been pursued by Danish authorities, who said he was behind a scheme to steal $1.3 billion from the national coffers.

Is This the World’s Highest Grossing Photograph?

“Girls in the Windows” wasn’t made by an art world giant, but people keep buying it. And buying it. And buying it.

A Summer Rite in Spain: Coping With the British Tourist Invasion

On the front lines of a low-cost resort, Spanish residents complain that U.K. visitors drink too much and don’t spend enough.

Billionaire Arthur Dantchik Parts With Group Behind Israel’s Judicial Overhaul

Arthur Dantchik announced that he would no longer donate money to the Kohelet Policy Forum, the brains behind the highly polarizing plan.

The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge

In 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him.

A Top U.K. Newspaper Explores Its Ties to Slavery, and Britain’s

In a multimedia series, The Guardian becomes the latest British institution to confront — and apologize for — its role in the slave trade.