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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy Despite a sharp decline in US inflation over the past year, the monthly US data release on movement in prices

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the close of the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Japan’s then prime minister appeared, unexpectedly, dressed as Super Mario. I don’t know if Shinzo Abe was a gamer, and it is ultimately irrelevant: what it

As the head of China’s biggest jewellery retailer, Kent Wong has his finger on the pulse of consumers in the world’s second-largest economy — and they are wary. Wong, managing director of Chow Tai Fook, said the chain’s customers have been pivoting from diamonds and other gemstones to gold, a store of wealth in tough

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fujitsu is facing mounting pressure this week to foot part of an estimated £1bn compensation bill for the victims of the Horizon IT scandal. The Japanese IT company developed the faulty computer system at the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A townhouse in London’s Belgravia owned by a company linked to the husband of Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone is on sale for £25mn, weeks after the lingerie tycoon admitted lying over her role regarding

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese authorities have in recent days told some institutional investors not to sell stocks, as regulators face renewed pressure to stabilise share prices following the steep decline in the first weeks of the new year.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British government could save at least £20bn a year by modernising IT systems, tackling fraud and getting a grip on failing mega-projects such as the HS2 rail line, according to the head of the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a barrage of ballistic missiles against targets in Syria and northern Iraq, including what the elite force described as an Israeli intelligence centre run by Mossad, the spy agency. The guards

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak will this week confront Conservative rightwingers who want to toughen up his Rwanda asylum bill, as a new “mega poll” suggested his party could be heading for a 1997-style election wipeout. The prime

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a barrage of ballistic missiles against targets in Syria and northern Iraq, including what the elite force described as an Israeli intelligence centre, in a significant escalation of hostilities with the Jewish state. The guards said on Monday the missile strikes on an “espionage centre” in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump is expected to win the first ballot of the 2024 presidential race, as voters in Iowa gather on Monday night for caucuses that will set the pace for the Republican campaign for the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has declared that the UK remains “prepared to back our words with actions”, signalling Britain could participate in further western strikes against the Houthi rebels as the group continued to launch attacks in

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran-backed Houthis struck a US-owned cargo ship on Monday, the first direct assault on a commercial vessel since American and British forces launched multiple strikes against the Yemeni rebels last week. The missile attack on

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A quarter of global chief executives expect the deployment of generative artificial intelligence to lead to headcount reductions of at least 5 per cent this year, according to a survey unveiled as world and business

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Davos Man” and “Davos Woman” do not strut quite so confidently these days. The conference-attending tribe were identified by the political scientist Samuel Huntingdon in 2004 as a global elite who “have little need for

1/15/2024, 4:49:37 PM Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis compete for second place Oliver Roeder in New York The most competitive race in Iowa tonight is the Republican battle for second place, according to pre-election polling. Donald Trump has maintained a remarkably large and stable lead in surveys, of some 30 points or more, over a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Indian prime minister recently published some pictures of himself lounging beachside that prompted a surge of online support, a diplomatic incident and the suspension of three government officials in the country’s tiny neighbour, the

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. German output contracted 0.3 per cent last year as high inflation, rising interest rates and elevated energy costs made Europe’s largest economy one of the weakest performers in the world, according to an initial estimate

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine said it had shot down two Russian spy planes over the Sea of Azov region, dealing a significant blow to Moscow’s air power. “Soldiers of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Xi Jinping thinks that history is moving his way. Visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow last March, China’s leader told the Russian president: “Right now, we’re seeing a change unseen in 100 years and we’re driving this