Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hours after Iran launched a barrage of armed drones and missiles against Israel Iranian military chiefs declared “mission accomplished”, having implemented a change of tactics designed to restore the Islamic republic’s deterrence. In launching its
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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 number of FTSE 100 companies proposing significant pay rises or new remuneration structures for their top heads has jumped this year, as London-listed groups debate whether to boost incentive packages to compete with US
A growing number of health-conscious consumers rejecting beer, wine and spirits represents “a big opportunity”, said the chief executive of Japan’s biggest brewer Asahi, who forecast zero- and low-alcohol drinks would generate half of the company’s beverage sales by as early as 2040. Atsushi Katsuki, whose group produces beers including Asahi Super Dry, Peroni Nastro
Benjamin Netanyahu’s initial assessment of how Israel’s aerial defences dealt with Iran’s first direct drone and missile attack on the Jewish state contained more than a hint of satisfaction. “We intercepted. We stopped [the attack]. Together we will win,” the Israeli prime minister wrote on social media platform X on Sunday, after Israel and its
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Activity on China’s equity capital markets on the mainland and beyond has slumped to multi-decade lows, highlighting how the loss of momentum in the world’s second-largest economy has weighed on investor confidence. Chinese
Just after dark on Saturday in Tehran, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards picked up a phone and issued an order to begin “Operation True Promise” — an unprecedented aerial assault by the Islamic republic on the Jewish state. After Major General Hossein Salami read out the names of the senior Iranian military officials whose
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Momentum in economies including the US and India has been picking up in recent months, helping stoke optimism that global growth in 2024 will modestly outpace last year’s reading, according to research for the Financial
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. France has launched a dispute with the UK over fishing rights after its trawlers were banned from some British waters to protect vulnerable habitats. French diplomats raised the issue at a meeting of EU ministers
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran’s attack on Israel has increased pressure on the US Congress to pass additional military aid for Israel, with Republicans saying they will call a vote in the House of Representatives in the coming days.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s war cabinet met on Sunday afternoon to discuss possible responses to a massive overnight Iranian drone and missile attack, with US President Joe Biden urging restraint as the Middle East edged closer to full-blown
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is director of regional security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies On Saturday night, a long-awaited Iranian strike on Israel started with a bang and ended with a whimper. Even before the
It was just before 2am when the barrage of Iranian drones and missiles swarmed over the Israeli sky. Sirens and explosions rang out across Jerusalem, the southern Negev and the northern border region as Israel launched air defence interceptors. Israelis, who had waited anxiously for several hours after first being warned that the arsenal of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. AstraZeneca’s chair has hit out at proxy advisers for “double standards” that “do serious harm” to the competitiveness of UK companies, after more than a third of the company’s shareholders voted against a potential £1.8mn
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chair of AstraZeneca The AGM season is in full swing, and with it comes the usual set of controversies around remuneration. AstraZeneca was among the first companies this year to receive votes
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The barrage of more than 300 armed drones and long-range missiles that Iran fired at Israel late on Saturday was met with an unparalleled defensive response. Ninety-nine per cent of the projectiles were intercepted, according
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joe Biden condemned Iran’s “unprecedented” drone and missile attacks on Israel on Saturday night, as he called for a co-ordinated diplomatic response by the G7 to Tehran’s “brazen” assault. Biden said that the US military
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Earlier this week, on the kind of grey and dreary evening that gives London a bad name, I sat down under a cherry tree. I took out a ballpoint pen and a pad of paper,
Lord Ken Clarke, former Conservative chancellor, has warned that an incoming Labour government would face the biggest set of problems of any new UK administration since the second world war. Clarke, who handed over a booming economy to Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour in 1997, said the circumstances today were completely different, given the sluggish
The three candidates shortlisted to become PwC’s next UK senior partner will fly to Dubai this month for what is set to be a crucial hustings in the race to succeed outgoing boss Kevin Ellis. PwC’s Middle East operation, which forms part of its UK business, is poised to play a key role in electing
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Serbia is expected to sign the largest weapons deal in its modern history with France, in a sign how Russia’s war in Ukraine is prompting one of Moscow’s closest allies to diversify its arms