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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. A convicted former minister vowing revenge against conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol has helped deliver a resounding defeat to the South Korean leader in parliamentary elections. Former justice minister Cho Kuk, convicted on corruption charges
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Hidden behind tall cactuses shielding an olive grove in the small Tunisian town of Jebiniana, around 300 people take refuge under makeshift plastic shelters, waiting to cross the Mediterranean Sea and enter Europe. One of them is Aruna, a 39-year-old Sierra Leonean who arrived last year. He has already survived an arduous 5,000km journey across
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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 an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee As an American living in London, people regularly tell me England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
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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. Over the past week, pop star Olivia Rodrigo has played four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, where about 20,000 people, mostly young women, transformed New York’s storied arena into a haze of glitter and
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This is an audio transcript of the Rachman Review podcast episode: ‘How do you define a war crime?’ [MUSIC PLAYING] Gideon Rachman Hello and welcome to the Rachman Review. I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times. This week’s podcast is about war crimes. My guest is Boyd van Dijk, a historian
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US stocks and Treasuries sold off after higher than expected inflation in March dimmed traders’ hopes for near-term interest rate cuts. Wall Street’s S&P 500 index closed 0.9 per cent lower on Wednesday. Every sector declined except for energy, which was helped by a rebound in the price of oil. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite declined
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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 last time David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary, urged Capitol Hill to pass Ukraine aid, he was told to “kiss my ass” by Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most vocal pro-Russia Republicans. Washington largely
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