The leaders of major news organisations across the world have signed a letter of support for journalists covering the war in Gaza after close to 100 media workers have been killed during the conflict. “Journalists and media workers in Gaza — overwhelmingly, the sole source of on-the-ground reporting from within the Palestinian territory — have
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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 co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group have sued the company, alleging that executives including Donald Trump are manoeuvring to dilute their stake in the business through a “last-minute stock grab” as the former
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has been accused of “talking down” Britain with “irresponsible” rhetoric after he claimed there was a “growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule” in the UK. The prime minister triggered a
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged by Conservative colleagues not to put “politics ahead of economics” as he considers last-minute plans to scrap or scale back Britain’s “non-dom” tax rules. Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A top Morgan Stanley banker at the centre of its legal battle with Frasers has said he was concerned some in the City would have regarded its leadership as being “out of your minds” if
Green activists never used to attack accountants. No wonder: bean counters’ work seems dull compared with oil drillers or flamboyant bankers. But last week the IFRS, a doughty global accounting standards body, experienced a “first”: protesters stormed its New York meeting as Brian Moynihan, chief executive of Bank of America, was opining on green audit
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chief China economist at UBS Investment Research and author of ‘Making Sense of China’s Economy’ In January, China reported official real gross domestic product growth of 5.2 per cent for 2023, but
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Western nations have expressed concerns about Russia potentially attempting to rekindle a frozen conflict in Moldova on the border with Ukraine. In a rare move, the leadership of the breakaway region of Transnistria on Wednesday
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Every start-up would love to have a Michael Moritz on their board. As one of the world’s shrewdest and best-connected venture capital investors, Moritz has been around the investment block so many times he probably
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US inflation fell to 2.4 per cent in the year to January, according to the metric most closely watched by the Federal Reserve, bolstering expectations of rate cuts this year. Thursday’s data on Personal Consumption
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Dozens of people were killed in northern Gaza on Thursday after the Israeli military opened fire on Palestinians rushing towards trucks carrying food but said some had died in a crush to reach the supplies.
The two largest Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, are holding talks in Moscow on Thursday aimed at ending decades of rivalry to present a united front in pushing for an end to Israel’s offensive in Gaza and its occupation of the West Bank. These latest reconciliation talks come days after the Fatah-led government in the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia are among the investors backing a Silicon Valley start-up that aims to introduce artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots to the workforce and transform the global labour market. Figure AI said on Thursday
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Clare Lombardelli, OECD chief economist, has been appointed a deputy governor at the Bank of England, putting her in charge of reforming its monetary policy when it is seeking to quell an inflationary outbreak it
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Vladimir Putin has said that western support for Ukraine risks triggering a global war, in his most explicit threat to use nuclear weapons since he ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Inflation in the eurozone’s two largest economies has fallen to its lowest level since mid-2021, but services prices remain stubbornly strong, presenting the European Central Bank with a conundrum over when to cut interest rates.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In five years, Uber has gone from a train-wreck initial public offering to a record-high share price. Reaching long-awaited profitability has almost doubled the market value of the San Francisco company to $161bn. It plans
As Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and his Treasury team work through the detail of fiscal policy ahead of the Budget on March 6, officials in Manchester are occupied by a very different set of problems. By last week, council offices in the northwestern city were experiencing queues of 70 to 80 refugees every day in search
Angry mobs clashing with police in eastern cities. Networks of saboteurs smuggling arms across the border for attacks on police stations and military barracks. A resentful nuclear power boosting defence production as it accuses its neighbour of ethnic cleansing. These all sound like Russia’s playbook when it first invaded Ukraine in 2014, then launched a
Last May, Lord Jacob Rothschild hosted a 100th birthday lunch for former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger at Waddesdon Manor, his 19th-century French château in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Among the illustrious guests were former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major; private equity titan Stephen Schwarzman; media barons Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg;
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi has received options to buy stock worth about $136mn after hitting a performance target to secure a $120bn valuation for the ride-hailing company. The award, set before Uber’s 2019 stock