Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In tech founder mythology, rejection is a crucial stage of the hero’s journey, followed by triumphant return. OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman almost completed this arc in the space of a weekend. His departure leaves the
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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. Israel’s military has laid waste to much of northern Gaza, badly damaging more than half of the buildings and large swaths of entire neighbourhoods during its 42 day offensive, according to analysis of satellite data.
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pharmaceuticals sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. It’s rare that the presentation of the results of medical studies attract standing-room-only crowds. But that was the case a couple of weeks ago in Philadelphia, when medical professionals and media alike packed a ballroom
On the evening of September 27, France’s financial and political elite mixed with Middle Eastern royalty at the Palais Garnier, an ornate opera house in the heart of Paris. The 1,000-strong crowd was gathered to pay homage to Ardian, one of Europe’s largest investment firms, and its chief executive Dominique Senequier, on the tenth anniversary
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The wealthy non-domiciled residents of the UK are getting nervous. After years of cuts to their special tax privileges, people who live in Britain but do not have to be domiciled there for tax purposes now face the threat of this regime ending altogether. The opposition Labour party is polling strongly in advance of the
Javier Milei, a radical libertarian economist and first-term congressman, has secured a decisive victory in Argentina’s presidential elections, defeating economy minister Sergio Massa and pulling the country’s politics far to the right amid its worst crisis in two decades. With 93.4 per cent of votes counted, Milei had won 55.8 per cent, against 44.2 per
Javier Milei, a radical libertarian economist and first-term congressman, has won Argentina’s presidential elections, defeating economy minister Sergio Massa and pulling the country’s politics far to the right amid its worst crisis in two decades. At 8.10pm, almost an hour before the first official results were due to be published by Argentina’s electoral commission, Massa,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The White House’s chief energy adviser has said he is confident that Arab oil producers will not weaponise energy, despite mounting anger across the Middle East over Israel’s siege and bombardment of Gaza. Amos Hochstein
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US and Qatar signalled on Sunday that they were edging closer to a deal to release a significant number of civilian hostages held by Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip. Any breakthrough is expected
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Argentines will vote in presidential elections on Sunday, facing a deeply polarising choice between Sergio Massa, the economy minister presiding over the country’s worst crisis in two decades, and Javier Milei, a hard-right libertarian outsider
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a professor in the School of Population and Global Health at McGill University and the former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières “What are individuals in wars today? Expendable commodities, dead or
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A UK government push to unlock £50bn in capital from the country’s biggest pension funds is running into roadblocks as retirement funds balk at shifting savers’ investments into costlier and riskier assets. Pension funds have
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of Rockefeller International In a historic turn, China’s rise as an economic superpower is reversing. The biggest global story of the past half century may be over. After stagnating under
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Israeli army is advancing through the south and east of Gaza city after taking full control of the enclave’s largest hospital and as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to resist international pressure for a
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A global entertainment company co-owned by actor James Corden has submitted plans for one of Britain’s largest film studios just days after work on film and TV productions restarted in the US and the UK following
What used to be a home is now a mess of wood, insulation and cladding, littering neighbouring gardens and spilling into the street. Windows are completely blown and only jagged shards of glass remain. Curtains and clothes are strewn about, propelled by the sheer force of an explosion. “It is like a war scene,” says
For hundreds of years, empires and armies have come and gone in Gaza, but holy service at the Church of Saint Porphyrius has continued. The rituals have carried on in recent weeks as Israeli forces moved on Gaza City, bombs fell and fighting raged on the streets outside. Despite the battle around them, Greek Orthodox
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. KPMG has cut its UK partnership to less than half the size of rival PwC’s, after shrinking its top rank for a fourth straight year against a backdrop of regulatory fines. The number of equity
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI investors are working to get rid of the company’s board and reinstate Sam Altman as chief executive of the generative AI start-up, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation, in what would
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeremy Hunt plans to speed up the roll out of new electricity networks in Britain by offering people living close to pylons and substations up to £10,000 off their bills over 10 years. In the