Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, has struck a plea deal with Georgia prosecutors, becoming the fourth co-defendant in the sprawling conspiracy case to flip on the former president. “If
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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 the author of ‘Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground’ It is not seemly, in the face of death, to trade figures, or frequencies. Israel has suffered; Israeli civilians have been killed. Palestine
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Beaten with a stick, thrown over a motorcycle like a sack and dragged into a subterranean network of tunnels inside Gaza, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz spent 16 days as a Hamas hostage. Released suddenly, alongside Nurit
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. French president Emmanuel Macron said the release of all hostages seized by Hamas should be the “first objective” of Israel and its allies as western capitals urged more time for negotiations and the entry of
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 Israeli historian and author of ‘A State at Any Cost — The Life of David Ben-Gurion’ Some time before Israel celebrated its 75th Independence Day in May, I went to the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK will on Tuesday confirm that it is scrapping the cap on bankers’ bonuses that was inherited from the EU as part of its post-Brexit push to boost the City of London, according to
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Whenever a dictator or ruling cleric attacks the honour of the western world, they are conceding a rather important point. There is something there to attack. The west is a coherent entity. It is made up,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barclays shares fell sharply after it reported a steep drop in third-quarter profit and lowered its UK growth outlook, while warning of major cost cuts to come in a strategic review next year. Net profit
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK employment myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK labour market has held up slightly better than thought as higher interest rates weigh on economic activity, according to official data released on Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate
Residents of Lebanon are stocking up on food, fuel and emergency supplies as fears intensify that the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third week, will broaden and engulf them. From the southern border with Israel to the capital Beirut, Lebanese are increasingly on edge and preparing for their worst-case scenario, which would see the Mediterranean
Bernd Hofmann founded his engineering firm 56 years ago. He’s seen many ups and downs since then — the oil price shock of the 1970s, the upheaval of German reunification in 1990, the global financial crisis of 2008. But nothing like this. “It’s one of the worst phases I’ve ever experienced,” the 80-year-old says. Hofmann’s
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During a recent invite-only briefing for Conservative party parliamentary candidates, some of the more mathematically-inclined members started to become uneasy. The strategy, they were told, was to focus relentlessly on former Tory voters who either
The two biggest US oil companies have set off a race to secure petroleum reserves for the decades ahead, inking multibillion-dollar transactions to snap up the most promising production hotspots despite predictions that demand will peak by 2030. Chevron on Monday announced its biggest ever acquisition: a $53bn deal for US operator Hess, giving it
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. PwC’s revenue growth lagged behind its Big Four rivals Deloitte and EY in its latest financial year, according to newly published figures. The accounting and consulting firm brought in record revenues of $53.1bn globally in
10/23/2023, 11:08:01 PM What to watch in Asia today George Russell in Hong Kong An advertisement for Fujiya’s ‘Peko-chan Yaki’ doll-shaped cake in a Tokyo street. The Yokohama-based confectionery chain reports third-quarter figures on Tuesday © Katsumi Kasahara/AP Events: Chinese premier Li Qiang attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The three-day Future Investment
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hamas has freed two more of the dozens of hostages its militants captured during their assault on Israel earlier this month, amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to contain the soaring tensions in the Middle East. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s prime minister, defence minister and army chief insisted on Monday that they were working “in close and full co-operation” as signs grew of discord over the course of the war with Hamas. Israel has
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. America is now in its third week without a functioning House of Representatives. Given the Republican party’s lack of consensus on who to elect as Speaker, it is hard to see what will stop this
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 2000, the Hess family sold the New York Jets to tycoon Woody Johnson for $635mn. That was a blowout valuation at the time. The American football franchise is now valued at 10 times more,
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global migration myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. International migration to rich countries reached an all-time high last year, driven by global humanitarian crises and demand for workers, the OECD said on Monday. The Paris-based organisation estimated 6.1mn new permanent migrants moved to
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “While you feel that rage, don’t be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. And while we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.” So said Joe Biden