Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Middle Eastern politics & society myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The International Court of Justice has begun hearings into the legality of Israel’s 56-year occupation of the Palestinian territories, including whether the expansion of Jewish settlements violates the Geneva Conventions. The proceedings
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 Republican senator from Ohio and author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ The United States has provided a blanket of security to Europe for far too long. In the aftermath of the cold war,
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ofcom is investigating whether an hour long Q&A with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aired on GB News has breached UK broadcasting rules. The media watchdog on Monday said the show, People’s Forum: The Prime Minister, received
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s economy shrank almost 20 per cent in annualised terms in the final quarter of 2023, official data showed, as it poured resources into its conflict against Hamas in Gaza. The sharp drop in gross
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chair of the UK Statistics Authority has admonished Treasury ministers for making potentially misleading claims about the level of personal taxation in Britain — his third such intervention in three months. The rebuke by
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s cabinet has discussed restricting access for some Muslims to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem during Ramadan, in a move that further inflames tensions during its war with Hamas, especially with the Palestinian citizens of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It would be comforting to believe that the death of Alexei Navalny will finally make Vladimir Putin an international pariah. But recent history and current politics suggest otherwise. It is sadly likely that Russia’s leader
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Chinese lunar new year gives every shopper a reason to splurge. During the holiday, wearing new clothes — especially red ones — symbolises getting a fresh start to an auspicious year and ushering in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeff Bezos is back on the market. For the first time since late 2021, Amazon’s founder and executive chair is selling shares in the company, adding billions of dollars to his net worth. So far
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Russian politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russian officials have refused to tell Alexei Navalny’s family the probable cause of his death or whereabouts of his body, which the late opposition activist’s team claim is a Kremlin-orchestrated cover-up. Navalny’s mother Lyudmila and
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Chinese rival to Tesla said it was increasing investment and hiring thousands of new staff to survive a “bloody sea” of competition. He Xiaopeng, chief executive of Xpeng, said the Volkswagen-backed company would add
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Santander has boosted its dividend by 50 per cent and unveiled a €1.5bn share buyback as it channels record profits back to investors in a bid to lift its lagging stock price. The Spanish bank,
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China reported its smallest annual foreign direct investment since the 1990s last year, as the world’s second-largest economy struggled to recover from the pandemic and investors sought higher yields elsewhere. China’s direct investment
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese ecommerce company JD.com has said it is in the early stages of considering an offer for Currys, setting up a possible bidding war for the UK electronics retailer. JD.com’s interest comes just days after
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The riskiest US corporate bonds have come under fresh pressure this year, setting them apart from a rally across broader debt markets as investors remain fearful about stop-start access to funding and deepening distress for
Vladimir Putin was effusive late last year after Gazprom reported record sales to China, telling chief executive and longtime ally Alexei Miller: “This is great, I congratulate you on the results of your work.” But the Russian president’s praise, proudly trumpeted on state media, belies the crisis unfolding at a company that is struggling with
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said the west should seize Russia’s frozen assets before the US election, in a further sign of European concern at the impact a second Donald Trump presidency might have
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In May last year I wrote a column recommending that if the government wanted to revive a flagging equity culture among Britain’s private investors, it should consider weaponising the stake it still owns in NatWest
Hanging on the wall in Gary Gensler’s office is a quote from a letter penned by Felix Frankfurter, later a Supreme Court justice, to President Franklin Roosevelt. It is dated 1934, the year the Securities and Exchange Commission was established to regulate markets. It advises the president to appoint administrators “who have stamina and do not
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US-China relations myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Washington has warned Beijing that the US and its allies will take action if China tries to ease its industrial overcapacity problem by dumping goods on international markets, according to American officials. Two senior Treasury
When Gerry Cardinale left Goldman Sachs in 2012 he underestimated just how hard it would be to launch a successful private equity business without the balance sheet of one of the world’s most prestigious investment banks. “At Goldman you pushed a button and $20bn would show up. When I started RedBird, I had no relationships