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Biden should use what remains of his presidency to act in the Middle East
With last Tuesday’s election in the US, President Joe Biden officially became a lame-duck, even though he still has a little ...
Why James Rebanks fell for Norway’s wild coast
The author and shepherd is closely associated with England’s Lake District but in recent years has lost his heart to the remote Vega archipelago ...
Chess: India’s Erigaisi challenges for number two as Singapore world title match nears
India’s Arjun Erigaisi is currently the fastest rising star in world chess. The 21-year-old has even tacitly signalled a ...
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BGC pursues ex-staffer for breaching asset freezing order
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Howard Lutnick’s BGC Group has brought contempt of court proceedings against a former UK employee, accusing him ...
Top US climate diplomat says fight will go on despite Trump threat
President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser conceded action to limit global warming “may be put on the back burner” after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but sought to reassure the world that ...
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Budget fallout will hit UK plc’s squeezed middle hardest
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hate supermarket self-checkouts? Bad news: Increased automation is one obvious way in which consumer-facing ...
World Without End — the hit graphic novel making the case for nuclear power
A bestselling French comic book argues that we should forget renewables — our only option to address global warming lies in ...
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Direct Line to cut 550 jobs in turnaround effort
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Direct Line is cutting about 550 ...
London’s Warburg Institute: one of the most eccentric, unpredictable archives in the world
An exquisite restoration by HaworthTompkins architects does justice to a collection which foreshadows Google’s image search ...
Transcript: China’s $1.4tn fiscal package fails to excite
China announced a hefty $1.4tn fiscal stimulus package on Friday. It comes on top of a bunch of monetary measures that ...
Women fight to have a voice in climate negotiations
Female leadership coalition was set up after the Azerbaijani COP29 presidency failed to include any women in its initial ...
Starmer and Macron pledge ‘unwavering’ support for Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged their “unwavering” support for Ukraine as the two leaders met in Paris days after a second Trump administration was ...