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JD Vance told a funny story at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington this week. He recalled a Silicon Valley dinner he and his wife Usha attended, before he became vice-president, where the talk had been of machines replacing humans in the workforce. According to Vance, an unnamed chief executive from one giant tech company … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is Canada’s minister for transport and internal trade. This is adapted from her speech accepting the Foreign Policy Association Medal last week The world is at an inflection point. One of … Read more
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 A Random Walk Down Wall Street The results are in: this time is not different. Indexing remains the optimal investment strategy. Every year S&P Global Ratings publishes reports comparing … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Organisers of the US Open tennis championship last year sold more than 500,000 of their signature cocktail, “Honey Deuce”. At $23 per glass, the drink grossed $13mn. By contrast, the men’s and women’s champions of … Read more
Veteran jockey Frankie Dettori is feeling “saddened and embarrassed” after filing for bankruptcy last week, after being unable to resolve a long-running case of tax avoidance with HM Revenue & Customs. “Bankruptcy is a major decision and its consequences will affect me for many years,” he said in a statement, adding that he would “advise … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A nation that has 44 Michelin stars, earns a fortune from visiting diners and then invents the appetite suppressant Ozempic is either multitalented, or very foolish. Either way, I am in the Danish capital … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Once upon a time, I worked with the Seven Dwarfs. Ours was a fleeting relationship, during which time I mostly served them beer. It was the early ’90s, and I was doing bar work … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For two months, Gazans had some respite from the Israeli bombs that have reduced the strip to a wasteland, and began to pick up the pieces of their devastated lives. The families of the remaining … Read more
Hugues Oyarzabal, uno de los surfistas más consumados de Europa y uno de los primeros en grabar sus hazañas espectaculares desde una ola, murió el 21 de febrero en su casa de Biarritz, Francia. Tenía 39 años. Sus padres, Charles y Lucette Oyarzabal, dijeron que se quitó la vida. Sus amigos le dijeron a The … Read more
