Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Summer arrives suddenly in New York. One moment an icy wind blows down the Hudson; the next, temperatures soar and the city’s inhabitants emerge into the warm air. Some sightings are less welcome than others; … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters The US Senate passed President Donald Trump’s budget yesterday by the smallest possible margin. Now it’s back to the House … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Passing through Bengaluru airport, I paused to check on my flight to Mumbai. On the departures board, the information was presented both in English and the elegant curls of Kannada, the main Indian language of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the leaving do to mark the departure of Rav Athwal, the former Treasury official who wrote Labour’s 2024 manifesto, there were speeches by various Cabinet ministers, but it was Ed Miliband who stole the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. What do I wear in this heat when a T-shirt won’t cut it? There has never been a better time to strip down, sartorially and, well . . . out of sheer necessity, it seems. And sure, maybe a totally … Read more
An ‘Amazon of guns’? Welcome to the ‘parallel economy’
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Container ships are some of the biggest and heaviest vessels on the sea. But piloting a container shipping line recently has been akin to being on a fishing boat in the roughest of … Read more
Mr. Sullivan has 13 of the creatures on his sprawling property. Mr. Matthews has four freshwater crocodiles named Gloopy, Jazzy, Destin and Cyclops, who is missing an eye from a fight. Mr. Horne cohabitates with Zeus, a saltwater native, who he says has tried to kill him twice. But when undisturbed, “they are the most … Read more
I’m a 64-year-old expat Australian and having been living and working in the UK for well over two decades, I am now planning for my retirement. Australia has a compulsory pension scheme called superannuation — I have A$168,226 (£81,351) in my public sector superannuation accumulation plan account. The problem I have is that you can’t … 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 a professor of economics at SOAS University of London Europe, the joke runs in Brussels, is permanently at a crossroads. But this time, it seems existential as the region faces the challenge … Read more