Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Starbucks shares received the equivalent of a triple shot espresso jolt when the company named Brian Niccol to spearhead a rebound last August. Ten months on, the caffeine buzz is fading amid growing signs that … Read more
Pentagon Is Reviewing Deal to Equip Australia With Nuclear Submarines
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world In 2010, Xi Mingze, the daughter of Xi Jinping, now president of China, enrolled at Harvard under an alias. Her presence on campus highlighted a contradiction: even as Beijing denounced western ideology, many … Read more
Rohan Dennis, an Australian world champion cyclist, received a suspended jail sentence on Wednesday for his role in a vehicle incident that fatally injured his wife, Melissa Hoskins, a fellow Olympic cyclist. Ms. Hoskins was struck by a car driven by Mr. Dennis in December 2023 in Adelaide, the authorities said at the time. Ms. … Read more
The skies of southern Australia turned a hazy orange this week as a dust storm reduced visibility, prompting health warnings and creating scenes reminiscent of an apocalyptic movie, rather than a late-autumn day. The storm was driven by powerful winds carrying dust from the drought-stricken ground of South Australia into the neighboring states of Victoria … Read more
It is easy to forget that Jacinda Ardern is a former prime minister of New Zealand. Standing in line at a cafe in Cambridge, Mass., wearing a suit by the New Zealand designer Juliette Hogan, with sneakers and gold hoops, she flashes a disarming smile and says to call her “just Jacinda.” As she orders … Read more
Who are you calling over-the-hill? The truth about brain ageing
Most birds go for ease when looking for drinking water. But the sulfur-crested cockatoos in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, often prefer to quench their thirst with a challenging puzzle. In the city’s western suburbs, some of the birds have figured out how to use public drinking fountains. The mohawked parrots deftly use one foot … Read more
In the Hulu drama “Nine Perfect Strangers,” now in its second season, Nicole Kidman plays Masha, the unorthodox director of an unorthodox wellness retreat. Alpine trekking, dangerously cold ice plunges, hallucinogens — they’re all on the menu. Her approach might be unexpected, some might even say illegal, but Masha insists her motives are pure. “It’s … Read more
New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three opposition lawmakers over their performance of the haka, a traditional Māori dance, as a protest while the body was considering a contentious bill last year. In a party-line vote, lawmakers voted to suspend Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, the co-leaders of the Te Pāti Māori party, without pay … Read more