Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is professor of sustainable finance at Heriot-Watt University After Russia began its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, European governments scoured their budgets and borrowing options for funding sources to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The hugs of European leaders for Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a London summit this weekend could not have contrasted more sharply with the Ukrainian president’s dressing down in the White House on Friday. One upside of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Having served as an officer in the British army for 25 years, my pension is my most valuable asset. My wife and I have made the sad decision to divorce. She insists that she is … 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 chief global equity strategist and head of macro research in Europe at Goldman Sachs and author of ‘Any Happy Returns’ At a time when transatlantic trade tensions are mounting, it might seem … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britons have a peculiar obsession with certain companies. The likes of British Airways, Marks and Spencer, and Rolls-Royce attract outsized attention compared with competitors. As it happens, all three of these corporate “icons” were once … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world It is Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Yet no parade could match the carnival in Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech to Congress. As the US president declared himself author of not only the … 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 Good morning. Yesterday was a wild ride in the stock and bond markets, with shares forming a reverse N shape … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Fake news of a Scottish ban on domestic cats recently circulated online. The reality was milder: an independent commission had floated ideas to protect wildlife that included “cat containment areas”. However, the report highlighted … 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 managing director at Frontline Analysts and the author of ‘The Unaccountability Machine’ The 2024 company results season has been well under way this month, leading into its strange postscript — the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When commodity prices plunge, producers turn off the taps. The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, has done the next best thing by slapping a three-month suspension on exports. This … Read more