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Sweden is on the cusp of joining Nato after Turkey dropped its objections, in a historic turning point for the Scandinavian country that cherished its militarily non-aligned status for more than two centuries. Swedes became aware of Moscow’s growing aggressiveness when the Russian air force simulated a nuclear attack on a facility close to Stockholm
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Receive free Chemicals updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Chemicals news every morning. German chemical groups are investing in modern plants and green technologies — but largely outside Europe, the industry’s largest trade union has warned. “Investments in new plants and new technologies . . . are flooding out of Germany,” said
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Further to the article by Andrew Hunter Murray (“Billionaires want to save the world. Is that so wrong?”, FT Magazine, July 1), I concur, ultra-high net worth individuals truly possess a superpower — the ability to absorb financial risks that governments and institutions struggle with. History testifies that philanthropic investments into high-risk, early-stage innovations hold
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Receive free Non-Fiction updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Non-Fiction news every morning. In 1817, after 14 years of trying to isolate the analgesic substance in poppy resin, the German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner decided to test a promising crystalline substance on himself along with three teenagers from down
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The partnership between our business school research team and Co-operators, the Canadian insurer, offers a blueprint for bridging the divide between academia and practice. Rather than researching issues and then translating the findings for practitioners, we work with managers from the start to develop a tool to tackle complex systems challenges. Karen Flamand, assistant vice-president
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As dawn breaks across Canchungo, it casts a soft glow on the red earth and blue-rendered buildings. The stylist Wilow Diallo happened across this town in the coastal region of Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, while delivering school supplies to the local children one day last winter. Aside from its vivid palette, he was enchanted by the inhabitants’
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Receive free Israeli-Palestinian conflict updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict news every morning. Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded dozens more as the Jewish state deployed armed drones and hundreds of troops in one of the largest operations in the occupied West Bank
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This article is an online version of our Scoreboard newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Saturday Deep in one of the most desirable areas of London, an exclusive private members’ club offered tennis fans a glimpse of the stars set to light up Wimbledon next week. Defending
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The writer, an FT contributing editor, is chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts The chorus of consensus on UK inflation and interest rates has risen several decibels recently. Economists, financial markets, commentators and politicians have been clear in their conviction that UK interest rates need to continue marching north to curb price pressures. With
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Receive free Unhedged updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Unhedged news every morning. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday Good morning. Twice this week, we’ve gotten strong economic data followed
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