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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Samuel Beckett’s early to mid-career work plunges us into a state of bleak and baffling existential torpor. It also includes bursts of pyrotechnic eloquence that suggest that language can at least provide some consolation in

Kathrin Hille quotes China as saying that the results of Taiwan’s election indicates that the Democratic Progressive party does not represent majority public opinion on the island (“Taiwan’s ruling party secures presidency as voters defy China”, Report, FT.com, January 14). It is encouraging to hear that China respects majority opinion in Taiwan. Willem Thorbecke Senior

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Poland’s highest court on Thursday ruled Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s overhaul of state media was unconstitutional, the latest pushback against the pro-EU leader’s sweeping attempt to reshape public institutions. The constitutional court ruled in a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Intel has been handed a lifeline in its fight to avoid a €1bn fine from the European Commission after an adviser to Europe’s top court found fault in the case made by antitrust regulators. Laila

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK lenders’ expectations for mortgage demand rose sharply at the end of last year, according to official data published on Thursday, as falling borrowing rates fuel a rebound in the property sector. The index for

Towards the end of last year, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida gave a speech to business leaders in New York announcing new measures to attract asset management companies to the country. The initiative includes the formation of special business zones in which administrative procedures can be completed entirely in English and a commitment to an

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party foiled a fresh attempt on Wednesday to recall the Stormont assembly and restore the power-sharing executive on the eve of a historic strike over public sector pay set to paralyse

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the age of 90, I am about to receive a large compensation payment. I intend to give it all to several charities. How should I go about receiving and making payments to avoid possible

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A ship heading for the Suez Canal was hit by a missile on Tuesday, marking the second successive day that a vessel in the waters off Yemen has suffered damage despite bombing raids by the

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak will this week confront Conservative rightwingers who want to toughen up his Rwanda asylum bill, as a new “mega poll” suggested his party could be heading for a 1997-style election wipeout. The prime

Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. Taiwan’s presidential election shows that voters are willing to defy China, the 2024 US presidential election kicks off today, and American banks say that American consumers are in good shape. Mentioned in this podcast: What Taiwanese

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Download crossword FT.com will bring you the crossword from Monday to Saturday as well as the Weekend FT Polymath. Interactive crosswords on the FT app Subscribers can now solve the FT’s Daily Cryptic, Polymath and

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The boss of Liberty, one of Britain’s oldest department stores, is expanding its own-brand offering and betting that beauty sales will fuel growth, in a move that could lead to new stand-alone shops. Chief executive

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US has bombed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen for the second day in a row, fuelling concerns that the conflict in the region could escalate. US Central Command described the attack on a radar

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv and confirm that UK military funding to Ukraine will increase to £2.5bn in the next financial year, Downing Street has said. The UK prime minister will meet Ukraine president

Hello and welcome to the first edition of the FT’s Cryptofinance newsletter for 2024. This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Gary Gensler’s crypto record.  On my way to work this morning I overheard a commuter: “Sometimes the new year at work starts slow, other times it hits you like a train.”  One person who would

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Best all-round smart bike: Wattbike Atom Wattbike Atom, £2,399, wattbike.com The build quality of this bike is hard to beat – its moving parts (pedals and cranks aside) are housed in a sealed unit away

Whatever the merits of Charles Parton’s China strategy (“In the hawk-dove ornithology of China policy, consider the drongo”, Opinion, December 28), his presentation on ornithology is a little skewed. Drongos are not the only birds that protect their young; the doves and hawks he decries do so too. If Parton is in any doubt, I