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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

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Circle Internet Financial, operator of the USDC stablecoin, has confidentially filed to list in the US, a day after regulators fuelled optimism in the crypto market by approving the first stock market funds for bitcoin.

The aesthetic of The Broadwick, and its basement restaurant, Dear Jackie, has been described in many ways. The sumptuous new Soho hotel is “maximalist”, “camp”, “jazz age”, “louche”, “disco fabulous” and “English eccentric”. Each description is individually accurate. But what the commentators are missing is the single term that unifies these spirits: 1970s Bournemouth. 1970s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government on Thursday released a report on available routes for migrants seeking to enter the country but it did not include proposals for any new so-called safe and legal pathways. Campaigners have long

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A portfolio manager at Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management is preparing to launch what would be the biggest new hedge fund in more than a year after securing $3bn of capital from his employer and taking

A wave of gang violence has rocked Ecuador after the disappearance of a powerful drug gang boss from jail, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency as it struggles to tackle a crime wave in the Andean nation. Adolfo Macías, leader of the feared Los Choneros gang who is better known by his

One thing to start: If you have been following Bill Ackman’s activist campaign against the leadership of Ivy League universities, you may enjoy this quiz from our friends over at FT Alphaville. Can you figure out if the comments in question were said by Ackman or by the main character from the 1990s novel American

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A close ally of Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico has signalled he will run in March’s presidential elections in a move that could cement the Eurosceptic premier’s grip on power. Peter Pellegrini, currently speaker of

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Football clubs are pouring billions into stadiums’ [MUSIC PLAYING] Marc Filippino Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, January 8th, and this is your FT News Briefing. The biggest banks in the US are set to report a pretty steep rise

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For three months, as Israel has waged its thunderous offensive against Hamas in Gaza, fears have lingered that the war could trigger a full-blown regional conflagration. In some ways, the conflict spilled across borders from

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

Thank you to Martin Sandbu for a very informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking FT Weekend Essay on effective altruism (December 30). It is hard to disagree with Sandbu’s conclusion “that to achieve the most good we can do, we should not take EA too seriously”. First, ideas of effective philanthropy are hardly new. Look at the

Babcock International (BAB) After a painful reset in 2021, this defence specialist is now operating from a position of strength, writes Michael Fahy. After taking the helm at Babcock in late 2020 David Lockwood pledged to raise £400mn through disposals within 12 months. By the time it reported 2022 numbers, Babcock had exceeded this target,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Widespread flooding across the UK this week is expected to put upward pressure on home insurance prices, which are already rising swiftly as insurers respond to inflation in rebuilding costs and the effects of a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A record number of large healthcare companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last year, underlining the industry’s struggles with problems ranging from rising costs to falling patient numbers and tougher regulation.  Eighteen companies with

My personal style signifier is a large-brimmed hat, often in prints to match my dresses. The colour palette is always shades of soft pastels – blues, lilacs and pinks. I got married in a wonderful straw hat wrapped in a long veil. Very Scarlett O’Hara.  One of Beccaria’s hats made from flower petals, designed and created in-house ©

As Bangladesh prepares for an election on Sunday, Minarul Islam, 37, is already resigned to the outcome. “If there was competition then I’d have a choice,” he said on a busy street in Dhaka, the capital. “But there isn’t, so I have to vote for the Awami League”, the ruling party of Prime Minister Sheikh

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. There is a fair chance that by the time the trees come into leaf in Washington, Frankfurt and London, this decade’s inflation crisis will definitively be over. The eye of the storm has already passed

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russia has fired a second massive barrage of the new year on Ukraine’s capital and the country’s second-largest city, with the Ukrainian president calling on allies to accelerate financial and military aid to refill

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. (verb) the act of diversifying supply chains to avoid relying too heavily on one geography In 2023, the G7 nations decided to drop the dreaded word “decoupling,” when referring to their policy approach to China,