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As footage of flames consuming the remains of warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane spread across the world, Vladimir Putin appeared at a macabre Soviet war memorial where he spoke of soldiers’ “devotion to the motherland”. On a stage in Kursk, a city several hours south of Moscow, the Russian president was bathed in eerie red light

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Toddington Harper has found a creative way to help power his electric car chargers at a service station in south-west England because of limited capacity available from the grid. The 45-year-old founder of charging company Gridserve added a high-capacity battery and solar panels to reduce the strain on the local electricity distribution network at the

Marianne B and her partner had owned their Paris flat for seven years when they decided to buy a bigger one after their second child was born. They discovered the perfect apartment for a price that fell within their budget. But then they spoke to lenders — and decided to plunge back into the rental

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 senior fellow at Yale Law School and author of ‘Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives’ Will the real Chinese economy please stand up? As China struggles to

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s deputy chancellor has set out proposals to increase scrutiny of Chinese investments as Europe’s largest economy grapples with increased geopolitical risks surrounding its biggest trading partner. The measures put forward by Robert Habeck, a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Italian state-owned train operator is aiming to launch high-speed rail services between some of Europe’s biggest cities as it takes advantage of the liberalisation of the region’s network. Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) wants

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. In 1862 the painter Gustave Moreau, then aged 36, wrote at the bottom of a sketch that he was thinking about what might happen to his paintings after his death. “Separated they would perish,”

In 2021, on the back of China’s real estate boom, Yang Huiyan was the richest woman in Asia. As the majority shareholder of the country’s biggest property developer, Country Garden, she was worth about $30bn. Two years later, the vast majority of that fortune has evaporated. A real estate liquidity crisis that has already felled

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. How many times can you fall in a pothole? I have asked myself this question at least once a month for close to nine years now. Each time I haul another wailing child up

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BAE Systems is moving into the US space domain with the $5.6bn acquisition of Ball Aerospace, a supplier of mission-critical space systems, in one of the biggest takeovers by a UK company this year. Charles

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Saudi Arabia sold down its holdings of US Treasuries in June to the lowest in more than six years, as the kingdom directs more funds to foreign equity and domestic investments. The kingdom held $108.1bn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vietnamese electric vehicle start-up VinFast’s valuation has overtaken those of Detroit’s “big three” carmakers after shares of the lossmaking company soared on their first trading day. VinFast closed at $37.06 in New York on Tuesday,

More than a dozen UK banks and building societies are set to reduce rates on fixed mortgage deals this week, reflecting market expectations that inflation is falling. But brokers are not predicting dramatic price cuts, with the Bank of England forecast to raise interest rates later in the year after figures on Tuesday showed wages

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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. The writer is on the finance faculty of Boston University Questrom School of Business and is a former Federal Reserve bank examiner Most federally insured US financial institutions, including more than 80 per cent of

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is a common tendency to put a positive spin on mess-ups, from tech founders who laud “failing fast” to the popular podcast How to Fail by author and journalist Elizabeth Day that “celebrates the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The girls wanted me to surf, but I assured them that wasn’t going to happen. They insisted — pleaded even — but I wouldn’t be budged. At the time, we were on a beach in

Reading Camilla Cavendish’s piece “Consumers must fight for the right to repair” (Opinion, August 5) made me smile with pleasure. As a dyed-in-the-wool feminist in my 60s, I regard any appliance or contraption that doesn’t seem to function with any common sense as “designed by a man”. Sorry, but there it is. Chloë Alexander Chloë