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Influential economist Stanley Fischer dies
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Stanley Fischer, a former top policymaker at the US Federal Reserve...
Britain must be ‘ready to fight’, minister says ahead of defence review
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Defence secretary John Healey has said Britain must “prepare for war”...
Kelly Ortberg: Boeing should not be an ‘unintended consequence’ of trade war
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg said he was working with the...
Anglo American’s $11bn platinum spin-off makes London market debut
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The $11bn platinum business being spun out of Anglo American will...
Reform UK and Plaid Cymru vie for gains in Labour stronghold of Wales
In the coming fortnight, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will travel to an undisclosed town in the Welsh valleys to fire the starting gun on his quest to end...
Donald Trump’s steel tariffs prompt anger and warnings of ‘catastrophic’ job cuts in Canada
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldCanada’s steel industry warned of “catastrophic” job losses, factory slowdowns...
Poland votes in tight presidential election
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Poles vote in a cliffhanger presidential election on Sunday that will...
‘No timewasters please’: is setting boundaries necessary or plain rude?
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.In the early days of my obsession with eBay, a comically...

Essex set to be the home of Europe’s largest low-carbon horticulture site
Forty hectares of greenhouses, heated by the burning of rubbish, are set to be built in Essex - making it the largest low-carbon horticulture site in Europe.These greenhouses will...

Train derails in Russian bridge collapse – as ‘illegal interference’ blamed
At least seven people have died in a train derailment in Russia which happened after a bridge collapsed.Local authorities have blamed "illegal interference" for the incident in Bryansk region....