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Qatar World Cup provides rare source of unity to Arab states
The opening week of the Qatar World Cup was overshadowed by political controversy and high-profile gestures of support for human…
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China: stocks becoming uninvestable amid lockdowns and protests
China is struggling with its worst coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began. The lockdowns that Beijing imposed to reduce contagion…
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Hernan Bas’s universe of extraordinary ephemera
Miami-based painter Hernan Bas’s vitrine-lined library in his Little Havana studio space is overflowing with curiosities and bibelots. But lately,…
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The consensus forecast on recession risks complacency
The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy You would think that, after…
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Norway’s ban on Russians flying drones faces test in court
Norway’s ban on Russians flying drones faces its most prominent test as a court case opens on Tuesday against the…
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UK steelworkers face lower payout from pension mis-selling scandal
The payout from a pension scandal involving more than 1,000 UK steelworkers is expected to be tens of millions of…
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Macau casino stocks soar after new licences granted
Macau gaming stocks shot up on Monday after the Chinese gambling hub’s government said it planned to award new licences…
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Years of austerity are now writ large on the UK state
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Hoops and glory: why basketball is Lithuania’s ‘second religion’
Ricardas Petrauskas has fond memories of 1987. That year, for the first time, he finally got to see his favourite…
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The ultimate guide to vegan Paris
This article is part of a guide to Paris from FT Globetrotter Hosting visitors in Paris is usually a painless experience. Most…
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World Cup briefing: Morocco win further boosts hopes of a region
Organisers of the 2022 World Cup have long stressed it is not a tournament for Qatar, but one for the…
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Access to EU public registers ends: ‘We are going back to era of corporate secrecy’
Until last week, anyone wanting to know the ultimate owner of an EU-based company could consult databases held by member…
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Global PR trade body at war over Ukraine comments
The global trade association for the PR industry has been rocked by a poisonous power battle over governance, with allies…
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Spain risks falling short on promise of EU recovery funds, warns Catalonia
Catalonia has called on the Spanish government to use billions of euros in EU recovery funds to reverse deindustrialisation, arguing…
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Notting Hill hip? How the west was (re)won
“Where shall we eat?” If you’ve lived in west London for the past decade that has been a tricky question…
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Digital trade must not become a zero-sum game
The future is digital, and nowhere more so than in trade. While cross-border trade in many traditional goods and services…
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Xi Jinping faces stiffest challenge to rule as Covid outrage sparks mass protests
Xi Jinping faces one of his greatest challenges as president of China after tens of thousands of people took to…
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Margins are still too high
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US subsidy spat overshadows transatlantic talks
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Hard line on China rattles Lithuania’s allies
Lithuania, a country of just 2.8mn people, finds itself at the heart of the two biggest geopolitical stories of our…
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FirstFT: Zero-Covid anger erupts in China
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Suwałki Gap fears recede as Nato rethinks strategy
It may be regularly described as one of the most dangerous places on earth, but anybody expecting to find panic…
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How better management can tackle causes of stress
From financial counselling and meeting-free time to cycle races organised by staff “affinity” groups, employers around the world are exploring…
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Pictures of health: the winners of Britain’s Healthiest Workplace
Britain’s Healthiest Workplace, run by Vitality in partnership with Aon, Rand Europe, the University of Cambridge and the Financial Times,…
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Chinese stocks drop as zero-Covid protests erupt across country
Shares in China fell on Monday after protests against the country’s harsh Covid-19 policies erupted in Beijing, Shanghai and other…
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Crypto fraud jumps by a third in UK
UK crypto fraud rose by a third in one year, police data show, with criminals stealing hundreds of millions of…
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Sunak signs off on £18mn public information campaign to save energy
Rishi Sunak has authorised an £18mn information campaign to persuade the British public to save energy ahead of the cold…
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China’s zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of interests
Every day, somewhere in China, there is a local protest going on. The country sees hundreds of strikes a year,…
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Fears of Covid exit wave in China drive ventilator and oxygen machine sales
Chinese citizens are racing to buy ventilators and oxygen machines as anxiety and frustration mount over Beijing’s attempts to rein…
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Global inflation likely to have peaked, key data indicators suggest
Key data indicators suggest that this year’s rampant global inflation has peaked and that the pace of headline price growth…
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Time to bundle up
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Shanghai protests: ‘We want everyone to hear our voice’
By the time dusk had fallen on Wulumuqi Road on Sunday evening, one of the most striking scenes of civil…
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Diphtheria spreads among Channel migrants dispersed from Manston
Concerns have been raised about the spread of diphtheria among Channel migrants after reports that dozens have come down with…
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EU in race to settle differences over level of cap on Russian oil price
Brussels is racing to finalise the proposed price ceiling on Russian oil shipments in the coming days after EU governments…
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World Cup heralds final whistle for football greats
How do you tell your national figurehead when it’s time to go? Uruguay face this issue more starkly than Portugal.…
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Did the US labour market cool in November?
Did US jobs growth slow in November? Economists expect the US economy continued adding jobs in November despite rising interest…
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Chinese takeovers become a geopolitical frontline
Newport in south Wales finds itself on an unlikely geopolitical faultline. The UK government cited national security concerns to retrospectively…
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Industrial strategy demands a new deal with the private sector
The writer, a professor at UCL, will be delivering the Penrose Lectures at Soas this week Industrial strategy is experiencing…
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The fighter jet that could create a new alliance between the UK and Japan
It sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie: a fighter jet set to take to the skies in 2035 equipped…
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How cricket-crazy Pakistan became a major football factory
When World Cup games kick off in Qatar, the best players on the planet are passing, heading and shooting with…
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Brussels to propose rise in cigarette taxes and first EU-wide vaping levy
The EU is to propose a bloc-wide vaping levy as part of a shake-up of taxation on the tobacco industry…
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How does the EU respond to Joe Biden’s $369bn green subsides bill?
Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House heralded a period of stability in US-EU trade relations following the turmoil of…
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China protests turn violent as zero-Covid anger spreads
China has been rocked by some of its most significant acts of civil disobedience in years after vigils in Shanghai…
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Go Mexico! Five sublime beach escapes
Four Seasons takes on Tamarindo The coastline at Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo When I was a twenty-something growing up in…
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Iran targets Kurds sheltering in Iraq: ‘We’re being used as a scapegoat’
For decades, Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have found relative safety in neighbouring Iraq, where they set up bases and agitated…
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Backlog Britain: How public sector delays spiralled to record levels
Britain’s public services are afflicted by chronic backlogs across a broad range of areas, including hospitals, courts, mental health, asylum…
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Latin America’s stagnation ‘worse than the 1980s’, says UN official
Weak investment, low productivity and inadequate education have condemned Latin America to a period of economic failure even worse than…
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Taiwan’s Kuomintang boosted by local election results
The great-grandson of the late dictator Chiang Kai-shek has been elected mayor of Taipei, giving a much-needed boost to the Kuomintang, Taiwan’s struggling…
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Junta holding Aung San Suu Kyi in a concrete hut in the jungle
Aung San Suu Kyi is being held in isolation in a whitewashed concrete-block hut without window blinds at a prison camp…
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Turtlenecks and nuclear power return to favour in Japan
Winter is coming, and so is the turtleneck: usually snug, often flattering, currently on sale at Uniqlo for ¥2,990 ($21.50)…
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