Alan Smith

Friday, 31 March, 2023

Thursday, 30 March, 2023

War in Ukraine

Tracking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in maps

A visual guide to the war

Wednesday, 29 March, 2023

Spanish politics

Spain’s fix for pension shortfall: make younger people pay

Faced with an ageing population and ballooning costs, Madrid has opted to raise contributions rather than cut benefits

Tuesday, 28 March, 2023

The Big Read

China’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress

The country has become a prolific producer of academic research but fraudulent studies risk serious real-world consequences

Friday, 24 March, 2023

Visual and data journalism

US experiences biggest bank failures since global financial crisis

Other charts of the week: Global arms exports, Russian forces killed, a more tolerant UK and unregistered deaths

Saturday, 11 March, 2023

Climate change

Climate scientists tell Britons to brace for frequent wild weather

UK swings from driest month in 30 years to ice and snow as Met Office points to more extremes

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023

News in-depthEl Salvador

Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison: the jail giving inmates less space than livestock

FT analysis finds 40,000 detainees would have just 0.6 sq metres of cell space each in ‘city of crime’

Sunday, 26 February, 2023

Visual and data journalism

What do Ukrainians think about the international response to Russia’s war?

Other charts of the week: AI chatbot usage, tourism recovers after Covid, varying retirement ages and the top gaming consoles

Thursday, 9 February, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake

Turkey and Syria’s devastating earthquakes in graphics

The scale, geology and human impact of the major quakes along the East Anatolian fault

Friday, 3 February, 2023

Data PointsEconomic statistics

What chimpanzees tell us about how humans see data

People are routinely more pessimistic in their world view than they would be if they understood the statistics

Sunday, 22 January, 2023

Economic forecasting

Can you predict the year ahead better than these experts?

We asked experts in predicting the future to answer questions about how 2023 will play out — and challenge FT readers to beat them

Thursday, 19 January, 2023

Banks

Global anti-money laundering fines surge 50%

New data fuels doubts over effectiveness of crackdown on financial crime since 2008 crisis

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

Your chance to have lunch with the FT

Bid by January 29 to join star journalists at top restaurants and support our financial literacy charity

Wednesday, 11 January, 2023

News in-depthUK labour disputes

Are Britain’s striking public sector workers underpaid?

FT analysis shows that many key occupations have seen their pay squeezed over the past decade

Tuesday, 13 December, 2022

The Big Read

The global microchip race: Europe’s bid to catch up

The region still has hidden strengths in the equipment used in chipmaking but faces a shortage of skilled labour

Thursday, 8 December, 2022

Global inequality

Big cities drive half of global economic growth

Data highlight the importance of urban areas, not nations, in driving development

Tuesday, 15 November, 2022

Ageing Populations

World population reaches 8bn as it grows older

Number of people aged over 65 expected to hit 1bn by 2030

Saturday, 12 November, 2022

Property sector

The global housing market is heading for a brutal downturn

A pandemic-induced property boom peaked at the end of 2021 but the sector is now braced for the broadest slowdown since the financial crash

Friday, 11 November, 2022

Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics

Pandemic holds back fight against antibiotic resistance

Few countries have well funded plans to tackle health threat to millions

Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

Eurozone economy

Eurozone wage growth accelerating, job ads show

Median pay 7% higher than a year ago in Germany, according to online tracker

Thursday, 6 October, 2022

Special ReportInvesting in America

Miami tops FT-Nikkei ranking of best US cities for foreign businesses

Orlando, New York and Boston round out leading cities in inaugural Investing in America report

Wednesday, 21 September, 2022

ExplainerUK business & economy

Behind the cost of business crisis hitting UK plc

Despite the government’s energy package, spiralling costs and falling consumer spending mean the stage is set for recession

Wednesday, 7 September, 2022

ExplainerEnergy crisis

How do household energy bills compare across Europe?

UK consumers among hardest hit as governments and EU move to tackle soaring costs of generating power

Friday, 26 August, 2022

Coal

China coal power generation nears record during heat and drought

Use of the fossil fuel surges in August to meet electricity gap created by drought in hydropower-producing areas

Friday, 12 August, 2022

News in-depthFootball

Buzz around Lionesses’ Euro victory drives growth of Women’s Super League

Tickets sell out in hours but the use of small stadiums continues to hold back the game in England

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