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    Darren Dodd

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    Darren writes the Disrupted Times newsletter and is also the commissioning editor for Thriving Cities, a series that highlights how the world's youth can feed into policies to enable future generations to live healthier and more prosperous urban lives. He was previously an editor on FT world and UK desks and he was the FT.com news editor in New York during the financial crisis. He has also been the writer of the FT's global health newsletter and presenter of the How to Build a Healthy City podcast series.

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
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      Also in this newsletter: the UK’s ‘sprained ankle’, German gloom deepens, gold hits record.

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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
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      Climate talks get under way and the world prays for more than hot air

      Also in this newsletter: Fed chief says ‘premature’ to rule out more rate rises, US tries to restrict China’s EV role, science round-up

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
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      OECD pushes back against expectations of interest rate cuts

      Also in this newsletter: safe graveyards, bonus caps, burner phones in Hong Kong

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    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
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      Battle for lithium heats up

      Also in this newsletter: Turkey’s Russian exports in spotlight, COP28 manoeuvres, gold price soars

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
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      US retailers pull out all the stops to lure Black Friday shoppers

      Also in this newsletter: Nissan’s EV plans for UK, Trump’s threat to green transition, China recruits western influencers

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
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      UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt produces a highly political Autumn Statement

      Also in this newsletter: Altman back at OpenAI, ECB stress warning, tips from bomb disposal expert

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    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
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      Milei promises shock therapy for Argentina

      Also in this newsletter: uproar at OpenAI, NHS drug deal, Bayer shares dives after trial failure

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
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      Brussels pessimistic on growth

      Also in this newsletter: UK inflation fall, China upturn, wind industry turbulence

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    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
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      Xi and Biden set to meet in effort to repair US-China ties

      Also in this newsletter: Cameron returns to UK government, poll warning for US president, crypto at a crossroads

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    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
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      Stagnation nation: UK economy flatlines

      Also in this newsletter: ECB not ready to cut rates, ransomware attacks, science round-up

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    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
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      One year to go: US election race gets into gear

      Also in this newsletter: Amazon dips into healthcare, addressing the slave trade, Earth on track for warmest year ever

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    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
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      Brussels probes flight prices after airlines’ record-breaking summer

      Also in this newsletter: North Sea drilling, the cost of friend-shoring, stablecoins

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    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
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      Slowing US jobs growth fuels belief that rate rise cycle is ending

      Also in this newsletter: eurozone unemployment rises, Maersk cuts jobs as shipping boom ends, science round-up

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    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
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      Stormy times for offshore wind

      Also in this newsletter: Fed holds rates steady, global agreement on AI, Panama Canal hit by drought

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    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
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      Divisions over AI bubble up ahead of UK summit

      Also in this newsletter: German inflation falls, HSBC says worst is over in China property crisis, GM’s deal with US auto union

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    • Saturday, 28 October, 2023
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      Big Oil bets big on extended life for fossil fuels

      Also in this newsletter: US inflation measure hits two-year low, bad day for NatWest, science round-up

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    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
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      Bank results highlight boost from higher interest rates

      Also in this newsletter: landmark Covid ruling against cruise company, Al Gore on COP28, central banks’ sloppy thinking

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    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
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      Businesses push for clarity on fossil fuel phaseout

      Also in this newsletter: oil mega-deal, Argentine surprise, global rice crisis

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    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
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      UK inflation flatlines

      Also in this newsletter: China regains momentum, drug gangs infiltrate shipping, Mexico’s rail rival to Panama Canal

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    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
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      Global economy faces new age of volatility

      Also in this newsletter: Tusk eyes path to power in Poland, fall in US inflation ‘not a blip’, Lego plans to build big

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    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
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      Global policymakers grapple with stickier than expected inflation

      Also in this newsletter: UK OK for Microsoft games deal, bumper Wall Street profits, science round-up

      Diners in Beijing
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
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      Global regulators scramble to address threat of fake news

      Also in this newsletter: international tax treaty, IMF warns on deficits, ExxonMobil strikes a mega-deal

      Elon Musk
    • Monday, 9 October, 2023
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      Economic momentum slows to weakest levels since lockdown 

      Also in this newsletter: Israel lays siege to Gaza, Carney endorses UK shadow chancellor, egg freezing as a work perk

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    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
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      Stronger than expected jobs market raises fears of US interest rate rise

      Also in this newsletter: Exxon eyes biggest deal since 1999 and we round up the latest developments in science

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    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Markets swayed by ‘higher for longer’ message on rates

      Also in this newsletter: HS2 cut short, Russia opposes global fossil fuel efforts, HIV hopes

      A wholesale produce market in the US
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