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    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Bribery and corruption
      Inside the ‘Qatargate’ graft scandal rocking the EU

      The rise and fall of the high-profile Greek MEP at the centre of cash-for-votes allegations

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Will tanks set up Ukraine for a spring offensive?

      After months of pressure, western allies agreed this week to send more battle tanks, but Ukrainian forces will need lots of training

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Franklin Templeton Investments
      Franklin Templeton: an old-school stockpicker tries to reinvent itself

      The fourth member of the Johnson family to run the group is pushing quickly into new asset classes and technology

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Generative AI: how will the new era of machine learning affect you?

      Systems like ChatGPT can produce content to order, threatening not just jobs but a surge of misinformation

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK local government finance
      English councils: the budget cuts that are threatening ‘levelling up’

      Whitehall is offering new regeneration funds to local governments but many are struggling with the impact of inflation and the legacy of austerity

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Meta Platforms
      Can Big Tech make livestreams safe?

      The complex challenge of moderating sensitive and potentially explicit live content for children and vulnerable users

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Global Economy
      Things are looking up for the global economy

      The consensus view at the World Economic Forum in Davos: the outlook isn’t as bad as it once seemed

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      UK energy
      After years of false dawns, can Britain realise its nuclear ambitions?

      New investment would allow the country to reduce its reliance on dirty gas-fired power plants but financing remains uncertain

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Apple Inc
      What it would take for Apple to disentangle itself from China

      The tech giant increasingly finds itself beholden to America’s biggest geopolitical rival. But is diversification even possible?

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Apple Inc
      How Apple tied its fortunes to China

      The company spent two decades and billions of dollars building a supply chain of unprecedented sophistication. Now, a reckoning is coming

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      What the end of the US shale revolution would mean for the world

      Fracking catapulted America to the top of the energy hierarchy, but low yields and a lack of reinvestment threaten that position

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Geopolitics
      The lure of Singapore: Chinese flock to ‘Asia’s Switzerland’

      Geopolitical tension has increased the city-state’s attraction as a financial outpost and safe haven. But can it maintain its neutrality?

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Can Lula put Brazilian democracy back together again?

      Many of the country’s institutions, from the military to the Supreme Court, are creaking under accusations of divided loyalties

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Saudi Aramco bets on being the last oil major standing

      While some western energy companies prepare for a future less reliant on fossil fuels, the world’s biggest supplier is doubling down

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      EU business regulation
      How Germany became Europe’s leading Big Tech trust buster

      While EU regulators slowly roll out their own enforcement mechanism, Berlin is already holding gatekeepers to account

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s plan to reset the economy and win back friends

      Amid a chaotic exit from Covid lockdowns, China is looking to reduce its international isolation and boost its growth rate

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Rupert Murdoch
      The Murdoch family trust: how the scions could battle for control

      The proposed Fox-News Corp merger could portend a realignment of the interests of Rupert Murdoch’s children

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      North Korea’s evolving nuclear threat: too great to deter?

      Kim Jong Un’s growing arsenal is setting the scene for a risky game of military one-upmanship with the US and its east Asian allies

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Trouble at Tesla: the end of a golden age of growth?

      While Elon Musk’s Twitter antics dominate headlines, the EV giant’s future is threatened by slipping demand and intensifying competition

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Science
      The UK’s dream of becoming a ‘science superpower’

      Ministers want to supercharge the £89bn life science industry. But it will take long-term thinking on investment, talent and infrastructure

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Sovereign wealth funds
      The new Gulf sovereign wealth fund boom

      Companies are flocking to the Middle East to raise capital just as they did in 2008. But funds say they are being more strategic about investments

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Chinese society
      China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

      Lockdowns have often been more relentless in rural areas, upending the education of millions and blocking social mobility

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      The start-ups seeking a cure for old age

      Tech billionaires are funding research to help us live longer and healthier lives, but experts warn of an ethical minefield ahead

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      EU energy
      Europe’s energy sacrifices: the winter test of resolve

      From Finland to France, citizens are reducing their power consumption. Can a drop in temperatures break that collective resilience?

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Visual and data journalism
      War, inflation and tumbling markets: the year in 11 charts

      A sampling of the FT’s data and visual journalism from 2022 illustrates the key events of a tumultuous 12 months

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