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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Nato’s revival: will the resolve withstand an economic crisis?

    Western governments put on a show of unity this week as they confront Russia. But leaders face growing pressure back home

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Hong Kong politics
    The reinvention of Hong Kong

    After three stormy years, Xi Jinping hails a ‘new era’ for the city. It is likely to be less international and closer to mainland China

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ships going dark: Russia’s grain smuggling in the Black Sea

    An FT investigation tracks the vessels exporting food from Crimea in ways that sidestep international sanctions

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    The surprising revival of eastern Germany

    Once a byword for economic decline, the region is being transformed into the centre of Europe’s electric car industry

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Covid in China: Xi’s fraying relationship with the middle class

    The new buzzword for Chinese people sick of being locked down is ‘runxue’: the study of leaving the country completely

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil: how far will Bolsonaro go to win re-election?

    Trailing in the polls, the president is having to appeal to voters beyond his base — and is seeding the idea of electoral fraud

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Donald Trump
    The case against Trump: Has the January 6 committee changed minds?

    The televised hearings have been called ‘Watergate for a streaming age’ and pressure is building to prosecute the former president

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Biden’s blues: is the US president out of political capital?

    His ratings were already poor ahead of the midterms. Now the Fed is raising rates and the risk of a recession is increasing

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Space industry
    The corporate feud over satellites that pitted the west against China

    How a clash of cultures — and geostrategic interests — sank a German-Chinese joint venture competing in the new space race

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Private equity
    Selling to yourself: the private equity groups that buy companies they own

    Private equity groups are increasingly buying companies that they already own. But critics point to conflicts of interest within these deals that allow managers to reap great financial rewards

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Brexit
    The deafening silence over Brexit’s economic fallout

    As economists start to quantify the damage from leaving the EU, a tentative debate has begun over how to soften the blow

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    Walt Disney Co
    How Disney lost Florida

    The company’s botched response to the state’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill enraged allies across the political spectrum

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Central banks
    Time for strong medicine: How central banks got tough on inflation

    In the US and Europe, policymakers are beginning to accept that dealing with rising prices will not be painless

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    French politics
    How French politics put personality ahead of party

    The legislative elections that end on Sunday have been dominated by three individuals. What does this mean for the country’s stability?

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Oil vs human rights: Biden’s controversial mission to Saudi Arabia

    The president’s trip to Riyadh next month is a remarkable U-turn that was sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    BioNTech
    BioNTech’s second act: can it transform the fight against cancer?

    The German company is ploughing Covid vaccine profits into oncology but its technology is still largely unproven

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    World Trade Organization
    The WTO’s lonely struggle to defend global trade

    What role does the organisation have in an era of fracturing multinational alliances and fears of deglobalisation?

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    Chinese economy
    How Xi Jinping is reshaping China’s capital markets

    The pipeline for IPOs increasingly reflects technological competition with the west and the heavy influence of the state

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Airlines
    Delays, shortages and strikes: can the aviation industry get airborne by summer?

    As passenger numbers pick up, staffing problems at airports have caused chaos across the US and Europe

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Canada’s oil sands: why some of the world’s dirtiest fuel is now in hot demand

    Can America’s biggest oil supplier grant energy security to the US without derailing its climate commitments?

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Taiwan
    Taiwan: preparing for a potential Chinese invasion

    Xi Jinping’s ambitions and the modernisation of China’s military are prompting growing fears about an attempt to annex the island

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Crunch time for Johnson: ‘He is really lucky to be in a job’

    As Conservative MPs debate the prime minister’s future, he faces a crucial by-election in rural Devon

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    ESG investing
    How ESG investing came to a reckoning

    With allegations of greenwashing at the highest levels, does it still make sense for funds to package together environmental, social and governance factors?

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Can buy now, pay later survive the cost of living crisis?

    High energy bills and rising inflation have raised doubts about a sector that relies on consumers who might struggle to meet repayments

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    Health Care
    Covid, burnout and low pay: the global crisis in nursing

    Nurses were lauded as ‘heroes’ by governments when the pandemic hit, but dismal working conditions have led many to quit the profession

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