UN warns it will run out of food for northern Gaza in week and a half
World Food Programme sounds alarm after US told Israel dire humanitarian conditions could put its military aid at risk ...
China to boost credit support for ‘whitelist’ properties to $562bn
China plans to almost double credit support for “whitelist” housing projects to Rmb4tn ($562bn) as part of official efforts ...
If you’re so happy, why are you buying so much gold?
In a world awash in liquidity, gold may have become another asset investors buy when they decide they have too much cash on their balance sheets. If something like this is true, it would suggest that ...
Meloni’s migration meeting sets tone for fractious EU leaders’ summit
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, one of the architects of today’s pre-summit gathering, has hailed her country’s new asylum processing centre in Albania, which opened this week, as “a new, courageous, ...
China is turning Japanese
The economic circumstances facing China have parallels with Japan’s experience after its asset bubble burst in the early 1990s. This created the term ‘Japanification’, which is typically defined as a ...
Weight-loss drugs show promise in tackling opioid and alcohol abuse
Observational study points to the potential of blockbuster drugs such as Ozempic beyond tackling obesity and diabetes ...
Live news: US military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen
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Under the spell of Venice’s San Giorgio Maggiore island
A dream-like Palladio church and bell tower, fabled ex-monastery, Borges-inspired maze and lush woodland dotted with starchitect chapels all make for a magical visit ...
Transcript: Afghanistan — a country on the edge
News clip Desperate to flee Taliban rule, Afghans are resorting to this: grasping at US military aircraft and risking their lives. Some hung on to the wheels and fell to their death.
English National Opera’s The Turn of the Screw weaves a spooky spell — review
The ENO production opens in a grim asylum of the 1950s, the period of the opera’s composition, where a woman is sleeping on a hospital bed and the staff have been instructed to make sure she does not ...
How Europe’s battery champion descended into crisis
Founded in 2017 by two former Tesla executives and with backers including Volkswagen, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Siemens, Northvolt grew rapidly as it sought to become a European battery champion, ...
Israel accused of implementing ‘starvation plan’ in Gaza
Israel ‘starting to implement’ north Gaza starvation plan, say rights groups The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional ...