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Brazil hits out at EU ‘protectionism’ behind planned anti-deforestation law
Brazil’s foreign minister has attacked the EU for “trade protectionism” and “myopia” after the bloc proposed a ban on agricultural…
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Vestager urges European legislators to push through rules to regulate Big Tech
Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition and digital policy chief, has urged the European Parliament and European Council to approve rules…
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Sony and Samsung’s zero-sum rivalry may be recast in the metaverse
In every great historical rivalry — from military commanders and sporting legends to fizzy drinks and R&B divas — the…
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Glass bottle shortage leaves US distillers high and dry
St Augustine Distillery, a spirits company, has about 5,000 cases worth of vodka, gin, rum and whiskey sitting in tanks,…
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From cannabis to refugees, Scholz plans to leave progressive mark on Germany
Germany’s new coalition partners have struggled to reach consensus on everything from taxes to pensions to climate change. But one…
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French justice to probe sexual assault accusations against Nicolas Hulot
Paris prosecutors are to investigate a former French environment minister under president Emmanuel Macron on allegations of rape and sexual…
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Satellites’ exploded view of life on Earth
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Mizuho chair and chief executive to leave after IT problems
The chair and chief executive of Japan’s Mizuho have resigned after the government intervened following a long series of IT…
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China tech: round two of government crackdown will generate more losers
Beijing is not done cracking down on its tech giants just yet. Regulators have ordered social media group Tencent to…
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Churails, djinns and rakshasas — India’s monsters go mainstream
Immortal Mughal-era shape-shifters, trapeze artists and djinns, or zombies upping the ante in caste oppression battles . . . perhaps this isn’t what most…
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Tesla to expand capacity at China plant
Tesla plans to expand capacity at its Shanghai car plant, allowing it to increase staff numbers at the site by…
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All the fun of the fairs in Miami
With more than 250 galleries, including 43 first-timers based in countries from Uruguay to Zimbabwe, Art Basel Miami Beach might…
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The poisoned chalice of the Fed chair job
Could this be the ultimate poisoned chalice in monetary history? Joe Biden’s decision this week to grant a second term…
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Stocks and oil prices fall as new Covid variant spooks markets
Stocks and oil prices fell on Friday as global investor concern mounted over a new variant of Covid-19 that has…
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Turkish unrest grows as Erdogan’s ‘economic war’ hits cost of living
As Turks fretted this week about the plummeting lira and the soaring cost of living, they received some startling advice…
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Airlines brace for threat from Europe’s surge of Covid infections
A surge of coronavirus cases in continental Europe has cast a shadow over the travel industry’s recovery, with Ryanair chief…
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FirstFT: China emissions fall as economy buffeted by property downturn
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France and UK turn to law and order in long-running migrant crisis
The deaths of 27 migrants in the frigid waters of the Channel as they sought to reach the UK from…
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UK wants more secure products as ‘Hack Friday’ sales get under way
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British armoured division returns to Germany amid Ukraine tensions
The British army is to base hundreds of armoured vehicles in Germany, just over a year after marking its official…
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Hot property: five homes for sale in coastal Scotland
Fa’side Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, offers over £1.7m Where In a rural area of East Lothian, 10 miles east of…
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UK government backs ‘radical reform’ of English football
The UK government on Thursday backed “radical reform” of English football under a new independent regulator that would shake up…
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Venezuela’s opposition licks wounds after electoral defeat
For four years the opposition to Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro refused to take part in elections that they believed would…
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What the ‘big quit’ tells us about inflation
Why do we bother working? Why have we chosen to work for our current employer? For most of us, these…
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Yes, there is a third way on ‘wokeness’
We liberals are generally slow to anger. But the endless debate about what rightwingers call “woke” has done it for…
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Olaf Scholz brings winds of change to Germany
The winners of Germany’s September election have reached a coalition agreement that marks a significant change in political direction of…
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Crowds expected back at malls and stores over Thanksgiving weekend
Large numbers of Americans are expected to return to stores and malls over Thanksgiving and the following days, despite higher…
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Obama-era ‘shellacking’ looms unless the Fed wakes up to inflation
The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy Looking at the prospects for…
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UK seeks to counter China’s influence with new development investment arm
The UK is to overhaul its development investment arm in a move designed to counterbalance China’s influence in emerging countries…
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Latest news updates: Fed officials urge flexibility as bond-buying scheme is wound down
Orange’s chief executive Stéphane Richard is to leave the French telecoms group by the end of January at the latest,…
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FirstFT: JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon has some regrets
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Key US inflation measure posts biggest jump since 1990s
A US inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve posted its biggest year-on-year jump since the 1990s last month,…
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Binance’s belated search for a home
Pinning down Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is a tricky business. It has had no headquarters. This is no…
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Keir Starmer dubs Boris Johnson social care plan a ‘working class dementia tax’
Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday dubbed Boris Johnson’s plan to reform social care funding in England a “working class dementia…
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UK fintech Freetrade seeks to double valuation in fundraising
UK fintech Freetrade will seek a £650m valuation in a fresh round of crowdfunding, double the value the company posted…
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US braces for ‘fifth wave’ of Covid on eve of Thanksgiving
Twenty months into a pandemic that has claimed almost 770,000 American lives and nearly a year after Covid-19 vaccinations became…
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The unanswered questions of the Peng Shuai case
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star, made an allegation of sexual assault against a senior Communist party leader, disappeared for…
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Olaf Scholz to become Germany’s next chancellor after clinching coalition deal
Germany’s Social Democrats, Greens and liberals have reached a deal on forming a new government, paving the way for finance…
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Concerns raised on tightness of EU FDI rules amid Chinese investments
Good morning and welcome to Europe Express. A year after tightening the bloc’s foreign investment screening regime, the European Commission…
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UK boosted by third-jab success as infections surge in much of Europe
For much of the autumn, the UK was buffeted by the worst Covid-19 wave in western Europe. But surges in…
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The Ottoman Empire: a forgotten giant of western history
On my last visit to Istanbul, while passing along the Golden Horn in bright autumnal light, I came across a…
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Will tapping the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve lower oil prices?
President Joe Biden tried to deliver a Thanksgiving gift for US drivers on Tuesday, announcing the country’s largest-ever release of…
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Tennis star’s assault claim forces west to rethink its China approach
With a single social media post that was swiftly removed, Chinese tennis hero Peng Shuai sparked an international furore that…
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Samsung to build $17bn chip plant in Texas
Samsung Electronics has chosen the city of Taylor in Texas for its planned $17bn US chip plant as the South…
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Federal jury finds US pharmacy chains liable for opioid epidemic
A US federal jury has found that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart contributed to a deadly opioid epidemic in two counties…
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Are US regulators about to get tough on crypto?
This dropped in our inbox a little over an hour ago, courtesy of the Fed (our emphasis): Throughout 2022, the…
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London attracts first Spac after rule change
London’s stock market has attracted its first special purpose acquisition company since the government overhauled rules in a bid to…
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Middle England is now Boris Johnson’s biggest challenge
For a man who has never put so much as a toe in the UK’s House of Commons, Nigel Farage’s…
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The Fed appointments process should be overhauled
The writer is author of ‘Unelected Power’ and a former central banker. His new book on geopolitics and the international…
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Asia logistics: Temasek and Daiwa hope for a bon voyage
Supply bottlenecks have propelled shares in European logistics groups such as Maersk to record heights. The phenomenon has sparked interest…
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