FT World News

23/06/2023

Stockton Rush's vision led to the creation of OceanGate's Titan submersible — but appears to have cost him his life. He was one of five people on board the vessel, which had a 'catastrophic implosion' during an expedition to the Titanic's wreckage

Supporter of risk-taking entrepreneur behind doomed Titanic mission compares him to Wright brothers flight pioneers

12/06/2023

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media magnate turned trailblazing populist, has died aged 86 https://www.ft.com/content/b73dd3f2-970e-4c65-8688-d2ebc51599ef

'Like Donald Trump and others who came after him, [Berlusconi] had millions of adoring supporters — and numerous critics outraged by what they considered his scandalous behaviour as a public figure and disregard for the law.' https://www.ft.com/content/c7b33882-b611-4620-9b8a-c833dbedfe60

Media mogul inescapably linked to economic decline and sometimes woeful standards of public life

23/05/2023

Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, a vocal champion of feminism and human rights, has defied her party’s reputation for dogmatism by acting as an pragmatist ready to balance principles with realpolitik. During a trip to Saudi Arabia last week, she praised the country’s efforts to find solutions to crises in Yemen and Sudan. But also cautioned that it was “no secret that many things still divide us”.

Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has made a political comeback juggling Green values with realpolitik

23/05/2023

China’s fishing fleet, which has long drawn criticism for its pillage of endangered species and abuse of workers on the high seas, is emerging as a new flashpoint between Washington and Beijing

Washington has cracked down on Beijing’s vessels over illegal fishing and ‘grey-zone operations’ in South China Sea

19/05/2023

Ad-libbing during a stand-up routine is second nature for a comedian. But when Li Haoshi wandered off script in a Beijing gig last Saturday, it led to public outrage, a police investigation, millions of dollars in fines and a renewed sense of gloom over free expression in China

Punchline referring to military slogan sparks uproar and gloom over free expression in China

16/05/2023

in charts: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan defied pollsters' expectations in Sunday’s vote. His 49.5% vote share in the presidential race puts him in position for a run-off on May 28 against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who secured 45%. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/44aea392-b729-47fa-8b88-93cd6ddc8fde

10/05/2023

US inflation was slightly weaker in April than forecast at 4.9%, bolstering hopes that the Fed's interest rate increases are bringing price rises under control. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/38c56ada-dba3-425b-9d5e-5494d12a3877

Investor confidence grows that interest rate increases are bringing prices under control

09/05/2023

President Joe Biden is set to meet congressional leaders from both parties today amid a political stand-off over raising the borrowing limit before the US runs out of cash to pay its bills. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/974627a2-2815-42c1-b1a1-a56067856c76

Top congressional Republicans and Democrats head to White House with weeks to go before US runs out of cash

09/05/2023

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested by the country’s anti-corruption force outside an Islamabad court where he was due to face graft charges. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/df03e73c-f791-4239-860e-f8aea1dc32a0

Former premier detained outside Islamabad court where he was due to face graft charges

05/05/2023

Most of the olives harvested in the groves of the Monastery of the Ascension, which overlooks Jerusalem’s old city, find their way into the oil lamps or cooking pots. But on Saturday, some of the crop harvested by the nuns who serve at the 150-year-old complex will function as something altogether more exalted: the holy oil that will anoint King Charles III at his . Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/02250bb6-de58-40c7-a399-bda34817bf58

Russian orthodox monasteries on the Mount of Olives made the holy oil to be used in the coronation

05/05/2023

The WHO has said the emergency is over after at least 20mn deaths, ending a designation in place for more than three years since the novel coronavirus began sweeping across the world in January 2020. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/a0772e5a-9a42-453f-aee0-30e7c1b61cb2

UN health body declares end to acute phase of pandemic after at least 20mn deaths

05/05/2023

Russia, Ukraine and the US are at odds over who is to blame — and what was the aim — of the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin early on Wednesday morning. Was it subterfuge, attempted assassination or a brazen operation to embarrass Moscow? Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/fca39a1d-d642-4799-bdee-12423149cc61

Subterfuge, attempted assassination or a brazen operation to embarrass Moscow?

04/05/2023

Oil shipping giant Gatik has emerged seemingly from nowhere. The Indian company has bought more oil tankers than anyone else since the war in Ukraine. Shipbrokers, analysts and traders suspect a link with its biggest client: Russia's Rosneft. Read more: https://on.ft.com/3ARwa8D

Gatik became one of the world’s largest vessel owners in little over a year, transporting crude to India for Rosneft

03/05/2023

A Russian spy network has acquired sensitive technology — including microchips and ammunition — from EU companies to fuel Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine despite a US-led crackdown on the covert smuggling ring, an FT investigation has found. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/bf892731-2f1c-4c52-b90b-b44ca1911263

Covert FSB procurement chain acquires goods for war in Ukraine even after operatives were apprehended last year

02/05/2023

Eurozone inflation rose slightly to 7 per cent in April, complicating the picture for rate-setters at the European Central Bank when they meet on Thursday to set borrowing costs. Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/088716c0-cbbf-415d-82fb-8ea4ed972354

Uptick complicates decision for rate-setters at European Central Bank ahead of Thursday’s meeting

20/04/2023

Russian paramilitary group Wagner, notorious for its brutal role in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, asked China for supplies of weapons earlier this year, according to a leaked US intelligence report. But as of early January, China had not sent Wagner any weapons, not even for testing. https://www.ft.com/content/755b7302-6f69-4790-a143-d75dd2ad8aef

19/04/2023

Military briefing: will plead for urgent shipments of surface-to-air missiles at a meeting of its western allies this week, fearful that an acute shortage could allow Russia to launch widespread attacks https://www.ft.com/content/9e68f9d6-0c0e-4d71-adc0-9a95fc57ad4d

19/04/2023

is due to overtake as the world’s most populous country this year, the has said, marking a historic shift for the two Asian rivals https://www.ft.com/content/82bf9d2a-95da-4ff7-abfc-8316073a274f?