Benjamin D Heser

Deepfakes for $24 a month: how AI is disrupting Bangladesh’s election

...In another deepfake video, created by utilising Tel Aviv-based AI video platform D-ID, the BNP’s youth wing leader Rashed Iqbal Khan is shown lying about his age in what the Tech Global Institute said was...

December 14, 2023

Renewable energy

Poor-sighted Indian bird flies into row over power lines in desert

...But MK Ranjitsinh, a former wildlife official and petitioner in the case, called the court’s ruling “a setback for conservation . . . if the Indian bustard goes extinct, I’d contend that it was driven to...

May 10, 2024

FT Live

Decarbonising India's Industries

Unlocking the technologies and capital required to accelerate progress

FT Swamp Notes

How Israel lost the American left Premium

...But all that seemed to change 15 years ago when Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power....

May 13, 2024

InterviewLunch with the FT

Actor Michael Douglas: ‘What roles haven’t I done?’

...“It’d be one thing if Israel had a popular prime minister. Maintaining this conflict might save him a trial....

April 12, 2024

Person in the News

Sheikh Hasina: the Bangladeshi premier determined to retain power

...benjamin.parkin@ft.com...

January 6, 2024

News in-depthBangladesh

Bangladesh election raises fears of descent into one-party rule

...“If there was competition then I’d have a choice,” he said on a busy street in Dhaka, the capital....

January 4, 2024

FT Live

Business of Entertainment Summit

Capitalizing on Disruption

Pakistan

Pakistan carries out strikes on suspected militant bases in Iran

...Foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned the attack and said Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran had been summoned....

January 18, 2024

Israel-Hamas war

Israel passes bill to shut local Al Jazeera office

...He said the move “contribute[d] to a climate of self-censorship and hostility towards the press, a trend that has escalated since the Israel-Gaza war”....

April 1, 2024

FT Alphaville

FTAV’s Friday chart quiz

...We usually name the winner in a post that goes up on Monday afternoon but, if you’d prefer anonymity to the respect of your peers and/or random internet weirdos, be sure to let us know....

November 10, 2023

FirstFT

FirstFT: UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt bets on creating a $1tn ‘British Microsoft’

...Additional contributions from Benjamin Wilhelm and Gordon Smith...

May 14, 2024

Janan Ganesh

Why hasn’t populism done more economic harm?

...Benjamin Netanyahu has been feted abroad for Israel’s economic performance....

January 23, 2024

The Big Read

Narendra Modi: ‘Our nation is on the cusp of a take-off’

...His opposition, led by the Indian National Congress and MPs including Rahul Gandhi, have joined forces in an alliance under the acronym I.N.D.I.A., which promises to “safeguard democracy and the constitution...

December 21, 2023

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka fails to reach agreement to unlock next IMF bailout tranche

...A Sri Lankan official acknowledged that some of the planned reforms had taken “longer than we’d hoped” but said the country had “made good progress” in turning around its economy....

September 27, 2023

Watches & Jewellery

Printed word proves its power for brands to promote their stories

...Benjamin Voyer, professor of behavioural science at ESCP Business School in London, sees publications as not just part of brands’ communications strategies but another type of accessible product, like the...

April 9, 2024

ReviewFilm

The Settlers film review — Chilean drama chronicles genocide of indigenous people

...MacLennan sets out with taciturn mixed-race guide Segundo (Camilo Arancibia), through whose eyes we experience the journey, and a Texan named Bill (Benjamin Westfall) who rivals MacLennan for brutality....

February 8, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

OutlookPatti Waldmeir

Swing states look to Latino voters — as turnout attempts get under way

...“You may not agree with his personality, but I’d rather vote for someone who will make more jobs and keep us safe from other countries.”...

April 29, 2024

InterviewVisual Arts

Vivien Duffield: ‘At Tate we never got the garden right’

...She has been outspoken, especially in the Israeli press, about her strong disapproval of the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu and his government....

April 13, 2024

FT Magazine

How Modi’s party took over one of India’s most prestigious private clubs

...Benjamin Parkin is the FT’s south Asia correspondent based in New Delhi Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...

October 13, 2023

Transcript

Transcript: The Five-Minute Investor from Money Clinic — The power of compounding

...And Benjamin Franklin best described it as money makes money, and the money that money makes, makes money....

May 14, 2024

ReviewTheatre

Sarah Jessica Parker is a joy in Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre — review

...“I didn’t think you’d need your pyjamas,” she says, hopefully....

January 29, 2024

HTSI

What’s hot at Watches and Wonders 2024

...This climate of creativity in women’s watchmaking has certainly benefited Piaget, which, under the visionary leadership of Benjamin Comar, seems to have come to terms with its more exuberant side – as the...

April 9, 2024

HTSI

The ‘sparse abundance’ of Ippolita Rostagno’s Brooklyn home

...That shelf – along with the exquisite Murano glass chandelier by Striulli Vetri D’Arte, a vibrant acrylic portrait of Rostagno and Amato by Zoe Papini, and a hand-carved walnut armchair by Giuseppe Rivadossi...

May 12, 2024

Food & Drink

What I’ve learnt from two decades eating in Paris

...In the 1770s, the newborn United States sent two commissioners to Paris, Benjamin Franklin and the future American president John Adams....

April 12, 2024

Cryptocurrencies

We need to talk about Franklin Templeton

...But we’d suggest that Franklin should have other priorities....

January 19, 2024

InterviewMusic

Composer George Benjamin: ‘Writing an opera is like diving into a pool for the first time’

...Without them, I’d never have written four of these things.” Benjamin had been writing operas “in his head” since early childhood....

June 21, 2023

Search Results

Viewing results 1‒25 of 945

Viewing results 1‒25 of 945

Related links