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News in-depthGerman economy
German companies flock to US with record pledges of capital investment
...This month, BASF said it would sell stakes in its two joint ventures in Xinjiang — where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuse....
February 19, 2024
US foreign policy
US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil
...Ahead of his visit, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden would raise human rights with Modi but said the US-India relationship would be “one of the defining relationships of the 21st century...
November 22, 2023
FT Live
The Impact Of Gen AI On The Legal Sector
How are law firms leveraging technology to transform services and operations?
Tuesday, 11 JuneDigital Conference
News updates from May 7: White House tries revive ceasefire talks; Stormy Daniels gives graphic account of encounter with Donald Trump at criminal trial
TikTok sues US government to block potential ban
...In a petition filed with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the company claimed the law was unconstitutional, breaching users’ first amendment rights....
May 7, 2024
Six films to watch this week
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes film review — simian civil war with hints of contemporary politics
...In April 1968, student protests gripped Columbia University. Centred on Vietnam and Civil Rights, they were an emblem of America at boiling point, a presidential election looming....
May 8, 2024
TikTok Inc
TikTok challenges ‘extreme’ US divest-or-ban bill in court
...In a petition, filed with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and posted on its website, TikTok claimed that the law was unconstitutional, breaching First Amendment free speech rights...
May 7, 2024
News in-depthDonald Trump
Trump masks his rage as ‘hush money’ trial starts
...Because I should be in Florida right now, I should be in Georgia right now, I should be in a lot of places campaigning, but I’m sitting here,” he added. In a narrow sense, he may be correct....
April 23, 2024
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
The Big Read
The pensioners and babies behind a new era of climate lawsuits
...The South Korean hearing comes after Europe’s top human rights court ruled in favour this week of more than 2,000 women aged 64 and over when it said that the Swiss government’s failure to cut carbon emissions...
April 12, 2024
Turkish politics
Turkish authorities yield to protesters over local election
...Selahattin Demirtaş, a former HDP co-chair and a prominent opposition leader, remains in jail even after a 2018 order by the European Court of Human right ordered his release....
April 4, 2024
News in-depthSudan
‘Death has become normal’: war closes in on Darfur’s besieged capital
...UN human rights commissioner Volker Türk late last week said he was “gravely concerned by the escalating violence in and around El-Fasher”, accusing both sides in the conflict of “indiscriminate attacks”...
April 29, 2024
Scoreboard
America’s sports betting nightmare Premium content
...Now legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia, sports betting has spawned a fast-growing cottage industry of wagering apps, team and league sponsorships, and betting-specific simulcasts of NBA games...
April 20, 2024
Brexit
The 22-mile trip for post-Brexit border controls starts next week
...The EU has such an arrangement with Switzerland but Rishi Sunak’s government has ruled out seeking such a deal. “This strikes the right balance between safety and trade ease,” said Milken....
April 26, 2024
FT Magazine
Ovaries are an enigma that could unlock human lifespan
...“The fact that we go through menopause right in the middle of our lives really has a strong effect on everything we do as adults....
February 1, 2024
Donald Trump
US Supreme Court will hear Trump presidential immunity appeal
...The DoJ and the state of Georgia have separately charged Trump with meddling in the 2020 election. Another federal indictment accused him of mishandling sensitive government documents....
February 29, 2024
US presidential election 2024
Trump has momentum heading into pivotal week in US election campaign
...She won her first nominating contest in the District of Columbia on Sunday night, but her path to the White House is very narrow....
March 4, 2024
Special ReportInvesting in America
Can America’s south-east unseat Detroit as ‘Motown’ of the EV age?
...Similar attitudes are reported in conservative districts in the Midwest....
October 26, 2023
FT Live
Future of the Car 2025
The leading gathering for the automotive industry
Tuesday, 13 May 2025Sancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
Chinese society
The human cost of China’s property crisis
...In recent weeks, Zhang and other buyers have staged protests at local government offices and Evergrande’s sales offices, including a sit-in outside the district government’s office building....
November 28, 2023
InterviewLunch with the FT
Former Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer: ‘Are you kidding? You’ll get more cases than ever!’
...But a quip slips through as he describes his response to Godwin’s comments on human greed: “Well, I now see why you are particularly happy to put this on in the District of Columbia.”...
May 3, 2024
News in-depthBrazilian society
São Paulo’s historic centre has fallen into crime-ridden decay. Can it be revived?
...“People talk about respecting the human rights of the drug addicts, but what about our right to be able to come and go?”...
January 1, 2024
Donald Trump
Judge places gag order on Trump in federal election case
...She did not order a court review of potential surveys conducted with members of a jury pool, and did not impose additional restrictions on statements related to the District of Columbia, the jury pool, the...
October 16, 2023
FirstFT
FirstFT: US investors consider their TikTok options
...US investors in ByteDance are reviewing options to address government concerns over TikTok, including steps to take voting control of the popular video-sharing app, said people familiar with the matter....
March 15, 2024
FT Swamp Notes
India’s Jekyll and Hyde journey Premium content
...My colleague Joshua Chaffin has an acute portrait of the siege at Columbia University’s Gaza encampment, where keffiyehs are in as much demand as battery power....
April 26, 2024
Sudan
Sudan war escalates as paramilitary forces aim for complete control of Darfur
...An RSF spokesman said this week: “we renew our emphasis on respect for human rights”....
November 12, 2023
Nina Schwalbe
We cannot give up on the global pandemic treaty
...When a working draft was released in February, it was ambitious — addressing everything from human rights obligations to vaccine equity and incorporating the complexity of how health threats arise, spread...
August 31, 2023
Palestine
Coming out as Palestinian
...We’ve seen people lose their jobs, be cancelled from events and silenced because they joined the voices calling for peace, for ceasefire, for the rights of human beings, and criticising Israeli military...
March 30, 2024
Letter
Letter: Action is needed to let Ukraine use Russia’s frozen assets
...Democracy Initiative (RDI); Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) Amb Paula DobrianskyFormer US Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs 2001-09 Amb Alexander VershbowDistinguished Fellow at...
November 3, 2023

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