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War in Ukraine
Nato plans $100bn ‘Trump-proof’ fund for Ukraine
...Much of the western weaponry provided to Ukraine is managed by the US-led Ramstein Group, officially known as the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which meets regularly to discuss how best to co-ordinate bilateral...
April 2, 2024
Rare earths
The rare earths mine becoming a bellwether for US minerals policy
...The US Department of Defense stores critical minerals in the National Defense Stockpile, but its value has dropped from $9bn in 1989 to less than $1bn, or below 0.3 per cent of annual demand globally, as...
April 21, 2024
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Stephen Bush
Little good can come of Starmer’s green U-turn
...Now, they face a prime minister in Rishi Sunak who is busily and cheerily retreating from many of Johnson’s more ambitious pledges, and whose close ally and secretary of state for energy security and net...
February 9, 2024
Letter
Letter: What a new temple tells us about a ‘secular’ India
...In case there was any doubt about this, it should be laid to rest by what Nripendra Mishra (a former principal secretary to the prime minister) told the FT, that “every citizen of India” — and he goes on...
January 19, 2024
Labour Party UK
Labour vows to be ‘laser-focused’ on net zero despite £28bn U-turn
...Starmer announced the U-turn this month after a drawn out period of internal arguments over whether the pledge, made in 2021 when borrowing rates were close to zero, was still affordable at a time of higher...
February 27, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
US set to impose sanctions on Israeli military unit over alleged human rights abuses
...“You can expect to see them in the days ahead,” US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Friday when asked about recommendations he had received to impose sanctions based on the Leahy law....
April 21, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
US politics & policy
US defence secretary takes blame for concealing hospital stay
...Ryder said the deputy secretary of defence had been “prepared to act for and exercise the powers of the secretary, if required”....
January 7, 2024
LexElectric vehicles
EU carmakers’ strategic U-turns point them in the right direction Premium content
...Slowing growth of electric vehicle sales has caused a series of corporate U-turns. While sharp swerves are never fun, the change in direction is sensible....
February 1, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
Netanyahu admits Israeli forces killed aid workers
...US secretary of state Antony Blinken urged Israel to carry out “a swift, thorough and impartial investigation”, calling the WCK humanitarian workers “heroes” for their work to get food to civilians in Gaza...
April 2, 2024
News in-depthLabour Party UK
Labour’s green U-turn: how Starmer dropped £28bn ‘albatross’
...The substance and style of Labour’s biggest U-turn for years demonstrated the ascendancy of cautious Blairites inside Britain’s main opposition party, as the green prosperity plan joined a long list of radical...
February 8, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: Will Labour’s green U-turn weaken Starmer?
...Jim PickardThere have been an awful lot of U-turns....
February 9, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
US defence secretary rebukes Israel over killing of aid workers in Gaza
...US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has rebuked Israel over the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, warning that it highlighted the dangers of Israel’s intention to attack the town of Rafah, where more than...
April 4, 2024
US politics & policy
Hospitalisation of US defence chief Lloyd Austin came after cancer surgery complications
...Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, had blamed the communications breakdown in part on Austin’s chief of staff Kelly Magsamen, who was out for much of last week with the flu....
January 9, 2024
Jeffrey S Merrifield
Climate change is warming public opinion to nuclear power
...Jeffrey S Merrifield is a former Commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1998-2007), leads the nuclear practice at Pillsbury Law Firm, and chairs the US Nuclear Industry Council When I started...
March 21, 2024
US politics & policy
Joe Biden stands by Lloyd Austin despite lack of hospitalisation disclosure
...“I remain concerned that vital chain of command and notification procedures were not followed while the secretary was under medical care,” said Jack Reed, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee...
January 8, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
Israel-Hamas war
Israel kills and detains hundreds in Gaza hospital raid
...The Israeli raid on the hospital, once Gaza’s largest health facility, was launched early last week, with a brigade of special forces and tanks swiftly encircling the hospital, according to the Israel Defense...
March 24, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
UN officials call for probe into reports of mass graves at Gaza hospitals
...Nasser hospital, the largest medical facility in southern Gaza, was the site of an Israel Defense Forces raid in February, which Israeli officials said at the time was part of the search for hostages captured...
April 23, 2024
Cryptocurrencies
We need to talk about Franklin Templeton
...That’s less than AppLovin, Domino’s Pizza and the world’s biggest producer of frozen potato chips. It’s only barely enough for inclusion into the S&P 500....
January 19, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
Israeli forces raid Gaza’s Nasser hospital
...US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Thursday said he still thought a hostage deal was possible, but added there were “some very very hard issues that have to be resolved”....
February 15, 2024
UK business
Barclays boss calls for UK economic development agency
...The intervention by Venkatakrishnan, boss of one of the UK’s biggest banks, comes after years of patchy relations between ministers and industry and frustration in boardrooms over policy U-turns by successive...
January 16, 2024
Rail
Government orders U-turn on rail ticket office closures in England
...Transport secretary Mark Harper told train operators on Tuesday to withdraw the proposals, which were part of a government-backed cost-cutting plan announced in July....
October 31, 2023
HTSI
Putting a pin on Madeleine Albright’s style
...Nations, and became the first female US secretary of state....
March 27, 2024
Cryptocurrencies
What is a FRAX? And other pressing questions
...Paxos Trust Co.’s issuance of U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins has been under the supervision of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) since 2018....
December 13, 2023
Climate change
Scotland ditches 2030 climate target as being ‘out of reach’
...The UK commitment is also one that the Climate Change Committee has said it has “low confidence” would be met, after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a series of U-turns on key green measures....
April 18, 2024
Letter
Letter: Andrew Tate and threats to our social contract
...Just look at the rising numbers of sexual assaults on university campuses, the Metropolitan Police WhatsApp groups, and the “Everyone’s Invited” website documenting rape and sexual assault in...
March 12, 2024

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