Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer should agree to a “comprehensive” pact enabling young people to study and work in the UK and ...

Traditionally hung as signs in the country’s shop doorways, these delicate textiles are being adopted and adapted by ...

Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. The holiday season is upon us — in today’s newsletter we’ll cover: Sweden has criticised China for refusing to allow the Nordic country’s main ...

Written in the 19th century, the story of the Magi has been jazzed up, folkified and adapted for the playground ...

While the holiday spirit will dominate the news agenda, there are notable developments to watch across the world, as the three defining themes of 2024 — elections, war and inflation — continue to hum ...

Cheap software able to fool age verification systems could render Australia’s groundbreaking social media laws “useless”, ...

“2025 is going to be a tough year for pubs because of the layering of the costs coming our way . . . It is likely that we ...

Investors poured record amounts into global bond funds this year as they bet on a shift towards easier monetary policy by major central banks. Bond funds attracted more than $600bn in inflows so far ...

The Greens, part of Scholz’s “traffic light” coalition, plan a billionaire tax to fund green transition subsidies for low-income households. They, too, want to lift the minimum wage to €15 and set up ...

Swift exit would remove global health body’s main source of funds and damage its ability to tackle emergencies ...

The officials said Riyadh warned the German authorities the suspected attacker, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi dissident who ...

Fog disrupts a film crew trying to record a diver’s deep descent without air — written exclusively for the FT by the ...