Agreed UK property sales jumped by almost a third year on year at the end of 2024 as buyers rushed to avoid the rise in stamp ...

Artificial intelligence is threatening the North American electricity grid, according to your story (Report, December 18). The piece says that thanks to the fact the grid needs to service such worthy ...

Last Monday’s resignation of Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland wasn’t shocking (Report, December 17). Poignantly, her letter illustrated and validated reports of rising tensions due to ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...

What happens when the best cook in the family can’t – or won’t – do the honours in the kitchen ...

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 ...