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The FT View. Germany’s Merz is running out of time

Following the AfD surge in Saxony-Anhalt, the political centre must deliver, and fast

yesterday 7

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German Politics

What to do about the UK’s mental health crisis

Approaches focused on community and interpersonal relations have proved to be successful abroad

yesterday 10

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Mental Health

Law schools tell students to put AI away

The technology is being banned from certain classrooms to remove shortcuts that ‘stunt intellectual growth’

yesterday 7

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Law

‘Chimerica’ is now a chimera — and global stability is the victim

For a host of reasons, China shock 2.0 looks nothing like its predecessor in the 2000s

yesterday 8

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Us-China Relations

A German election result heard around the world

The Kremlin and the Trump administration are cheering on the rise of the AfD

yesterday 2

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Alternative For Germany

Protecting nature isn’t charity. It’s economic self-interest

The effects of building systems that are out of sync with our environment are becoming all too clear

yesterday 7

Financial Times

Climate Change

Trump is putting European security in peril

The president’s bullying of allies is weakening deterrence and increasing the risk of war

yesterday 10

Financial Times

Us Foreign Policy

The Big Read. Sweden’s fightback against the gangs

Shootings are down. The government has taken a tough line. Will voters reward it?

yesterday 10

Financial Times

Organised Crime

Why America’s debt binge is starting to matter

If long-term interest rates decisively breach the 5% threshold, the impact could derail the AI boom

yesterday 10

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Sovereign Bonds

The FT View. Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon purge

Driscoll exit reflects damage the defence secretary is doing to the US military

yesterday 10

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Us Politics & Policy

Hostility to Reform UK leaves Farage with a dilemma

Toning down its positions in pursuit of wider appeal would risk an exit of supporters on the right

previous day 10

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Uk Politics

Protecting nature isn’t charity. It’s economic self-interest

The effects of building systems that are out of sync with our environment are becoming all too clear

previous day 10

Financial Times

Climate Change

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon purge

Driscoll exit reflects damage the defence secretary is doing to the US military

previous day 10

Financial Times

Us Politics & Policy

Iceland’s ‘no’ exposes EU complacency

It is tempting but wrong for all sides to conclude that existing agreements with Europe’s northern flank work well

previous day 10

Financial Times

Europe

The Big Read. Scotland has a whisky problem

The industry is grappling with chronic oversupply just as changing consumer habits hollow out demand

saturday 10

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Beer And Spirits

What would Socrates have done with the new Dyson toothbrush?

No one needs two and a half million photographs of their back molars

saturday 10

Financial Times

Gadgets

The Gloria Steinem I knew

Throughout her decades-long career in feminist advocacy, she returned repeatedly to the notion that patriarchy is about power

saturday 10

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Feminism

‘What the blazers?’ The long fight over school uniform costs

Successive governments have grappled with the problem without managing to impose a standardised policy

saturday 10

Financial Times

Uk Schools

Is Keynesianism dead?

When debt is the disease, fiscal medicine may be as likely to harm as heal

saturday 10

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Global Economy

The FT View. Nigel Farage’s pile of financing scandals

Undercover report raises new questions over funding of Reform UK

04.09.2026 10

Financial Times

Uk Politics

Pragmatism should define Burnham’s approach to business

The prime minister needs to defy the vibes of tax-and-spend socialism

04.09.2026 10

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Uk Politics

The university degree is losing its lustre

Technological and economic shifts are eroding the graduate premium

04.09.2026 10

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Employment

The Big Read. The rise of Texas

For 30 years the state has profited from going the extra mile for business. Data centres are putting that to the test

04.09.2026 10

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Us Politics & Policy

America must learn AI lessons from Astro Boy

Asian cultures harbour a very different attitude towards technologies that are regarded as threatening in the west

04.09.2026 10

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Artificial Intelligence

The FT View. Giorgia Meloni’s enviable stability — and missed opportunity

Prime minister marks Italy’s longest continuous government since the war

03.09.2026 10

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Italian Politics

We need to keep an eye on surveillance pricing

Old business practices are being reinvented in our algorithmic age but consumers should not have to haggle with a machine

03.09.2026 10

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Technology

How state control of companies can drive innovation

India and China show that if done correctly, the UK’s plans to intervene in some industries could deliver benefits

03.09.2026 20

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Uk Economy

Oman FM: In an age of impunity, diplomats are more important than ever

There is a tendency on the part of some world leaders to decide that they can do it themselves

03.09.2026 20

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Geopolitics

Britain tests the unproven ‘politics of trying’

Andy Burnham is attempting to demonstrate he understands the priorities of voters who feel unheard

03.09.2026 20

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Uk Politics

How free trade can shield us from El Niño

Climate shocks have progressively become less damaging over time

03.09.2026 10

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Global Economy

Fixing the AI industry’s PR problem

Doomers will say it’s hopeless but here are five ideas to put out the fire

03.09.2026 10

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Technology Sector

The Big Read. Fantasy M&A: the recipe for a European champion

Seven theoretical tie-ups that could help the continent’s corporate sector compete with the US and China — if regulators, politicians and the...

03.09.2026 10

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Mergers & Acquisitions

When is an economist not an economist?

A fraught question that warrants reflection on who gets to be a member of the influential informal guild

03.09.2026 10

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Global Economy

The FT View. The wrong way to revive Venezuela’s economy

Oil deal is most striking example yet of Trump’s new state capitalism

02.09.2026 10

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Us Politics & Policy

How refugee camps become mini-economies

In an era of aid cuts, entrepreneurialism in the Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda is increasingly important

02.09.2026 10

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Rwanda

Time is running out for the leap second

Losing it would sever contemporary clocks from their ancient astronomical roots

02.09.2026 10

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Science

Tory attempts to repeal the UK Climate Act are tin-eared

Summer’s droughts and wildfires demonstrate the need to stick to cross-party consensus on policy and to UK strategy on net zero

02.09.2026 10

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Uk Politics

Growth is a life-and-death matter for Europe

It is the only way of funding the defence of a continent with mortal enemies

02.09.2026 20

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Global Economy

National data centre projects are consolidating America’s AI lead

Countries may host facilities but dispersion of hardware does not equal decentralisation of power

02.09.2026 30

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Data Centres

The wheels are coming off the US world order

Trump believes in a world in which there are no allies, only satellites, and in which power is America’s alone to wield

02.09.2026 10

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Us Foreign Policy

The Big Read. The Takaichi revolution

The prime minister’s style is clashing with Japan’s traditions — and the bond market

02.09.2026 20

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Japanese Politics & Policy

The FT View. Governments should heed the bond market’s warning

Financial repression is not a sustainable way to manage rising borrowing costs

01.09.2026 20

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Global Economy

America can’t win the AI race if the rollout lacks public support

The US will fall behind China if people believe the technology is something being done to them rather than built with them

01.09.2026 20

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Artificial Intelligence

Why Andy Burnham should say: Jackdaw yes, Rosebank no

Despite the UK’s best efforts, its energy system will require natural gas for decades to come

01.09.2026 4

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Oil & Gas Industry

The Meta settlement is regulation by enforcement

Social media groups are finding out the downside of avoiding federal oversight

01.09.2026 10

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Meta Platforms

The Big Read. Revolut’s mission to dominate banking

For years, it struggled to get a licence to operate as a bank. Now it wants to shake up the industry with an ‘everything app’

01.09.2026 10

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Fintech

A real-world trial for work in the age of AI

There are important lessons about universal basic income to be drawn from the behaviour of pensioners

01.09.2026 10

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Universal Basic Income

Don’t write off Russia’s defence industry yet

Moscow’s arms manufacturers are adapting and innovating in ways that could threaten Nato in the future

31.08.2026 30

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Military Technology

The FT View. Israel’s de facto annexation of the West Bank

New housing tenders could end chance of a contiguous Palestinian state

31.08.2026 20

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Middle Eastern Politics & Society

Trump’s tariff fix leaves US trade policy in permanent flux

America’s use of Section 301 means future administrations cannot just leave charges untouched or allow them to lapse

31.08.2026 20

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Us Trade