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The fighter jet that could create a new alliance between the UK and Japan

Aerospace & Defence

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The UK government should stop doing stupid stuff

The UK government should stop doing stupid stuff

Industrial strategy demands a new deal with the private sector

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Brussels to propose rise in cigarette taxes and first EU-wide vaping levy

Brussels to propose rise in cigarette taxes and first EU-wide vaping levy

Bloc’s push to cut smoking rates would increase minimum excise duty from €1.80 to €3.60 per pack of 20

TikTok enlists tech start-ups to boost struggling ecommerce platform

TikTok enlists tech start-ups to boost struggling ecommerce platform

Chinese-owned social media platform hopes to remedy some of the issues that have plagued its live shopping rollout

EY attempts to smooth path to vote on radical break-up

EY attempts to smooth path to vote on radical break-up

Big Four firm to form committee to handle minutiae of split

Twitter’s $5bn-a-year business hit as Elon Musk clashes with advertisers

Twitter’s $5bn-a-year business hit as Elon Musk clashes with advertisers

Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending

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How cricket-crazy Pakistan became a major football factory

‘It’s not our favourite sport, but it’s good business,’ say the country’s soccer entrepreneurs

How cricket-crazy Pakistan became a major football factory

Get ready for a net zero business backlash

Get ready for a net zero business backlash

A welcome UN push to tighten corporate rules is sending shudders through some boardrooms

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FT Magazine. Why not have a festival of sporting corruption?

Forget furtive backhanders and brown envelopes – let’s get it out in the open and turn it into an international sport

Robert Shrimsley

My return to Kherson: the courage of my hometown

Investor Howard Marks: ‘The short run is by far the least important thing’

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HTSI. How to host it: a feasting special

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Brussels seeks to mitigate threat posed by incoming inflation legislation that it says breaches WTO rules

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Team behind Apple’s Face ID develops tiny robots to deliver drugs into brain

Bionaut Labs has raised $43.2mn in second financing round to fund first clinical trials

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Group hedges its risk as Washington seeks to curb Beijing’s capacity to develop advanced technology

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Junta holding Aung San Suu Kyi in a concrete hut in the jungle

Australian adviser offers rare insight into the captivity of Myanmar’s deposed leader

Iran targets Kurds sheltering in Iraq: ‘We’re being used as a scapegoat’

Middle Eastern politics & society

Iran targets Kurds sheltering in Iraq: ‘We’re being used as a scapegoat’

Tehran seeks to blame dissident groups across the border for anti-government protests

Catastrophe reinsurance set to soar after year of extreme weather, industry warns

Catastrophe reinsurance set to soar after year of extreme weather, industry warns

Some reinsurers forced to exit market because of rising costs to provide cover

Climate Capital. Global floods and droughts will intensify sooner than expected, studies show

Miami nightclubs mourn absence of high-rolling crypto entrepreneurs

Cryptocurrencies

Miami nightclubs mourn absence of high-rolling crypto entrepreneurs

‘Revenge of the nerds’ screeches to a halt after collapse in value of digital currencies

Latin America’s stagnation ‘worse than the 1980s’, says UN official

Latin America’s stagnation ‘worse than the 1980s’, says UN official

New leftwing leaders should focus on growth as well as wealth distribution, argues José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

Opinion

Turtlenecks and nuclear power return to favour in Japan

Official focus on fun, fashion and energy is boosting companies specialising in reactor restarts and warm winter clothes

Turtlenecks and nuclear power return to favour in Japan

Lex. Global beverages: dry World Cup will not hit growth

Spirits are a bright spot for drinks giants despite clouds on the industry’s horizon

Scotland needs an offshore energy revolution

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JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank sued by Epstein victims

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Qatar’s $200bn bet on the World Cup

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Poorly equipped German army awaits financial reinforcement from Berlin

Disney executives staged revolt against ousted chief Chapek

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‘We’ve totally confused residents’: China’s Covid policy flip-flop stokes frustration

Technology

Chinese telecoms groups Huawei and ZTE barred from US sales

Washington cites national security in order that includes phones, cameras and WiFi routers

Chinese telecoms groups Huawei and ZTE barred from US sales

NHS breaks up £400mn data contract in response to privacy concerns

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