FirstFT: Kremlin-backed forgery scheme fooled global banks
Also in today’s newsletter: Polymarket’s European overture and Merz’s woes
Also in today’s newsletter: Polymarket’s European overture and Merz’s woes
Read the BoJ’s September forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team
Paramount Skydance has clinched a settlement with US states that sued to block its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Sonja Hutson talks to Chris Cook and Henry Foy
Many of the men served in units that Kyiv has accused of war crimes
Chinese leader’s most urgent goal is extending trade truce with US, but he is also expected to discuss Taiwan, Iran and AI
Christopher Kane’s Mulberry comeback, Kemi Badenoch’s M&S cameo and a homecoming by Alexander McQueen, plus other talking points from the British capital
Across OECD countries, the number of students who say they give up easily is increasing
DWS considers emergency measures as investors pull money from open-ended retail product
A retrospective at New York’s Grey Art Museum looks back on her whimsical, elegant and occasionally absurd works
Monetary policy is not the best response tool for today’s economic and financial challenges
A ruling that Next can pay store staff and warehouse workers differently for work of equal value upholds an important principle
Sky One’s panic attack of a series brings together real politicians and military advisers to simulate a response to Russian provocations
Frugal Germany would appear to have the fiscal headroom to try and spend its way out of the impasse
German chancellor’s authority in Brussels hobbled by his party’s poor results in regional elections
As Japan’s central bank tightens monetary policy, investors who leveraged its currency for higher yields may be forced into a sell-off
The recently updated Bloomsbury home mixes ancient and modern, eschews perfection, and reveals the hand of its makers
Councils want more powers to repurpose buildings and fend off academies
Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI
Calling for closer EU-Canada ties without pooling sovereignty is an abdication of European responsibility
Legal and practical challenges await UK prime minister as he attempts to turn his rhetoric into reality, experts warn
The dentists’ view
US prediction markets platform is seeking to be regulated as a financial services firm rather than under a patchwork of gambling legislation
Private capital investors are now competing head-on with insurers, shaking up the sector