Spanish official blames flood alert failure on Madrid, not his long lunch
Head of Valencia regional government spent three hours with a journalist on day emergency alerts were sent out late ...
Laurie Anderson’s ARK: United States V review — an artistic voyage hits turbulence
In 1982, Laurie Anderson embarked on an artistic voyage surveying America. United States Part 1-4 clocked in at eight hours and 78 scenes touching on subjects ranging from money to politics. Four ...
Man investigated after calling German vice-chancellor ‘idiot’
Police raid home of 64-year-old accused of insulting Robert Habeck and uploading an image to X that referenced the Nazi era ...
Rupert Murdoch’s UK news group settles with almost 40 claimants over alleged phone hacking
A cast of almost 40 public figures have reached settlements with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers over allegations of ...
Friedrich Merz, the man who yearns to be Germany’s next chancellor
Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...
How does the UK government want to reform the pension industry?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has proposed a major overhaul of the pensions industry as the government hopes to drive investment ...
EU judges grill Ursula von der Leyen’s lawyers over missing text messages
New York Times has sued European Commission over its refusal to release president’s exchanges with Pfizer chief ...
Disney tosses popcorn at its long-suffering audience
As an illustration, Disney stock is the same price it was a decade ago. Yet in that time, much has happened. The cruise ship-to-cable TV empire bought parts of 21st Century Fox for $71bn, and poured ...
‘Hygge’ in your ‘hytte’: turf cabins lure the international ski crowd
Beloved by Norway’s naturalists, these retreats in the wilderness are riding the ‘coolcation’ trend as international buyers ...
House & Home Ski Living Special
In our seasonal special, we travel from property hotspots in Switzerland to those in British Columbia, weigh up the appeal of contemporary chalets and traditional turf cabins, shine a light on art and ...
FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 717
FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd. The Financial Times and its j ...
COP29: A new plan for finding climate cash
The past couple of days of negotiations at COP29 have been pretty discouraging. The draft text for an agreement on the crucial new global finance goal (which you can find here) has mushroomed from 9 ...