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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The price of cocoa hit a record high in London on Thursday after an industry report said crop failures in west Africa in the first quarter had further exacerbated the global shortage…

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. America’s right-wing forces would have you believe that they are the courageous entities standing up for free speech. But, as they try to claim that mantle,…

In its opening pages, this first-person account of its author’s almost-murder delivers a big, shameless joke. On a balmy summer evening before the stabbing attack that left him blind in the right eye, with a paralysed left hand and a dozen more serious injuries, Salman Rushdie gazed at the moon…

The US economy’s standout performance will be a major driver of global growth this year but could make America’s inflation problem harder to solve, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF upgraded Tuesday its forecast for US economic growth to 2.7% this year — 0.6 percentage points higher than…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Global stock markets sank and Asian currencies were hit by a rising dollar on Tuesday, as investors’ hopes for rapid US interest rate cuts waned and fears grew over the conflict in the…

Monday is the last day for some Verizon customers to apply for a refund as part of a $100 million settlement from a class-action lawsuit. Earlier this year, the wireless carrier sent an email or postcard to eligible customers alerting them to file a claim by April 15 to receive up to…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will step down next month after nearly 20 years in power, handing over to his deputy in what will be only the third leadership transition in…

Bilal Motley, utilities manager at a former Philadelphia oil refinery, was working the graveyard shift when a massive explosion broke out in the early morning hours of June 21, 2019. He had only about an hour left of his shift, when frantic reports of a fire at the facility’s hydrofluoric…

It was just before 2am when the barrage of Iranian drones and missiles swarmed over the Israeli sky. Sirens and booms rang out across Jerusalem, the southern Negev and the northern border region as Israel launched air defence interceptors. Israelis, who had waited anxiously for several hours after first being…