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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 union representing 33,000 striking Boeing machinists said on Saturday that it had reached a tentative agreement to end a month-long work stoppage that has crippled the plane maker.The International Association of…

Yahya Sinwar’s killing on Thursday forces Hamas to make a choice of far-reaching consequences: picking a leader at arguably its weakest moment since Israel’s assassination of its founder in 2004.The survival of Sinwar, who led the militant group in Gaza for about seven years, had symbolised Hamas’s resistance under Israeli…

Losses from Hurricane Milton could reach as high as $34 billion, according to an early estimate of both flood and wind damage from research firm CoreLogic, with between $4 billion to $6 billion of those losses being uninsured flood damage. And that is only an estimate of losses caused directly…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A former art adviser to stars including Leonardo DiCaprio has pleaded guilty to defrauding clients out of $6.5mn to fund what prosecutors claim was a “lavish” New York City lifestyle.  Lisa Schiff, who…

Airbus has announced plans to slash up to 2,500 jobs in its defense and space division, citing a “complex business environment” marked by challenges including rising costs and “rapid changes in warfare.” The European aerospace giant, which competes with beleaguered Boeing (BA) in airplane manufacturing, said Wednesday that it expects to complete the layoffs…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.US carmaker General Motors has increased its investment in a lithium mine to nearly $1bn as it seeks to secure the long-term supply of a metal that is crucial to the production…

Political journalist Ryan Lizza has accused his ex-fianceé, the acclaimed magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi, of “catastrophically reckless behavior” in a year-long affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that led to the journalists’ breakup this summer, according to new court filings in an ongoing dispute between Lizza and Nuzzi. In a…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Boeing has announced plans to raise up to $25bn in new capital and agreed a $10bn credit facility, as the US plane maker seeks to shore up its balance sheet in the…

Expect to see fewer promotions at Starbucks. The coffee chain is scaling back promotional offers through its mobile app to get customers to pay full price for its coffees and teas, the Wall Street Journal first reported Monday and confirmed by CNN. The move is part of new CEO Brian…