In late September, Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of Kentucky, released one of the most powerful and effective adverts seen in US politics this year.In it Hadley Duvall, a young woman, recalled being raped by her stepfather at age 12, and blasted Republican candidate Daniel Cameron for pushing a strict…

Four news organizations strongly denied on Thursday having had prior knowledge of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, after the Israeli government demanded answers from the press and stoked questions about their credibility over a thinly sourced report from an agenda-driven media monitoring group that insinuated news organizations knew about the looming…

As the Gay Games opened in Hong Kong, with hundreds of athletes, singers and a traditional lion dance, top government adviser Regina Ip hailed the event’s first staging in Asia as a “strong testimony to the diversity, inclusion and unity of our city”.But Ip was the only Hong Kong official…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.At a victory rally for a revived car factory in Illinois on Thursday, President Joe Biden urged workers to remember who had walked a picket line with them when they vote in…

Julia Galliker learned out of the blue that there was a problem with milk carton supplies. The milk that goes in the cartons was perfectly fine. The problem is with the packaging its sold in: Namely, there’s suddenly not enough of it. For Galliker, executive vice president of the Pennsylvania-based…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Portugal’s president has called a snap general election for March, following the shock resignation of prime minister António Costa.President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Thursday night announced the March 10 date after…

Bangladesh has been gripped by violent protests for two weeks, as thousands of garment workers take to the streets to demand better wages for the country’s four million garment workers. Protesters clashed with police — resulting in the deaths of three workers. Unions there say police have used tear gas,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A ransomware attack on the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has disrupted the US Treasury market, according to market participants.The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association told members on Thursday that…

Jezebel, the punchy feminist blog with an outsized influence on internet culture, will suspend operations and lay off its staff effective immediately, its parent company G/O Media said Thursday as it announced broader restructuring in its portfolio of digital news outlets. Jim Spanfeller, chief executive of G/O Media, said in…