Category: International
China’s cash-strapped local governments drive record as...
ABS issues bring in badly needed money but some assets are of uncertain quality
‘Wellness’ culture is empty without service to others
Volunteering has declined along with religion — it needs a revival
Why your AI companion is not your friend
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’
The fall of Lebanon’s TV drug baron
Beirut is cracking down on traffickers who enjoyed impunity for decades. But the roots of their illicit empires run deep
McCain Foods french fries dynasty split over heir’s buy...
Eleanor McCain wants C$1bn for stake in company but family members dispute her price
Japanese births set to fall below lowest official forec...
Demographers warn new births to hit lowest level since records began in 1899 as population crisis deepens
Europe’s growth prospects depend on German spending spr...
Rate of increase in output expected to slow despite Berlin’s fiscal push, FT survey finds
The relentless rise of YouTube
As well as being the dominant platform in podcasting and having a growing presence in live sport, it is now the leader in TV and s...
Mosque bombing in Alawite district in Syria leaves at l...
Explosion occurred during Friday prayers at Imam Ali bin Abi Talib mosque in Homs
‘It’s been an expensive year’: Meituan counts cost of C...
Competition from Alibaba and JD.com for fast-growing instant retail market has hit the Beijing-based group
Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians
US missile attacks on Christmas Day hit a part of Nigeria’s north-west that is almost entirely Muslim
The political weaponisation of sleep
Tireless dynamism has been fetishised by the likes of Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi
