Category: Global

China cracks down on ‘bone ash’ burials in empty apartm...

Younger tenants do not mind dead neighbours if it drives down rents in a building

Trump hails progress on Iran deal but threatens huge at...

Oil rose as high as $116 a barrel as traders weigh signs of escalation

Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’

US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue

Distressed-debt funds target private credit downturn as...

Investors anticipate moneymaking bonanza as sector comes under strain

America’s gig economy

Self-employment, at both the high and the low end, is keeping consumption afloat — but for how long?

What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes b...

The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage

Private capital: what are the risks?

As investors seek to retrieve their money, the $22tn industry rejects comparisons with 2008. Regulators aren’t so sure

TotalEnergies made bumper profit on Middle East oil bet

Fewer contracts increased volatility and made it possible for a single trader to dominate the market

The last bridge left to ancient Tyre

Evacuation orders and strikes turn once-vibrant Lebanese beach town into a refuge for holdouts and displaced

Eurozone borrowing costs soar on fears of fiscal hit fr...

Government bonds face one of worst months of past decade as investors warn of ‘deterioration’ in public finances

OpenAI investor says AI requires an income tax overhaul

Vinod Khosla says voter fears over technology causing job losses will shape upcoming US elections

Iran activates its ‘resistance economy’ to survive the ...

Islamic republic has spent years building a model designed to withstand hostility even as it presides over a deepening economic ma...