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Putin apologises to Azerbaijan for Kazakhstan air crash

Russian president calls disaster a ‘tragic incident’ and launches criminal investigation

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On Wall Street. Crypto boom draws in Wall Street banks

Year in a word: Greenlash

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US politics & policy

Musk’s fight with Maga reveals split on immigration within Trump’s circle

President-elect’s new allies in Silicon Valley suffer backlash over foreign workers from his core supporters

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Fired McKinsey ‘scapegoat’ expands damages claim against firm

New legal threat follows $650mn settlement with US government over company’s opioid work

Middle East war

How Israel’s ‘Operation Grim Beeper’ rattled global spy chiefs

Few western intelligence officials say they would approve something similar to Israel’s pager attack

Israeli raid knocks out last hospital in northern Gaza

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Corporate bonds

Global corporate borrowing climbs to record $8tn in 2024

Companies take advantage of huge investor demand to pull forward bond issuance originally planned for next year

Spotlight

The Weekend Essay. The age of de-extinction: should we bring back the woolly mammoth?

Species resurrection is nearing reality — it may also be distracting us from saving animals on the brink

Review. What to read in 2025

From war and tech, to biographies on Taylor Swift, the Pope and Bill Gates — plus new fiction from Adam Haslett and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a preview of some of the titles to look out for in the coming year

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FT Magazine. What I learnt from a blind tasting of cork vs screwcap bottles

A rare opportunity to try the same wine with different closures proves eye-opening

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The unsung power of the Christmas carol

Fergus Butler-Gallie

The hot hotel openings of 2025

From a Punjab palace and an Ibizan fortress to a wine-themed Burgundy retreat — plus a new lease of life for London’s old US embassy

HTSI. How to spend it in January

Social media, brain rot and the slow death of reading

The dopamine hit of smartphone scrolling makes reading a book feel more effortful — but the rewards are worth the extra effort

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News

US financial regulation

Vanguard strikes deal with FDIC over huge holdings in US banks

$10tn money manager agrees to curbs on influencing decisions of mid-sized and regional lenders

Ukraine receives first US gas shipments via Greece

Kyiv’s purchase comes before expiry of Russian gas transit deal and Trump’s inauguration

Wealth of US private capital chiefs boosted by $56bn

Inclusion in S&P 500 index and growth in operations drove share prices at Blackstone, KKR and Apollo to record highs

Middle Eastern politics & society

Italian journalist arrested in Iran and held in notorious Evin prison

Cecilia Sala jailed days after two Iranians were detained in Italy and Switzerland for allegedly passing on drone technology

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban to enable ‘political solution’

Legislation would force Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest video app by January 19 or be restricted in the US

Israel’s attorney-general orders probe into Sara Netanyahu

Prime minister’s wife accused of harassing witnesses and obstructing justice in her husband’s corruption cases

Helmut Schlesinger

Obituary. Helmut Schlesinger, former Bundesbank president, 1924-2024

Architect of tight controls on German money supply had four-decade career in central banking

South Korea Politics & Policy

South Korea impeaches acting president as political turmoil deepens

Opposition-led parliament ousts Han Duck-soo over impasse on judges to hear Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment

Opinion

We need to think again about what the ‘A’ in AI signifies

Looking at the technology through a different cultural lens casts its threat and promise in a new light

Modern life is drowning in a sea of verbiage

Brevity and clarity have given way to a deluge of text from corporate ‘word salads’ to prolix presentations

Camilla Cavendish

Data Points. How we were deepfaked by election deepfakes

The FT View. The great wealth transfer

The editorial board

The Long View. The zero-sum game investors are betting on

What gaming really tells us about the human condition

Business Insight. Four AI predictions for 2025

Year in a word: Brat

Srinidhi Balakrishnan

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Europe News

US finds ‘early indications’ of Russian involvement in Azerbaijani jet crash

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan suspend flights to Russia after deadly incident

Ireland’s vineyards win global recognition

Russian producers of Oreshnik supermissile used western tools

Turkey cuts rates for first time in 22 months with jumbo reduction

Russians turn to ‘personal shoppers’ to smuggle luxury bags

‘Dangerous precedent’: Romania split over election rerun

Finland seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident

Podcasts

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Rachman Review. What to expect in 2025

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Behind the Money. Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses

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The Economics Show. Martin Wolf interviews Christine Lagarde: Whither Europe?

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Kinky games and gothic horror — films to look forward to in 2025

FT Magazine. Honey & Co’s best chips and dips recipes for party season

Review. The best books of the week

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Highlights

The Big Read. How we fell out of love with dating apps

The biggest online dating companies are in crisis, as women and younger users look elsewhere, towards niche sites or real-life meets

The Big Read. Ukraine’s waiting game for Trump

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British music’s star still shines amid the economic gloom

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