Financial Times Asia (Weekend) - 26 Jul 2025
Wall St euphoria sparks bubble fears
Famine stalks Gaza children
Chinese kindergarten closures signal trouble ahead from plunging birth rate
Kind words can change lives
Selling the Covid dream houses
The polarising aura of Yermak
The songs of summer
Murdoch’s audience more important than Trump ties
Cashmere king Brunello Cucinelli
Trump Fed visit piles pressure on Powell
Ukraine MPs fear revenge if graft law is reversed
France to recognise Palestinian state
House Speaker heads off vote on Epstein files by calling early recess
Pakistan monsoon leaves 250 dead as extreme flooding hits south Asia
Saudi Arabia pledges $6bn Syria investment in boost for Sharaa
Macrons file US defamation suit over rightwing influencer comments
Richer Gazans discover cash of little use in hunt for food
Europe to offer Iran sanctions delay if nuclear talks resume
Personal feud fuels Thailand-Cambodia fighting
Cracks widen in Japan and US tariff deal
Russia speeds up rate cuts as war economy slows and inflation falls
EU warns Spain of risks in Huawei contract
AI helps identify extreme fatigue diseases
The gravity-defying US economy
Black Sabbath’s heavy metal ‘Prince of Darkness’
Why are Anglophone young adults so unhappy?
Mess with public holidays at your peril
It’s time the Montreal Protocol had a new planet-saving role
Grassroots civic initiative, not fascist project in saffron
Markets’ Macbeth moment
One story of how Italy defied the Red Brigades
Balding American in London mulls hat options
A notably bad idea, but one which has precedent
Early bird bookings piece is something to chew over
This throws up a tricky question for robotaxis
The cancelled late night TV host
How to live in a G minus one world
Investors beware the risks lurking in private credit
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VW pledges ‘huge’ investment as it seeks US tariff deal for cars
Businesses hoard niche crypto tokens in effort to boost their share prices
Meta to pull political ads in EU over tighter rules
Liberty Global to cut jobs and sell private jet in restructuring
Short circuit
Fox News walks tightrope in Trump vs Murdoch coverage
Trader sues Evolution over denial of $7.5mn bonus
US watchdog approves Paramount and Skydance’s $8bn merger deal
Autonomy ruling
Nvidia AI chips worth $1bn smuggled into China following Trump’s export controls
Intel abandons European manufacturing projects as it pushes ahead with turnaround plan
China’s price wars hit banks as underwriters charge $100 fees
Singapore’s GIC signals caution on private credit amid shrinking yields
Glass Lewis sues Texas on ‘non-financial’ advice limits
On Wall Street
The day in the markets
Roche chief says selling to patients directly would halve US drug prices
The bond market maths does not add up for governments
HSBC faces a hard task in replacing chair Tucker
US regional banks should join forces to compete against the behemoths
Corporate sponsors exit stage left at Edinburgh Festival
Climate change is projected to exacerbate food inflation
Songs of the summer
Edward Burtynsky
Oasis’s masterplan
Turning point
Songs of the summer
‘It’s not easy for anyone to let go of power’
Big-screen sunshine chic
Bikinis you can actually swim in
The rule-breaking guide to weddings
Who’s afraid of linen trousers?
Dolomites deluxe
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Cinema paradiso
More open air cinema in Greece
La La landmarks
When Tehran turned
The sins of the farmer
Understanding Iran: further books on the Islamic republic
Russia’s shattered dreams
Legacy of an imperialist engineer
The powerful plea of Murderland
FT Weekend Festival
Tangled triangles
‘America First’ and other financial follies
Feudalism under Franco
A lockdown-era horror story
Summer Books 2025
From Sinéad to Springsteen
An elegy to a father
POLYMATH
CROSSWORD
CHESS
BRIDGE
Solution 18,111
Solution 1,344
Shakespeare in lust
The secret to a great opera? Just add poison
Odes to Oslo
Iceland’s volcanic soundscapes
THE LIFE OF A SONG
In awe of the industrial sublime
Good vibrations at the new Jacob’s Pillow theatre
The Zelenskyy whisperer
War crimes in real time
Natural justice
The power of a well-timed kind word
New Sauternes and the joys of a fine sweet wine
The Zelenskyy whisperer
Summertime sea bass
Fine Sauternes worth a punt
Honey & Co’s cured sea bass with avocado, chilli and coriander
Sweetness in wine
The grisly glory of the holiday gang
Why Oasis won in the end Janan Ganesh
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