After heavy lobbying from the industry, Brussels in March granted carmakers a small reprieve from stricter emissions targets ...

Lesotho, which US trade policy turned into a hub for Levi’s jeans and Trump-branded golf shirts, faces economic devastation ...

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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which the UK is a signatory, recognises play as a fundamental right. But Eugene Minogue, executive director of campaign organisation Play England, ...

Moscow hopes transfer of seized business back to Italian owner will show companies a path back into Russian market ...

The electricity needed to power huge data centres has sparked a renewed interest in the potential of small modular reactors. The FT’s Pilita Clark looks at whether SMRs will help with the clean energy ...

Recent moves from Toronto to Brooklyn to Brussels to Paris have only stirred his creativity — and a historic rental in the 11th arrondissement has become a space of vibrant experimentation, and a plac ...

The former Police drummer on his new album based on animal sounds — and clashing with Sting over how to play their songs ...

Italian prime minister to meet Donald Trump as Brussels says it was left in the dark about Washington’s demands ...

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Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social, @gideonrachman The false promise of regime change in Iran: US and Iran agree to follow-up talks over nuclear crisis: Is Iran on a collision ...