Top UN court orders Israel to ensure more aid reaches Gaza

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UN’s International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to ensure that more food and humanitarian assistance reach Palestinians in Gaza, warning that famine is “setting in” there as the …

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s fate is sealed by his own words

By the age of 30, Sam Bankman-Fried had convinced a million people that he was a safe custodian of their hard-earned cash.  But stood in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday, head of curly hair bowed, the one-time master of persuasion failed to win over the person who, in that moment, …

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Larry Summers, a ‘friend of China,’ warns Beijing that its actions are making it hard for people like him to push for stronger ties

This bipartisan sentiment makes it challenging for those trying to argue for a more cautious, less aggressive approach to the world’s second-largest economy, like former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who was instrumental to helping China join the World Trade Organization. (China formally joined the international body in December 2001). …

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Israeli court deals blow to Netanyahu in ruling on religious students

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s supreme court dealt a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing coalition on Thursday by ordering it to suspend state subsidies for many ultraorthodox Jews who attend religious schools instead of …

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Caught Up In Concert Shooting, A Russian Woman Said Goodbye To World

Returning home, Alyona Kazinskaya says she just “hugged everyone”. Moscow:  Russian artist Alyona Kazinskaya likes to fill her social media feed with cheerful messages and vivid floral paintings. For 30 minutes last Friday night, it turned into a timeline of terror. Kazinskaya and a friend had bought last-minute tickets to …

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