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World shares slip after China’s zero-Covid protests

World shares slip after China’s zero-Covid protests

Receive free Equities updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Equities news every morning. Global stocks and oil prices slipped on Monday after protests in China against the government’s Covid-19…

Meta fined €265mn by Irish watchdog over privateness considerations

Meta fined €265mn by Irish watchdog over privateness considerations

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Xi Jinping’s pandemic triumphalism returns to hang-out him

Xi Jinping’s pandemic triumphalism returns to hang-out him

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How will Amazon win the hearts and wallets of African customers?

How will Amazon win the hearts and wallets of African customers?

This guest post was contributed by Lavanya Anand, principal at VestedWorld, an early-stage investment fund manager. Packing suitcases full of Amazon products on every trip to the continent. Working with Somali companies in Kenya to…

The Subsequent Wave: In seek for exits

The Subsequent Wave: In seek for exits

Africa’s startups cannot rely on “a huge market”, unmet needs, sob stories and other niceties to attract investors, because, in 2022, investors more than ever want to see the way out from the beginning. It…

Rolls-Royce checks hydrogen-fuelled plane engine in aviation world first

Rolls-Royce checks hydrogen-fuelled plane engine in aviation world first

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The Wall Road combat that has echoes of the chilly battle

The Wall Road combat that has echoes of the chilly battle

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The Inconceivable Website of Conservatives’ Newest Backlash Towards “Wokeness”

The Inconceivable Website of Conservatives’ Newest Backlash Towards “Wokeness”

At 1,308 feet above sea level, Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York is one of America’s highest navigable lakes, whose waters drain through a series of rivers before ending up in the Mississippi and flowing…

The January 6 Committee Was a Boon to Democracy

The January 6 Committee Was a Boon to Democracy

In June, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd pressed House January 6 select committee member Representative Jamie Raskin on his “barometer of success” for the summer hearings. “Is just getting an historical record enough?” Todd…

It’s Elites vs. Base within the Coming Republican Civil Warfare

It’s Elites vs. Base within the Coming Republican Civil Warfare

One of the important differences between the Democratic and Republican parties in this era of polarization lies in the elites’ attitudes toward their respective bases. Democratic elites—high-level candidates and office holders, famous consultants like the…

Voters Have By no means Been Extra Evenly Divided Between the Two Events. It’s Breaking Our Political System.

Voters Have By no means Been Extra Evenly Divided Between the Two Events. It’s Breaking Our Political System.

Now that the midterms have quieted the doomsters, it is time for Democrats and genuine never-Trump Republicans to dream big. The goal for 2024—whether or not Joe Biden runs—should be a landslide victory for the…

NDLEA seizes 5.8 tons of skunk, hashish in 5 states

NDLEA seizes 5.8 tons of skunk, hashish in 5 states

Monday, November 28, 2022 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 5.8 tonnes of cannabis from dealers across five states, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said…