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By Maria Sheahan and Hakan Erdem | BERLIN/SAARBRUECKEN, Germany BERLIN/SAARBRUECKEN, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives strengthened their position as the largest party in the western state of Saarland in a regional vote on Sunday, bolstering her prospects of winning a fourth term in September’s national election. The election was the first of three regional votes ahead of the Sept. 24 federal vote and as such offered an […]

Samsung will seek this week to draw a line under the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone safety scandal with the launch of the South Korean technology company’s latest handset, the Galaxy S8. Released last August, the Note 7 was hastily withdrawn after a series of incidents in which the phones caught fire. Samsung expects the debacle, which dealt a severe blow to its reputation, to have cost the […]

After a week dominated by questions over whether Donald Trump will be able to push his economic agenda through Congress, here are the questions FT markets reporters are asking in the final trading week of March. Will investors keep faith in Trump’s ability to drive tax cuts? That is the question facing equity markets after the White House failed to muster the support needed in the House […]

DUBAI // A troupe of 22 young dancers is heading to Disneyland Paris this week to perform for crowds at the theme park. Step Up Academy, based in Motor City, will be twirling and pirouetting on stage in one of the biggest theme parks in Europe. The expat youngsters, aged eight to 15, from 14 countries from Colombia to Egypt, Lebanon to Italy, will perform their 20-minute […]

In an emergency situation, the first few minutes are crucial in saving a child’s life. In those few moments, when for example you’re driving the child to the hospital, you could do something yourself to help save their life. If a nanny is looking after a child and realises that the child is choking, she might take a minute to make a phone call to the child’s […]

China has prevented an academic critical of its growing influence in Australia from travelling home to Sydney, casting a shadow over Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s state visit to the country. Feng Chongyi, a Chinese citizen who teaches at University of Technology Sydney, was halted from boarding at least two flights from China to Australia this weekend. Mr Feng is a permanent resident of Australia, which means he […]

China, Chile and Egypt lifted suspensions on Brazilian meat imports on Saturday in a victory for the Latin American country`s third-biggest export industry, the Brazilian government said.  China, which accounts for about one-third of Brazil`s meat exports, as well as major customers Chile and Egypt lifted the bans in spite of ongoing investigations into allegations of corruption between health inspectors and the operators of regional plants.  “This […]

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The terror attack that struck London last week lasted less than a minute and a half from the moment the killer’s car mounted the pavement on Westminster Bridge to the second he was shot, Scotland Yard has revealed. The information emerged as detectives confirmed that they are still trying to establish whether the attacker, Khalid Masood, worked alone or with an accomplice. Four people died and 50 […]

ANKARA Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned Switzerland’s deputy ambassador to Ankara on Saturday over a protest in the Swiss capital Bern against President Tayyip Erdogan, the state-run Anadolu agency reported, Anadolu said some 250 people, including supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), staged a rally earlier on Saturday in Bern calling for a ‘No’ vote in an April referendum in Turkey that could give Erdogan sweeping […]

An Uber self-driving car has crashed in Arizona, dealing another setback to the US ride-hailing company after a spate of adverse publicity over internal management failures. The SUV was in a collision with another vehicle and rolled on to its side on Friday evening, according to local police. On Saturday, Uber said its vehicle was not carrying any customers at the time of the crash, but provided […]

Schroders has become the first FTSE 100 company to publish details of its gender pay gap as pressure mounts on the financial services industry to stamp out imbalances in how much men and women earn. Schroders found that fixed pay for its female staff was 33 per cent less on average when compared to salaries for male employees at Europe’s second largest listed asset manager. It also […]

Like an old vinyl record with a well-worn groove, the needle skipping merrily back to the same track over and over again, we repeat: Today’s markets are dangerously overpriced. Being market fundamentalists who don’t believe it’s possible to simply print prosperity out of thin air, we’ve been deeply skeptical of the financial markets ever since the central banks began their highly interventionist policies. Since 2009, they have […]

It’s very likely that many still find the idea of an unmanned retail store as something that’s a little too futuristic and unnerving. It is happening right now, though. Companies are already tackling the idea of various unique shopping experiences for their customers from drone delivery to quick home shopping. The most popular of which is Amazon Go. They, however, could find themselves in a battle with a pretty […]

Many families with airline tickets to the United States are groaning at the prospect of flying tablet-free. On March 21 the US government put an electronic travel ban in place that forces passengers travelling on direct flights from 10 destinations, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports to check in their laptops, e-readers, tablets and other devices with their luggage and parents are speaking out. “I am a […]

Twenty-seven EU leaders gathered in Rome on Saturday to pay homage to their 60-year-old integration project, celebrating its postwar founding ideals at a moment of fragility for the union, just days before Britain files to quit the bloc.  On a day that mixed vaulting tributes with mass-protests on the streets, the leaders met to renew their vows in the splendour of a Renaissance palace where six states signed […]

One of the earliest reactions of equity investors, on the election of Donald Trump as president of the US, was to buy health insurers and to sell companies that operate hospitals. In broad terms, repealing Obamacare looks good for the former and bad for the latter. Reform would remove some of the coverage obligations on the insurance companies, who say they have struggled to offer plans profitably […]

Late last summer, Kelley Calkins and her team began discussions with Medium to take their burgeoning company in a new direction. The Establishment, a scrappy, four-person outlet funded and run by women, was considering moving its site to Medium. Taking the plunge would mean free hosting, access to the company’s minimalist content management system and a variety of business opportunities. And more money. The Establishment, like other […]

Dubai’s transport authority has revealed details of its plan to ease congestion around on the city’s biggest sporting events which will take place on Saturday. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said in a series of tweets that it will manage traffic for the Dubai World Cup raceday at Meydan Racecourse for eight hours from 4pm local time to midnight. The RTA warned locals to expect delays […]

NIAMEY A court in Niger has freed fifteen civilians accused of complicity in an attempted putsch against President Mahamadou Issoufou, their lawyer said on Saturday. In December 2015, the government said it had foiled a coup and arrested people who planned to use aerial firepower to seize control of the West African country, a major Uranium producer and Western ally in the fight against Islamists in the […]

The National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra has been hailed as China’s arrival on the fine arts stage. After its formation in 2010, the orchestra primarily functioned as a support for visiting maestros and ballets, but for the last four years, the NCPA has been making a name for itself in its own right. With members aged between 27 and 31, the orchestra is viewed as […]

A rush by emerging market governments to sell debt before the US Federal Reserve further raises interest rates this year has propelled issuance in Asia to record levels since the start of January, new data shows. Swelled by a $3bn Indonesian bond launched on Thursday, the total value of sovereign bonds sold in Asia, excluding Japan, reached $8.2bn in the year so far, up from $6.5bn in […]

The SEC filing also said Diamond S Shipping vessels aren’t necessarily prohibited from calling in locales where sanctions and embargoes apply. In the filing, the company said it believed it was in compliance with all applicable sanctions, embargoes, laws and regulations. In a statement to the Center for Public Integrity, the company said its “charter agreements expressly require compliance with all applicable laws, specifically prohibit trading in […]

ABU DHABI // Salem Al Neyadi has one son, Ali, who turned 20 a few days ago. Ali had hoped to study abroad in September but now he is in the intensive care unit of Seha’s Al Ain Hospital with his family at his bedside. Mr Al Neyadi prays that his son lives to see his next birthday. “No one but a parent knows how I feel,” […]

For the hardliners of the Freedom Caucus, a conservative group renowned for its ideological purity, the healthcare defeat they helped inflict on Donald Trump showed their willingness to wreak havoc had reached a new high. The group has a record of ruining the plans of party leaders. But they attained a new potency on Friday by bringing down the top legislative priority of a president from their own party […]

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