Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone Group is preparing to significantly increase its investments across Europe as the private capital group bets economic reforms will revive growth after years of US outperformance. Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the $1.2tn-in-assets investment group,…
By Bloomberg Published September 26, 2025 Gold jewelry sales in India are set to drop during the upcoming festival season, as record bullion prices push buyers toward less costly alternatives in one of the world’s largest markets. Bloomberg Demand for ornaments is likely to drop by as much as 27% from a year ago in…
NASA Who will be the next human to leave their footprint on the surface of the Moon? They were the pioneers of space exploration – the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. The death of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who guided the stricken…
An artist’s impression of an environment where prehistoric plants thrived Christian Jegou/Science Photo Library When the Earth Was GreenRiley Black (St Martin’s Press (US, available now; UK, later this month)) The behaviour of plants is invisible to the naked human eye. They operate on timescales our imaginations can’t entertain, and they run roughshod over familiar categories…
Gene therapy can improve hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment, a new study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet reports. Hearing improved in all ten patients, and the treatment was well-tolerated. The study was conducted in collaboration with hospitals and universities in China and is published in the journal Nature…
One of the biggest differences between being rich and poor is having people to do things for you. When a person moves from being poor to the middle class, they might get a cleaner or take their clothes to a dry cleaner; when they become rich, they might get a driver, a private chef –…
By Reuters Published November 6, 2025 US trade officials met with representatives from Switzerland this week and are having discussions with trade officials from Mexico, Central America, and others in the Western Hemisphere, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is interviewed by a TV network at the White…
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and received a suspended two-year prison sentence Thursday after he had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl when he was 21. Though prosecutors sought a five-year sentence, Judge Jakayra Veras said Franco would not serve…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 9, 2025 We’ll have to wait a little longer to hear the full turnaround strategy for French luxury group Kering under its new CEO, Luca de Meo. But at the annual general meeting of the parent company of Gucci and Saint Laurent, the former Renault boss — who…
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