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Can the trend be reversed?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/71911235-a5b6-4fae-a47f-f348a9e02817</link><guid isPermaLink="false">71911235-a5b6-4fae-a47f-f348a9e02817</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:19:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s bid to become an energy superpower]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government has a plan to exploit its abundant fossil fuel resources to help ward off the ill effects of Trump’s tariffs]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/25f55d1e-e084-4b36-a90c-93e66a63ba77</link><guid isPermaLink="false">25f55d1e-e084-4b36-a90c-93e66a63ba77</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is time running out to fix the NHS?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britons are growing less fond of their troubled healthcare system. Will Labour’s 10-year plan change their minds?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4a002865-508b-4fa5-9a71-0747a49c2317</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4a002865-508b-4fa5-9a71-0747a49c2317</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vulnerabilities holding back Chinese industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite its prowess, China has not been able to overcome dozens of ‘choke points’ that are the essential building blocks of modern manufacturing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/292e44c6-f924-4fd5-b574-484f3c67d551</link><guid isPermaLink="false">292e44c6-f924-4fd5-b574-484f3c67d551</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What kind of world does Trump want?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global leaders struggle to understand the impulses and stratagems of the US president]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6003a5c2-520a-4271-b8dd-1e0943c85660</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6003a5c2-520a-4271-b8dd-1e0943c85660</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:55:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey’s economic woes catch up with Erdoğan ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cost of living crisis and social unrest are throwing the strongman leader’s plan to stay in power into jeopardy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5999e52b-e706-42d4-b4ef-ec39a229c0db</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5999e52b-e706-42d4-b4ef-ec39a229c0db</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The high-tech fight against shoplifters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies are building up an arsenal of antitheft technology as organised crime fuels an epidemic of petty larceny]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/226fe81e-6eff-4fcd-aca6-f52497c473b4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">226fe81e-6eff-4fcd-aca6-f52497c473b4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can HSBC cut its way to growth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bank’s latest reorganisation has arguably left it with few options to boost revenue as it faces trade tariffs and lower interest rates]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/61e8d4e1-e49b-4048-9998-d33ac5f87d8e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61e8d4e1-e49b-4048-9998-d33ac5f87d8e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s plan to finally make its single market work ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three decades after it was launched, hundreds of barriers still persist within the EU. In an era of trade wars, Brussels has made it a key priority]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ae2aeb68-7d74-4803-9133-ee9a5b7686ea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ae2aeb68-7d74-4803-9133-ee9a5b7686ea</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:00:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to Nato if the US steps back?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The American military has been the alliance’s bedrock. But shifting US priorities, including in the Middle East, are putting new pressure on European allies]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/548af6fa-0c4c-40d0-8048-31675f4a6f31</link><guid isPermaLink="false">548af6fa-0c4c-40d0-8048-31675f4a6f31</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:00:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu’s war with Iran: ‘For him, it’s personal’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Israeli prime minister’s career looked finished after the October 7 attack by Hamas. But now he is pursuing a conflict he has proposed for years]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5c3c9971-20dd-416c-a4ca-6235d344f762</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c3c9971-20dd-416c-a4ca-6235d344f762</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 04:00:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Mukesh Ambani engineer a smooth transition at Reliance?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asia’s richest man is facing questions about his family’s succession planning]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e0d2ea81-8863-4c57-90ae-23f9115b83f7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e0d2ea81-8863-4c57-90ae-23f9115b83f7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Big Tech cannot agree on artificial general intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been tipped as the next big breakthrough out of Silicon Valley, but is it a scientific goal — or a marketing buzzword? ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d20e8c22-bc03-4404-ac93-f7886525d8d6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d20e8c22-bc03-4404-ac93-f7886525d8d6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the world cannot quit coal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten years after the signing of the Paris climate accord, demand for coal shows no sign of peaking]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f6cc8bbc-9e45-4062-b216-37875b75d3cc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f6cc8bbc-9e45-4062-b216-37875b75d3cc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the culture war is remaking advertising]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brands are diluting or scrapping campaigns with social purpose as the movement against DEI intensifies]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/88949dbf-7be3-47ed-a6e2-48064bd3fa26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">88949dbf-7be3-47ed-a6e2-48064bd3fa26</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:00:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The controversial return of Brazil’s billionaire beef barons]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, listed in New York on Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround for the Batista brothers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d293237e-e39f-4f4c-89e7-4c52cf937f6b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d293237e-e39f-4f4c-89e7-4c52cf937f6b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How gold became the world’s refuge from uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an era where core assumptions about the global economy are being questioned, gold has once more become an anchor — especially for central banks]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/97fd4dcd-f0df-4f98-a118-4a49c487ad3f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">97fd4dcd-f0df-4f98-a118-4a49c487ad3f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:56:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vietnam risks being the trade war’s biggest loser. Does it have a plan B?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The south-east Asian country benefited hugely from US-China tensions, but the Trump tariffs strike at the heart of its economy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/81caf263-7e5a-43bb-9ee4-1de1a89bc394</link><guid isPermaLink="false">81caf263-7e5a-43bb-9ee4-1de1a89bc394</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How stablecoins are entering the financial mainstream]]></title><description><![CDATA[Usage of the digital assets is growing rapidly, but concerns remain about supervision and their impact on other parts of the financial system]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b69f304c-798e-4dc3-9f17-6f7a7c8d3ac0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b69f304c-798e-4dc3-9f17-6f7a7c8d3ac0</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:00:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vulnerable teen drawn into far-right extremism online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Could the British state have done more to help Rhianan Rudd?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ae028797-f4e5-441e-909c-195bb351d617</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ae028797-f4e5-441e-909c-195bb351d617</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>