Can Europe afford to defend itself without the US?
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Eric Adams, the mayor at the heart of Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape the justice department
Sassoon said in a letter she sent last week to attorney-general Pam Bondi, a Trump appointee, that Adams’ lawyers had proposed a “quid pro quo”: the charges against the mayor would be dismissed “in ...
Donald Trump’s first month in charts
The US president has hit the ground running, but he is dogged by stubborn inflation and tepid approval ratings ...
Samba queen Sabrina Sato: ‘Heaven must be similar to Carnival’
I have a collection of sunglasses – I must have 300 pairs, from 1970s Chloé to an Alain Mikli pair from 1988. Like, if you were to say, “Sabrina, I need sunglasses with crystals,” I have about seven ...
Europe’s Moon plans at risk as Trump team reviews Nasa’s Artemis project
The comments come as members of Elon Musk’s team from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have begun to review spending at Nasa, including the US space agency’s near-$100bn ...
Bonus season: how does yours measure up?
Our annual survey of FT readers shows bonus payouts are on the rise, but so too are tax concerns and school fees ...
How Scholz’s party is losing ground in Germany’s industrial heartland
In Bochum, a town in the German industrial Ruhr valley, cheesemonger Heike Wischnewski said she was contemplating casting her ballot for the far-right Alternative for Germany. The 60-year-old, whose ...
How high-end City offices smashed through the £100 sq ft ceiling
Fierce competition for a scarce supply of top flight buildings has allowed landlords to jack up rents. Average City prime rents have risen almost a third from just before the Covid pandemic, hitting ...
Defending Europe without the US
Investors are urging the EU to make sweeping reforms to its debt securitisation market, Walmart has staged a major comeback, and Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba reported its fastest revenue growth in ...
Ministers ignored evidence of farm animals poisoned by lead, experts say
Government accused of failing to ‘get to grips’ with cases showing impact on livestock reared near abandoned mines in England ...
Dope Girls TV review — a heady descent into Soho’s murky underworld
Dovetailing with Kate’s story is that of Violet (Eliza Scanlen), a recent recruit at the Met who is sent undercover to spy on Soho’s newest insalubrious establishment. Inexperienced and in danger, she ...
Top London restaurants adopt minimum spend to deter bots and influencers
Gymkhana, the two-Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in Mayfair, has introduced a £100 minimum spend for dinner, payable on booking, while Hutong in the Shard skyscraper has set it at £80 per adult ...