Great rail journeys
From the luxury of the Orient Express in Italy, to the wilds of the Rockies on board the 97-hour Canadian — a series of features that celebrate the joys of train travel ...
Meet the warriors trying to teach the west how to fight in the Arctic
The most important thing for them to experience,” he says, “is how difficult this is.” In the depths of the cold war, US soldiers were a familiar sight in Norwegian garrison towns north of the Arctic ...
Boarding now: a brand new Orient Express
The Orient Express La Dolce Vita is the first new iteration of the world’s most famous train in more than 40 years. Maria Shollenbarger gets an exclusive preview ...
Håkan Samuelsson returns to scene of his redemption in bid to revive Volvo
A renewed focus on investor relations is also likely after Volvo’s shares fell by two-thirds under former chief Jim Rowan, who has ended up as both successor and predecessor to Samuelsson, and who ...
Will Modi risk redrawing India’s electoral map?
Successive governments have long avoided an issue that could inflame deep-rooted divisions between the more populous north and wealthy south ...
The Harcourt Pub: ‘Chinese cookery by way of Manchester’ — restaurant review
The first dish served to me at The Harcourt Pub in Altrincham, south Manchester, is an expression of protest and geopolitical strife through the cheery medium of fried bread and seafood. On the menu, ...
Predictions aren’t always about the future
The Bodleian Library’s exhibition Oracles, Omens and Answers offers a rather different perspective on prognostication than the FT’s usual position. Instead of economists and political pollsters, the ...
Europe braces for flood of Chinese goods after US tariffs
EU steel output shrank in 2024, while other countries continued to expand production, according to the OECD. Its latest figures found that global steel excess capacity is expected to grow from an ...
PwC China plans to spin off cyber security arm
PwC China plans to spin off its Dark Lab cyber security arm in a private buyout deal, as the Big Four firm seeks to improve liquidity and navigate the financial fallout from its audit of failed ...
Nato needs ‘road map’ for US pivot away from Europe, says Finland
Europe must agree a “road map” with the US to shift the burden of defending the continent away from Washington, Finland’s defence minister has said, and at the same time avoid a disjointed switch that ...
Trump’s tariffs rattle global markets
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs caused a global market sell-off on Thursday. Now, there are concerns that these levies will push the US into a recession. We speak to the FT’s senior markets ...
Intangibles shine when tariffs hit the material world
Beyond software, one possible beneficiary of a tariff-heavy world is 3D printing, or additive manufacturing. Even the immutably physical — from prosthetics to 100-foot tall rockets — can begin life as ...