Saudi Crown Prince launches corruption crackdown
Saudi Arabia has shocked the world with a wave of arrests of princes, tycoons and former ministers as part of an anti-corruption drive initiated by the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Siona Jenkins ...
6 Nov 20179min
Saving the Ganges
The Ganges is one of the world’s most revered watercourses, a lifeline to millions of Indians, but it is also the most polluted river in the world. Jyotsna Singh talks to the FT’s Victor Mallet about ...
3 Nov 20177min
Can music damage your health?
The answer, according to a study commissioned by the charity Help Musicians UK, has found that the answer is yes, if you are a professional musician working in unsympathetic conditions. Dr George Musg...
2 Nov 201712min
South Africa's widening corruption scandal
Several multinationals have become embroiled in a scandal over allegations that South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has allowed a prominent business family to use its friendship with him to control st...
26 Okt 201711min
Will Abe amend Japan's pacifist constitution?
Shinzo Abe has won a third term as Japan’s prime minister in an unexpectedly decisive victory. The supermajority won by his Liberal Democratic party gives him a platform from which to consolidate the ...
25 Okt 20176min
Ex-HSBC forex trader guilty of fraud
The US jury rejected Mark Johnson’s defence that ‘pre-hedging’ was standard industry practice, Caroline Binham, the FT's financial regulation correspondent tells Martin Arnold, banking editor. Music b...
24 Okt 20177min
Pollution levels in Delhi prompt Diwali exodus
The annual ritual of setting off firecrackers, added to smoke caused by farmers burning stubble at harvest time, causes choking levels of smog in India's capital city during the Diwali festival. Those...
18 Okt 20179min
Activist hedge fund seeks Credit Suisse break-up
Credit Suisse has come under attack from an activist shareholder RBR that is trying to win support for a plan to break up the Swiss banking group. Patrick Jenkins discusses whether there is any merit ...
18 Okt 201716min
