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Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew’s fireside chat with Paul Volcker
Lee Kuan Yew on March 20 (Chris McGrath/Getty) Sightings of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s former prime minister, are rare these days. He is 89, physically frail and was hospitalised briefly in February....
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Five reasons you should care about one very big trade agreement
There’s been a lot written in the FT and elsewhere about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. Here are five reasons you should care about this trade pact: 1. This is a big deal. If, or when, it is...
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♦ The US federal government is shut down and within days of default on Treasury debt but it is still just possible the whole farrago could turn into good news for the US economy, says Robin Harding. ♦...
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♦ In Turkey, Gulenists have burnt their bridges with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party, while Mr Erdogan makes no bones about his desire to purge the bureacracy of his former allies. It is, according...
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Malaysian mystery: ‘A series of very unlikely scenarios’
By Clive Cookson, Science Editor In our world of super-surveillance it seems almost unthinkable that a large airliner with 239 people on board could have vanished without trace in one of the most...
View ArticleSmart Reads April 3, 2014
• Twenty years ago Rwanda descended into the madness of genocide. UN peacekeepers were stretched to breaking point, but one man stood out, taking huge risks to save hundreds of lives. • Beijing’s...
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Mind your language: N Korea’s self-defeating propaganda
By Simon Mundy in Seoul North Korea’s recent slurs against the presidents of the US and South Korea exemplify a high-pitched, extravagant and often venomous propaganda style unmatched by any other...
View ArticleFT column: An exam paper from the future
By Gideon Rachman Journalism is sometimes said to be the first draft of history. This article is the first draft of a history exam for students graduating in 2066. I have tried to imagine the questions...
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