Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has opened the door to a state bailout of household energy bills if the crisis in Iran persists, as he warned: “The longer this goes on, the more dangerous the situation becomes.” … Read more
Apple TV We’re about a decade into the TV subgenre I like to call the Wine Mom Mystery, epitomized by “Big Little Lies” and the countless variants that followed it. A Wine Mom Mystery centers on rich, beautiful (but secretly flawed!) women solving and/or covering up a … Read more
These were stirring, unimpeachable sentiments; imagine the furor that might have erupted, by contrast, if Sean Penn, who famously disdains awards ceremonies, had shown up to collect his prize for Best Supporting Actor , for “One Battle After Another.” When he won Best Actor in 2004, for “Mystic River,” he kicked off his speech with … Read more
HEDSee the Looks That Went From the Runway to Red Carpet at the 2026 Oscars HEDThe Big Winner in the Runway to Red Carpet Race at the 2026 Oscars? Spring 2026 Couture From left: Misty Copeland in David Koma, Anne Hathaway in Valentino, and Kerry Condon in Armani Privé. Collage by Vogue At the 2026 … Read more
In a surprise launch on Monday, Apple unveiled the AirPods Max 2, the successor to its premium headphones that launched in 2020. The Max 2 cost $549, and features active noise cancellation, Apple’s audio-specific H2 chip, support for live translation, better sound quality, and more. The headphones will be available to order starting March 25, … Read more
Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has officially unseated Tether’s USDT in transfer volume for the first time in seven years. The shift marks a defining moment for digital assets, cleanly splitting stablecoin leadership into two distinct categories: total supply and transactional velocity. While Tether remains the undisputed heavyweight in the stablecoin market, USDC has become the … Read more
When Adrien Brody called Michael B. Jordan’s name as Best Actor Oscar winner for his performances as twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a weird, almost straight-out-of-science-fiction thing occurred in a house in a garden square in East London, some 5,000 miles from the Dolby Theatre At Ovation Hollywood where the Academy Awards ceremony … Read more
For fashion supply chains that rely on the port as a staging point for cargo moving between South Asia, Europe, and the United States, the implications are immediate. Records show Old Navy and Gap as the dominant US importers through the Pakistan-Salalah corridor — Old Navy alone accounts for more than 2,300 recorded shipments — … Read more
Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea’s largest financial conglomerates, has partnered with Standard Chartered on finance and digital assets. On Sunday, Hana Financial said it signed a business agreement with the United Kingdom’s Standard Chartered Group (SC Group) for cooperation in global financial business and digital asset fields, Yonhap News reported. The agreement covers … Read more
Hageman’s announcement “confirms that the fossil fuel industry is escalating its effort to avoid accountability,” said Cassidy DiPaola, communications director of the Make Polluters Pay campaign. She and other climate advocates say this escalation suggests the industry is guilty of the wrongdoing it is accused of. “If you haven’t done anything wrong, you don’t need … Read more