Books of the Year 2017
From the end of globalisation to the literature of birds, the FT’s critics reveal their top picks of the year
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Jeremy Hunt: ‘If we don’t again Theresa Would per chance per chance per chance, we’ll don’t contain any Brexit’
Jeremy Hunt has told Tory MPs that Brexit will not happen if the party does not back Theresa May, in an unprecedented warning. The senior Cabinet minister’s remarks came in response to reports that pro-Leave Conservatives had issued a series of red lines to the Prime Minister as exit talks with the EU reach a…
20 shimmering gifts that members will in truth utilize.
Perhaps the most underrated gift category? Gifts your recipient didn’t know they needed. As The Atlantic cited in 2014, many gifts fall flat because the giver focused too much on sentimentality and not enough on practicality. In fact, the gifts people prefer seem to be the ones that are the easiest to use. But sometimes…
Hero wrong jumper leaps off 530ft cliff to set up friend who plunged onto rocks below
A hero base jumper leaped 530ft from a cliff to rescue his seriously injured friend who had plunged onto the rocks below. The first thrill-seeker had dived from the cliff in a wingsuit when he lost control and was pulled into the rocks, causing him to fall to the beach below. A friend of the…
Homeless boy, 9, asks Father Christmas for a dwelling in heartbreaking letter
Louis Williams wrote to Father Christmas asking for his own forever home (Picture: SWNS)A nine-year-old boy has written to Father Christmas asking for just one thing – a home for his family. Louis Williams said he wanted his own ‘forever home’ where he can play with his Lego. Police force ridiculed and mocked after comparing kissing…
Met opera to probe misconduct costs in opposition to conductor
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Opera said Saturday it will open an investigation into allegations that its longtime conductor, James Levine, sexually abused a man three decades ago beginning when the man was a teenager. Levine’s accuser, now middle-aged, contacted the police department in Lake Forest, Illinois, in October of 2016 to report…
Yemen’s Houthis document missile launched in direction of UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied a report that Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired cruise missile towards its airspace. The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) said in a statement on Sunday that « the UAE’s air defence system is capable of dealing with any threats ». Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of Yemeni…
Rohingya ladies folks sold as sex slaves in Bangladesh
Rohingya girls and women in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are being sold as sex slaves, according to a victim and aid agencies. Fifteen-year-old Khartoun* told Al Jazeera she was sold into sex slavery after she arrived in Bangladesh by boat to escape a brutal military crackdown. She was alone – her mother, father and sister had been…
Saoirse Ronan explains exclaim her title in SNL monologue
Saoirse Ronan made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut this weekend, kicking off her episode with a public service announcement on how to pronounce her name. “I am very Irish, and I have an extremely Irish name,” the Lady Bird star explained in her opening monologue. “Some would say too Irish. It’s Saoirse. It means freedom. But I’ve got a…
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