Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “A scent is about capturing the style and personality of a hotel,” says perfumer Azzi Glasser, who has created ...

Padua’s botanical garden in northern Italy traces its history back to 1545 and lays claim to be the oldest in existence. In Italy the 1540s were indeed a formative time for botanical gardens. Padua’s ...

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The technology-heavy index rose 1.4 per cent to 18,675.49 in Friday morning trading, surpassing the previous intraday peak of 18,671.07 in mid-July and completing a sharp turnaround after it fell as ...

But now, huge global demand for data and the emergence of ever more energy-intensive technologies are pushing the town’s power grid to its limit. In June, local lawmaker Mike Turner published a ...

The world now invests nearly twice as much in renewable energy as it does in fossil fuels, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Given that financing in both sectors ...

Central bankers picked a good week to be tied up in Washington DC with limited new data to ponder over the course of rates and plenty of commentary on the current situation. The quiet spell also gave ...