Hello from New York, where I think it’s safe to say we are all getting a little tired of living through one historical event after another. It will admittedly be hard to take our eyes off Washington until Joe Biden takes office on January 20. But once he does, it should be a new dawn… Continue reading JPMorgan surges to top of sustainable lending league tables
How well did you keep up with the news this week? Take our quiz. A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Wuhan on Thursday, more than six months after the probe was launched. The team of virologists landed a week later than intended after China delayed granting visas,… Continue reading FirstFT: Today’s top stories
Europe’s top human rights court has agreed to examine allegations by Kyiv that Russia committed human rights violations in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014. It will give its judgment at a later date. In its ruling on Thursday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights said: “the facts complained of by the Ukrainian… Continue reading Europe’s top human rights court to probe Russian annexation of Crimea
Weeks after the conclusion of the Brexit trade talks, the UK is awaiting another EU decision on a matter with big consequences for cross-border disputes. Since January the UK has been in limbo in relation to a European legal co-operation pact, the Lugano convention, that determines which courts have jurisdiction over cross-border civil and commercial disputes and… Continue reading The top FT stories read by the legal world
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Donald Trump warned that efforts by Democrats to impeach him for a second time were “causing tremendous anger” in the US and said he bore no responsibility for a violent attack on the US Capitol by his supporters last week. In his first unscripted remarks since the rampage in the nation’s capital, Mr Trump described… Continue reading FirstFT: Today’s top stories
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House Democrats on Monday introduced an article of impeachment against Donald Trump for the second time, levelling an unprecedented charge against the US president of inciting an insurrection. The Democratic-controlled House on Monday also attempted to pass a separate resolution urging Mike Pence, the vice-president, to convene the cabinet and activate the 25th amendment, which… Continue reading FirstFT: Today’s top stories
An urgent push by Democrats in Congress to impeach Donald Trump for a second time is running into resistance in the US Senate, with senior lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voicing their opposition to the move. House Democrats plan to hold a vote on impeaching the president for “inciting an insurrection” on Tuesday… Continue reading FirstFT: Today’s top stories
After more than three years of intransigence and bitterness, rival Gulf states have finally moved to ease one of the Middle East’s most unseemly and extraordinary disputes. Saudi Arabia has lifted its air, sea and land embargo on Qatar. Riyadh’s allies, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, are following suit. There is justifiable scepticism… Continue reading No one comes out on top in end of Qatar stand-off
