We are flying blind on disease surveillance

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Would you step off the kerb at a busy intersection without scanning for … Read more

Apple set to expand India supply chain through $1.5bn Foxconn plant

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Apple’s key contractor is moving ahead with a $1.5bn component plant near Chennai, further expanding the iPhone-maker’s supply chain in India even as Donald Trump demands it return manufacturing to the US. Foxconn, which has … Read more

​Equinor to resume $5bn Empire Wind project after Trump administration reversal

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Equinor’s $5bn Empire Wind project off the coast of New York will resume construction after the US government reversed its month-old order telling the company to halt construction on the development that has been … Read more

Trump administration’s ‘Maha’ report implicates companies in worsening children’s health

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Trump administration took aim at “Big Food”, Bayer, Facebook and other companies in its inaugural report on children’s health, which blames poor diet, chemicals and social media for an epidemic of chronic … Read more

Bank of England should stay in its ‘swim lane’ on climate risks, says deputy governor

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of England should stay in its “swim lane” when tackling the financial risks of climate change and not interfere in the UK’s political debate around net zero carbon emissions, a senior official at … Read more