Shipping brokers estimate more than 100 vessels have been acquired this year to transport crude for Moscow
EU reaches deal to impose $60 cap on Russian oil exports
Poland drops objections after Brussels pledges to work on new package of sanctions against Moscow
Jack Ma becomes latest leader to drown his past in watercolour
The Chinese business exile is in a long line of powerful hobbyists taking Churchill’s ‘joyride in a paintbox’
The humbling of Xi Jinping
Three years of lockdowns, mass testing and Covid detention centres have finally caused public frustrations to boil over in China
Military briefing: Ukraine war exposes ‘hard reality’ of west’s weapons capacity
Nations have been slow to sign contracts companies need to boost supply to Kyiv
UK house prices fall at fastest pace since June 2020
Drop of 1.4% in November comes as rising borrowing costs weigh on sentiment, says Nationwide
Blackstone limits withdrawals at $125bn property fund as investors rush to exit
Private equity group sells stakes in Las Vegas casinos
Incendiary claims about the UK census do not reflect reality
We should interrogate the convenient weaponisation of the latest data
Inside the Covid revolt at the Zhengzhou ‘iPhone City’ plant
Foxconn plant workers tell FT of chaos that reveals Apple’s vulnerabilities to Chinese manufacturing shocks
Chinese property developers plan private placements after ban lifted
Regulator U-turn aims to ease real estate sector credit crunch and boost growth