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    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Bell Hill, New Zealand: the first vineyard visit that left me feeling sad

      In North Canterbury, a wine estate with Burgundian dreams has been battered by nightmare weather

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Europe Express
      Economic situation takes centre stage at Greek elections Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: floods in northern Italy make stark the impact of climate change, again

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Venice Architecture Biennale 2023
      Norman Foster tackles the emergency shelter

      After natural disasters, people can find themselves living in tents for years. The architect is seeking a better solution

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires in forests of Canada and Russia put climate scientists on alert

      Unusual drought conditions in Alberta temporarily shut oil and gas production

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Turkish elections
      How earthquake zone voters could sway Turkey’s election

      Journey by about 1mn people to cast their votes could have a significant outcome on tightly contested poll

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia accidentally bombs own city near Ukrainian border

      Three people injured in fiery explosion after Belgorod mistakenly hit by fighter jet

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      Insurance
      Civil unrest overtakes terrorism in insurance claims

      Strikes and riots have spread and intensified since 2015 spooking underwriters and fuelling a surge in the cost of cover

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK to launch mobile phone-based national emergency alert network

      First countrywide test of system designed to be used in the event of life-threatening emergencies will take place at 3pm on April 23

    • Saturday, 1 April, 2023
      Climate change
      Climate graphic of the week: flood risk replaces drought across western US states

      Powerful Pacific storms and heavy snow wipe out extreme drought in California, NOAA says

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey raises $2.25bn in first bond deal since earthquake

      Tens of billions of dollars needed to rebuild homes, hospitals and schools after February disaster

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
      Spy chief’s daughter highlights UN’s tangled relations with Syrian regime

      Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsTurkish general election 2023
      ‘Something is boiling’: Turkish football fans tackle Erdoğan

      President struggles to contain fallout over government’s response to February earthquake

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires in boreal forests release record levels of carbon, satellite study shows

      Burning trees across Eurasia and North America emitted 1.76bn tonnes of CO₂ in 2021

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Turkish politics
      Turkey to press ahead with May 14 elections

      President Erdoğan quashes speculation poll might be postponed in face of criticism of government response to earthquake

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Visual investigation
      From ‘paradise’ to hell: how a luxury residence in Turkey became an earthquake death trap

      A collapsed apartment complex symbolises rot in country’s construction system

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Turkey-Syria earthquake
      World Bank estimates earthquake caused $34bn of damage to Turkey

      Report highlights massive scale of disaster and rebuilding efforts that must take place

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey cuts interest rates in effort to boost economy following earthquake

      Reduction is latest in series of big rate cuts ahead of general election

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey offers support to quake-hit businesses in southern region

      Presidential decree bars workplaces damaged by the natural disaster from dismissing staff

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Turkey-Syria earthquake
      Fresh tremors hit earthquake-devastated province in Turkey

      Further deaths reported after buildings damaged two weeks ago collapse

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      From Haiti to Japan, what happens after film crews leave disaster zones?

      An inadequate response to tremors, storms or tsunamis can topple governments

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
      Turkey counts massive cost of rebuilding shattered towns and cities

      Tens of billions of dollars will be required to fund the reconstruction of quake-ravaged areas

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      House & Home
      Lessons from a disaster: building homes for an earthquake

      We can’t prevent earthquakes but engineers and architects have the knowhow to design structures that can keep residents safe

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Dispatch from northwest Syria

      Smaller-than-expected fall in US inflation will fuel concern over persistence of higher prices

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
      Syrians left to fend for themselves as earthquake relief fails to materialise

      Residents of rebel-held territory tell of sense of abandonment after devastating February 6 disaster

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Kim Ghattas
      The Syrian earthquake is not a free pass for Assad

      The president is positioning himself as a solution to the wicked problems he has created

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