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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.On a Saturday night in Gurugram, New Delhi’s corporate suburb, comedian Prashasti Singh is doing some crowd work. “Who’s here by themselves?” she asks. When one brave man in the audience replies, Singh asks why he’s there. “This is my ‘me’ time,” the man shouts back. At his use of a phrase more often associated with women, the audience breaks into applause. Singh’s show, “Divine Feminine”, is known for taking apart India’s patriarchal norms. Speaking in a mix of Hindi and English, her…

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This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersHi there, and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you today from London.This week we look at a big moment as Germany changes its tune on nuclear power. But first, let’s take stock of oil prices. So far, the big oil companies have insisted they can cope with lower prices, after a 15 per cent fall over April. Only Eni, the Italian energy major,…

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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Caroline Crenshaw, the sole Democratic commissioner left on the US Securities and Exchange Commission, is probably leaving at the end of the year. But she seems determined to go out fighting. Her speech at the “SEC Speaks” conference yesterday couldn’t be any more different from the crowing comments from Republicans Hester Peirce Mark Uyeda and newly confirmed chair Paul Atkins. While Uyeda argued that the SEC had “strayed mightily from its historical path”, Pierce celebrated a “new paradigm” for crypto and…

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Image credit: WAM/Website VFS Global, a leader in trusted technology services empowering secure global mobility for governments and citizens, has announced the launch of its flagship Visa Application Centre in Dubai’s Wafi City, marking the opening of the largest visa application facility in the world. Read-New golden visa alert: Sheikh Hamdan’s big move for Dubai Health staff Spanning nearly 150,000 square feet, the centre is equipped to handle up to 10,000 visa applications daily—a capacity unmatched by any other single location—and is supported by a skilled, diverse team of over 400 trained professionals representing more than 25 nationalities, a WAM…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Vodafone’s chief executive has committed to invest £1.5bn in upgrading its UK network this year, as the company takes the first steps towards fulfilling its pledge to have the best mobile network in the country, following the impending merger of its UK business with Three. Vodafone said the investments — which will put pressure on competitors including BT and Virgin Media 02 — would focus on widening its network coverage and making technical improvements that will help integrate its network with Three’s network.“We…

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Image: Supplied Abu Dhabi reaffirmed its role as a global convener for ethical innovation and technology policy this month, as the Governance of Emerging Technologies Summit (GETS 2025) concluded on 6 May. The two-day summit brought together more than 1,000 participants from over 20 countries to shape global frameworks for the responsible governance of rapidly advancing technologies. Organised by the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) in strategic partnership with the UAE Public Prosecution, GETS 2025 convened ministers, prosecutors, technologists, legal experts and business leaders for high-level dialogue on the future of artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and Web3. Omar Sultan…

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldQatar’s prime minister has denied that his country’s offer of a $400mn jumbo jet to President Donald Trump was an attempt to buy influence, saying the US has historically accepted gifts from many nations, including the Statue of Liberty.“I see it as a normal thing that happens between allies,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on Tuesday. “This partnership . . . is a two-way relationship, it’s mutually beneficial for Qatar and for the United States.”Qatar’s jet offer…

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