03-06-2026 07:00 via ft.com

Brussels unveils sweeping plan to boost Europe’s digital sovereignty

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Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice'

Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice'

India exempts foreign investors from tax on bonds to shore up rupee

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India scraps capital gains tax for foreign bond buyers to shore up rupee

Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea

Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea

China cracks down on soft porn, violence and materialism in viral micro dramas

China cracks down on soft porn, violence and materialism in viral micro dramas

The US-China decoupling fantasy, with Jessica Chen Weiss

PwC cuts partner payouts in China Evergrande fallout

Humanoids bring AI’s creative destruction to the shop floor

Can a Mexican cartel stronghold host the World Cup?

Bear opens window in factory escape, Japanese police say

Bear opens window in factory escape, Japanese police say

Can India’s central banker calm the country’s growing economic fears?

Giant hissing cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia

Giant hissing cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction