An excellent week at FT Alphaville in which they stormed our NY offices with drink vouchers, had Sujeet Indap epic tale on the deal from hell, ends with our Basquiat and oligarch yacht ABS expert @bondhack taking you through Sotheby's Financial hot new deal. ft.com/content/e846c5…

Tycoon sentenced to death for $12 billion fraud

on.ft.com/3UhJKNn -Anantha

Read Andrew England and James Shotter on Bibi:

on.ft.com/4cW87re

I did #HotOnes . My life (and my insides) will never be the same.

The rusting Philippine ship forcing Biden and his Asia allies to focus on China

on.ft.com/3Jh8Xks -Demetri Kana Inagaki Anantha

Resurgent inflation looms over Joe Biden’s White House bid via ⁦James Politi⁩ & ⁦Claire Jones⁩ on.ft.com/3TS44TT

Trump megadonor and hedge fund billionaire John Paulson says there were 'legitimate concerns' with the 2020 election. “Going forward, it’s very important that people believe in the fairness and integrity of elections.” In other words, he wants to be Trump's Treasury secretary.…

Your 1 great piece of journalism for the week - the inside story of the migrant superhighway thru Panama that cd sway the US election & is shuttling more and more from China and not just Lat Am -
Michael Stott
Lucy Rodgers Sam Joiner
US election ig.ft.com/darien-gap/ via @ft

Markets slash rate cut bets after US inflation rises to 3.5% ft.com/content/0395f4… via @ft

Navigating the harsh conditions of the once-impenetrable jungle known as the Darién Gap was not always a common route for migrants into the US. Now, numbers are on a scale never seen before and the issue could sway the US election: on.ft.com/3vLXztT

NEW: Tonnes of food is stuck on Gaza’s border while the enclave nears famine.

We took a detailed look at satellite imagery and followed a shipment of rice to find out why.

ig.ft.com/gaza-aid/

W/ Dan Clark Irene de la Torre Arenas Jana Tauschinski Justine Williams Sam Joiner

Trump megadonor John Paulson warns against ‘decoupling’ from China ft.com/content/5a4cb6…

Trump megadonor John Paulson warns against ‘decoupling’ from China via Financial Times
By @arogdc, the FT’s money in politics scoop getter. on.ft.com/3VONW8o

Trump megadonor John Paulson warns against ‘decoupling’ from China ft.com/content/5a4cb6… via @ft

Interview w/ John Paulson on Trump, China, trade, Fed & 2020:

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aaaaaaaaaaaaand breathe

Trust, no one is more disappointed than I that DJ Khaled did not reply to requests for comment

#SCOOP Biden to warn #China over aggressive acts around #SecondThomasShoal in South China Sea, arguably most dangerous #flashpoint as Washington worries China will trigger US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty

ft.com/content/be5f84…

Over weeks of speaking to current & former employees, analysts, critics and competitors, Financial Times⁩’s account of what is holding Google back from capitalising on generative AI, an area it was primed to dominate. Today’s Big Read w/⁦⁦RichardWaters⁩ on.ft.com/3TJbZmB

Cillian Murphy on life after Oppenheimer, becoming a Versace icon and being the most awkward person on the internet” ft.com/content/5285df…