Новости за 21.08.2020

China’s mainland dealmakers prepare to seize an opportunity

Purchasing managers’ index at 7-year high while shopping levels move above pre-coronavirus levels

How the global anonymous chic that makes Budapest look the same as Brooklyn — has crept into our own interiors

Historian Roy Strong and his late wife spent 47 years creating a memorable space at The Laskett, Herefordshire

Speakers in the home are increasingly helping to run our lives — and are now aimed at hi-fi connoisseurs

The design was created using an innovative screen-printed relief method for Yorkshire company Hornsea Pottery

I am a huge fan of natural flooring — in the city and in the country

The football club once symbolised a divided city. But with Qatari millions — and a shot at Champions League glory — all that has changed

The technology pioneer profited from the crisis but battles loom

Physicians claim they found no traces of toxic substances, contradicting earlier statements

Opposition activist is latest Kremlin critic to be exposed to toxic substance

PwC report finds Mifid II has had only a limited effect on improving transparency

Retail investors pile into Covid-linked stocks such as rubber glove makers

Borrowing reaches highest level in peacetime as pandemic blows hole in public finances

FT legal expert David Allen Green explains the changes proposed to judicial review

The Democratic nominee wants this presidential contest to be about character

London’s main waterway has shaped the city over thousands of years. We invited six photographers to interpret it in their own way — as community, as industry and artwork

In an area where Canary Wharf looms large, Cian Oba-Smith finds a strong and diverse community

The shambles of UK exam grading caused distress to pupils and has a lesson to be learnt

‘Around the 2008 financial crisis, boats began to be seen afresh as a source of affordable housing’

From the tidal Thames to the Mississippi, rivers have been essential to human progress

Tracing tributaries of the Thames inspires Sayako Sugawara’s photography

Angela Blažanović assembles and arranges discarded objects into temporary sculptures that capture our impact on the environment

From Dickens to today, the mysterious, ever-changing river continues to inspire writers

State-owned companies have been key battlegrounds in wave of post-election protests