Tesla chair says $1tn pay award will push Musk to do ‘impossible things’
Robyn Denholm defends controversial package and says she has ‘tough conversations’ with billionaire about his political posts
Spanish airport owner accuses Ryanair of ‘lies’ over flight cuts
Aena chair says airline is using it as a scapegoat to dodge customers’ wrath over cancellations
Highland estates clash with nature campaigners over wild deer culls
Scottish landowners fear over-regulation of herds through nature restoration bill
Pret and peers serve up a cold platter of UK high-street gloom
Retailers still planning around yesterday’s customer habits will find even greater challenges in store
French companies’ borrowing costs fall below government’s as debt fears intensify
Lower yields for groups including L’Oréal, Airbus and Axa shake up typical order and signal Paris’s loss of ‘risk-free’ status
Russia uses priests and bots to sway election, says Moldovan president
Maia Sandu accuses Kremlin of trying to ‘capture Moldova through the ballot box’
How Macron’s France became Europe’s fiscal problem child
Dire finances reflect pandemic and energy crisis largesse but also president’s early tax cuts
Laila Gohar’s chic Greek feast
The artist celebrates friendship with the traditional flavours of Crete
Israel is alienating its most important Arab partner
By holding up a gas deal and accusing Egypt of violations in Sinai, Netanyahu is endangering a vital peace treaty
AI-controlled drone swarms set to transform combat on battlefield
The latest iteration of flying robot warfare, unmanned weapons co-ordinate to overwhelm enemy defences
ECB rate cuts at ‘or very close to’ end, says Austria’s central bank governor
Without any major surprises, arguments that led to this month’s hold should still apply, Martin Kocher tells FT
Memo to women: get ready to work for free again
The gender pay gap is tediously persistent and worse than we thought
Pakistan battles resurgent opium trade
Authorities are intensifying crackdown after Taliban ban pushes drug trade into neighbouring country
Goldman Sachs bankers explore limits of AI: ‘The risk is over-reliance’
One partner explains the efficiencies and limitations of new tools
Coinbase dominance at risk as Trump crypto embrace entices new entrants
White House enthusiasm for digital assets boosts exchange’s share price but is stoking heightened competition
Tony’s Chocolonely boss says investing in farmers is good for business
Chief executive of Dutch chocolate maker believes chasing market share through low prices is counter-productive
In ageing Japan, warehouse work becomes a job for machines
Amazon makes promising advances but the pool of human truck drivers is shrinking dramatically
Elena Segal, the woman who designed a house for a dress
The music executive has built her home around a couture collection. We step inside the wardrobe
Dubai developer Emaar turns to ‘big countries’ for M&A opportunities
Company looks to US, India and China after domestic property price boom leaves it with cash to spend and little debt
She Moved Through the Fair — the folk ballad with a dark mystery at its heart
An illustrious array of artists has covered the enigmatic song, perhaps most memorably Sinéad O’Connor
Australia emerges as quantum computing player with role in Microsoft chip
Advances in the technology have been made possible by sustained government funding since the 1990s
Abandoning the arts in schools is a national scandal
A narrow, exclusively exam-focused education in the UK damages young minds
China running out of rubbish to burn as waste power goes into overdrive
Shrinking population and economic slowdown leave some of country’s 1,000 plants idling or raiding landfills