Australians embrace ‘phenomenal’ World Cup as co-hosts eye semi-final
Successful women’s football tournament expected to draw 2bn broadcast viewers worldwide
Travel & leisure industry
Robotaxis: piecemeal regulation strews speed bumps to US rollout
Without national standards, expansion of driverless cars will remain in the slow lane
Driverless vehicles
Opec cartel’s lesson for biodiversity
Also in today’s newsletter, changing trends for solar investors
Renewable energy
Chelsea owners hope summer reset has put club back on track
Chair Todd Boehly says morale is high despite team suffering its worst season in almost three decades
Travel & leisure industry, Mergers & Acquisitions
Bellingcat’s Christo Grozev: ‘Prigozhin will either be dead or there will be a second coup’
The Russia investigator on exposing assassinations and Putin’s plots, looking over his shoulder — and using a cat to find a secret agent
Lunch with the FT
Italy signs deal with KKR to take 20% stake in Telecom Italia’s landline grid
Treasury’s preliminary agreement comes as the private equity fund prepares bid for prized fixed-line network
Mergers & Acquisitions
My life on the river, WiFi-free
‘My boat window has usurped my phone. Instead of scrolling I stare at the scenes outside’
Social Media
Flight delays may be the norm in post-pandemic Britain
About a third of departures were cancelled or delayed in the five months to May
Travel & leisure industry
UBS starts process of killing off Credit Suisse brand
Temporary signs have appeared at US HQ as first step to erasing name of collapsed Swiss bank
Investment Banking
What the US crackdown on Chinese investment actually means
Plus, US luxury brands try to keep up with their European counterparts and Dentons retreats from China
Mergers & Acquisitions