FT Big Read

As Brazil's economy becomes increasingly reliant on food production for export, rural politicians gain outsize influence and illegal Amazon deforestation worsens. Joe Leahy reports

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As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran rages on in Yemen, a man-made crisis has left millions starving. Famine and uncontrolled outbreaks of disease like cholera due to strangled health services have left surviving residents wondering what their children's future will be. FT reporters Nasser al-Sakkaf and Andrew England report on the origins of the crisis, and the very human cost.

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Public admissions of wrongdoing by some of the country's greatest companies reveal deep problems in Japanese corporate culture.

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As Chinese efforts to socialize democracies to their authoritarian regime become more apparent, the debate in the west about how to stop China’s soft power takes a harder edge. Jamie Smyth and Jamal Anderlini report.

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FT Paris bureau chief Anne-Sylvaine Chassany and Berlin bureau chief Guy Chazan speak with Big Read editor Geoff Dyer about the rising waves of populism across Europe, and the bulwarks that are being built to try and stop them.

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Brussels Bureau chief, Alex Barker, reports on how the history of the British accession to the EU explains the painful Brexit negotiations. As once minister put it, "There, the ghost of failure hung over the talks as it does today."

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Science editor Clive Cookson explores the long and difficult journey of scientists attempting to unlock the causes of dementia, and to find a cure for the only leading cause of death that becomes more prevalent each year. Join the FT in our seasonal appeal to raise funds, awareness and understanding of Alzheimer's disease with Alzheimer's Research UK.

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Hindu nationalist ruler Narendra Modi's legal protections for cows extend beyond religious law, disrupting Indian dairy markets and threatening agriculture.

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A historically tolerant, left-wing town in Tuscany elected a fire brand populist mayor. James Politi reports from Italy on the rapid rise of populism driven by a slowing economy and the arrival of refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

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Researchers are now investigating how efficient electric cars are over their entire life cycle. Their surprising results are a wake up call to regulators.

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