FT Big Read

Lab-grown stones are set to disrupt the big miners. Henry Sanderson reports.

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China's President Xi Jinping has been confirmed in power until at least 2022 with a mandate to spread Beijing's influence globally

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The midterm elections are seen as a referendum on President Mauricio Macri's efforts to pull Argentina from the shadow of populism, says Benedict Mander. Investors broadly welcome his plan but there are risks and resistance, Will the country follow his call to face reality?

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Russia's use of the social network to interfere in the US election has raised serious questions over Facebook's model, say Hannah Kuchler and Barney Jopson. Action to try to control fake news and political ads has done little to ease pressure on the company

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The ride-sharing group has lurched from one management crisis to another this year. But now it faces its biggest challenge: keeping its drivers, says Leslie Hook

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The referendum has provoked a constitutional crisis — and forging a new deal will be difficult. Michael Stothard reports from Barcelona

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Angela Merkel's asylum policy allowed more than 1m refugees into the country but trying to absorb so many has caused friction and immigration has been a big issue in the poll campaign, says Guy Chazan. Image: Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images

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More than $1.8bn has been raised this year by initial coin offerings by developers who want to create a generation of internet platforms that give power to the users not the tech giants, says Richard Waters. But regulators are eyeing the cryptocurrency markets and sceptics see another bubble

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The country believes it is leading the world in the field, but scientists feel constrained by regulation and fear government interference, say Leo Lewis and Clive Cookson. Does Japan risk being overtaken by the US or another rival? Image by Dreamstime

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Now our mechanical creations can act independently, what happens when AI goes wrong? Where does moral, ethical and legal responsibility for robots lie — with the manufacturers, the programmers, the users or the robots themselves, asks John Thornhill. And who owns their rights?

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