John Reed
@johnreedwrites.ft.com
Explainers editor at the Financial Times. Usual caveats apply. Clips: https://www.ft.com/john-reed Explainers: https://www.ft.com/ft-explains
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India embraces free(er) trade
[FREE TO READ] Narendra Modi’s government pushes historic opening of traditionally insular economy
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Journalist Ravi Nair fined, given one-year jail term in Adani defamation case www.ndtv.com/india-news/j...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Journalist Ravi Nair fined, given one-year jail term in Adani defamation case www.ndtv.com/india-news/j...
Journalist Ravi Nair fined, given one-year jail term in Adani defamation case www.ndtv.com/india-news/j...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Journalist Ravi Nair fined, given one-year jail term in Adani defamation case www.ndtv.com/india-news/j...
No-go zones! Shakira law! Great @edwardluce.bsky.social column here on why Maga hates London so much as.ft.com/r/3b78c9e8-9...
Why Maga loathes London
[FREE TO READ] Trump and his supporters see the UK capital as the symbol of a Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’
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February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
No-go zones! Shakira law! Great @edwardluce.bsky.social column here on why Maga hates London so much as.ft.com/r/3b78c9e8-9...
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By @bondhack.ft.com, a journey deep into the Epstein files to figure out whether he was the CDO whale or a mark.
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No, Jeffrey Epstein didn’t trigger the 2008 subprime meltdown
[FREE TO READ] A Bear Stearns mystery solved
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February 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
By @bondhack.ft.com, a journey deep into the Epstein files to figure out whether he was the CDO whale or a mark.
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Russian army casualties in Ukraine surge as.ft.com/r/8faacf94-5... @maxseddon.bsky.social
Russian army casualties in Ukraine surge
[FREE TO READ] Rising number of men killed or missing in action makes a military breakthrough for Moscow less likely, officials say
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February 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Russian army casualties in Ukraine surge as.ft.com/r/8faacf94-5... @maxseddon.bsky.social
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For a country whose president is a felon
“People looking to travel to the US on tourist and business visas who have police cautions or petty offences on their records — some dating back as far as the 1970s — are frequently being turned down, according to immigration lawyers and visa consultants.”
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US embassy in London denies visas to executives over minor offences
[FREE TO READ] Immigration lawyers say top-level corporate figures and tech leaders among those barred from visiting America
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February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
For a country whose president is a felon
Cuba runs out of jet fuel as Donald Trump squeezes oil supplies as.ft.com/r/d0076281-a...
Cuba runs out of jet fuel as Donald Trump squeezes oil supplies
[FREE TO READ] Communist island has received no oil for a month after US president threatened tariffs on any country supplying it
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February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Cuba runs out of jet fuel as Donald Trump squeezes oil supplies as.ft.com/r/d0076281-a...
Statesman House (aka the Death Star): my favourite Delhi Brutalist building.
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Statesman House (aka the Death Star): my favourite Delhi Brutalist building.
“People looking to travel to the US on tourist and business visas who have police cautions or petty offences on their records — some dating back as far as the 1970s — are frequently being turned down, according to immigration lawyers and visa consultants.”
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US embassy in London denies visas to executives over minor offences
[FREE TO READ] Immigration lawyers say top-level corporate figures and tech leaders among those barred from visiting America
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February 9, 2026 at 8:16 AM
“People looking to travel to the US on tourist and business visas who have police cautions or petty offences on their records — some dating back as far as the 1970s — are frequently being turned down, according to immigration lawyers and visa consultants.”
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
as.ft.com/r/313f5d99-1... India embraces free(er) trade. Analysis with @pmdfoster.bsky.social
India embraces free(er) trade
[FREE TO READ] Narendra Modi’s government pushes historic opening of traditionally insular economy
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February 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
as.ft.com/r/313f5d99-1... India embraces free(er) trade. Analysis with @pmdfoster.bsky.social
“Senior management at the Post were livid when they discovered Lewis was attending Super Bowl-related festivities in San Francisco around the time of the news of the job cuts.”
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Will Lewis steps down as Washington Post publisher and CEO after job cuts
[FREE TO READ] British journalist’s tenure was controversial after Jeff Bezos appointed him to turn around the newspaper
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February 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“Senior management at the Post were livid when they discovered Lewis was attending Super Bowl-related festivities in San Francisco around the time of the news of the job cuts.”
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as.ft.com/r/3b8d18b3-3... US and India reach interim trade deal
US and India reach interim trade deal
[FREE TO READ] Agreement follows détente between Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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February 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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as.ft.com/r/3b8d18b3-3... US and India reach interim trade deal
US and India reach interim trade deal
[FREE TO READ] Agreement follows détente between Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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February 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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Bezos’s calculated vandalism of the Washington Post @edwardluce.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/f09fecfd-5... @edwardluce.bsky.social
Bezos’s calculated vandalism of the Washington Post
[FREE TO READ] He is just one of several pro-Trump oligarchs who now control key sections of the US media
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February 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Bezos’s calculated vandalism of the Washington Post @edwardluce.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/f09fecfd-5... @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Explainer reel: We need data centres, but do we want them? www.instagram.com/reel/DUX0DFS...
Financial Times on Instagram: "Mammoth data centres are being built to feed the needs of AI and are springing up across the world. However, they are meeting resistance in some communities.
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273 likes, 6 comments - financialtimes on February 5, 2026: "Mammoth data centres are being built to feed the needs of AI and are springing up across the world. However, they are meeting resistance in...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Explainer reel: We need data centres, but do we want them? www.instagram.com/reel/DUX0DFS...
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@simonkuper.bsky.social:
"I’ve never previously seen Europeans feel so European"
"I’d always doubted that Europe existed as anything more than an unfinished single market. That might be changing"
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"I’ve never previously seen Europeans feel so European"
"I’d always doubted that Europe existed as anything more than an unfinished single market. That might be changing"
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Trump is Europe’s best enemy yet
Lack of a common foe enfeebled Europe — but not any more
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February 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
@simonkuper.bsky.social:
"I’ve never previously seen Europeans feel so European"
"I’d always doubted that Europe existed as anything more than an unfinished single market. That might be changing"
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"I’ve never previously seen Europeans feel so European"
"I’d always doubted that Europe existed as anything more than an unfinished single market. That might be changing"
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Explainer reel: We need data centres, but do we want them? www.instagram.com/reel/DUX0DFS...
Financial Times on Instagram: "Mammoth data centres are being built to feed the needs of AI and are springing up across the world. However, they are meeting resistance in some communities.
FT Expl...
273 likes, 6 comments - financialtimes on February 5, 2026: "Mammoth data centres are being built to feed the needs of AI and are springing up across the world. However, they are meeting resistance in...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Explainer reel: We need data centres, but do we want them? www.instagram.com/reel/DUX0DFS...
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#Journalism thoughts for Saturday (courtesy Press Club of India)
June 24, 2023 at 8:01 AM
#Journalism thoughts for Saturday (courtesy Press Club of India)
Police launch investigation into Mandelson over Epstein scandal as.ft.com/r/0c26108f-e...
Police launch criminal investigation into Mandelson over Epstein scandal
[FREE TO READ] Peer provided convicted sex offender with sensitive UK government information while a minister, emails show
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February 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Police launch investigation into Mandelson over Epstein scandal as.ft.com/r/0c26108f-e...
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a lot of americans are convinced we need to re-invent the entire financial wheel just because they're still paying for things with cheques. This is a you problem/skill issue, guys
February 2, 2026 at 9:53 AM
a lot of americans are convinced we need to re-invent the entire financial wheel just because they're still paying for things with cheques. This is a you problem/skill issue, guys
as.ft.com/r/324d45ff-6... Donald Trump to shut Kennedy Center for 2 years of renovations
Donald Trump to shut Kennedy Center for 2 years of renovations
[FREE TO READ] Remodelling of top performing arts facility is latest attempt by US president to put his stamp on Washington
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February 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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“It is quite extraordinary for a serving government minister to advise a foreign bank to threaten the chancellor in order to reduce its UK tax bill.”
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February 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“It is quite extraordinary for a serving government minister to advise a foreign bank to threaten the chancellor in order to reduce its UK tax bill.”
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as.ft.com/r/c36e0888-7... Donald Trump says Iran negotiating ‘seriously’ on nuclear weapons
Donald Trump says Iran negotiating ‘seriously’ on nuclear weapons
[FREE TO READ] US president demands Tehran accept ‘no nuclear weapons’ as regional allies try to de-escalate tensions
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February 1, 2026 at 1:08 PM
as.ft.com/r/c36e0888-7... Donald Trump says Iran negotiating ‘seriously’ on nuclear weapons