Colombian ex-president Juan Manuel Santos: ‘Maduro didn’t have Chávez’s intelligence’
The Nobel laureate on negotiating an end to his country’s 50-year guerrilla war — and Trump’s 2017 proposal to invade Venezuela
What caused UK retail’s tilt to gilts?
Gilty pleasures
Porsche suffers biggest sales slide since 2009
German sports-car maker hit by lack of petrol variant for best-selling Macan and weak demand in China
Museveni on course to win seventh term as Ugandan president
An internet blackout, widespread reports of rigging and intimidation and opposition arrests have clouded the elections
Is residential regeneration around train stations on the right track?
From Madrid to New York, new planning, zoning and building regulations are opening up the possibilities for living around major transport hubs. But it can be a bumpy ride
FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 776
Canada and China slash tariffs as they mend ties after years of dispute
Countries agree to lift trade barriers on the first visit to Beijing by a Canadian prime minister in almost a decade
FT Weekend Quiz: Anti-Corn Law League, Dave Ball and Romeo and Juliet
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
Sault are led by a mysterious mastermind — but how does their music hold up?
Prolific and legally embattled producer Inflo exhibits a prodigious imagination on his band’s conceptually muddled album ‘Chapter 1’
US green energy growth is proving hard to kill
Solar and wind power to rise as fossil fuel generation drops, predict government analysts
Cape Fever — a simmering battle of race and class
Nadia Davids skilfully hints at deeper forces in a tense, claustrophobic stand-off between a housemaid and her mistress
FT Weekend Quiz solutions
Nigel Farage to attend Davos conference he derided as ‘jaunt’ for ‘globalists’
Reform UK leader due to appear at World Economic Forum next week
UK lenders cut mortgage rates in race for new year buyers
December fall in base rate and relatively benign Budget triggers swath of cheaper deals
US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in South America
Bloc will sign trade agreement on Saturday after 25 years of talks
South Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prison
Impeached ex-president faces verdict on insurrection charge next month over failed martial law bid
The most dazzling signs of the Zodiac
Astrological jewellery is in the ascendant
Do our politicians need better backstories?
Sometimes, biography isn’t the best judge of what someone might do in public office
FirstFT: Canada and China rebuild relations to fit new world order
Also in today’s newsletter: US strikes first sales on Venezuelan oil and Wall Street banks’ equity trading businesses lift profits
FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
Shook Ones, Ct. II
Is it time to buy a racing car simulator?
Lando Norris loves to race online. You too can join the F1 champion on the virtual track