Tear gas. Burning cars. Rows of body bags. Growing protests in Iran have triggered a brutal crackdown by the regime. “We get killed if we go out,” says one mother. Read today's dispatch from Tehran on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/RzmuP1X

Don't feel too down in the mouth though. Japan’s Chuo Shinkansen line is also over budget and delayed. But then again, it will speed through mountains on frictionless magnets at 500km an hour…

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1️⃣ Contractors

Contractors working on a “cost-plus” basis have been embedded as project managers from the start. They are paid a percentage of the total value of the work so there is little incentive to stay within budget – and every incentive to go over.

Donald Trump's Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Fed chair Jay Powell over a $2.5bn renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters. In a video statement, Powell said the move was a pretext to rein in Fed independence.

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Pity the programmer, the coder, the quant. This could well be the year that AI overtakes them. And yet, there's one skillset that the bots can't replace: social skills.

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Greenland is the world’s largest island, with deep links to Europe – and squarely in Donald Trump’s sights. The US president’s Venezuelan foray has heightened fears that the Arctic territory is next. But what are Washington’s options?

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The robotaxis are coming ... but do we really want them? Or will they simply make city roads more congested and less safe?

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