France’s fractious left tries to agree enough to govern

Flush from their unexpected victory in second-round elections, France’s leftist parties have been united in rejecting President Emmanuel Macron. But as the motley Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) alliance seek to form a minority government, its parties are scrambling to keep unity and overcome divisions — not least over the role of far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon.  …

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‘what happened here was fraud’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prosecutors on Monday urged a Manhattan jury to find Archegos founder Bill Hwang guilty of fraud and market manipulation, alleging that he “behaved as though the rules did not apply to him” by artificially inflating…

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