Death toll in California wildfires reaches 23
Thousands of homes and buildings destroyed in state’s wine countrySource: https://www.ft.com/content/5d10d170-add2-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Amazon executive suspended over harassment allegations
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/f6ef605d-fe2d-30ef-a5ab-55988236e5e6
Daily briefing: US v China in World Bank, Brexit stand-off and China’s electric cars
Trump holds out against capital increase for World Bank until China lending is overhauledSource: https://www.ft.com/content/feb885d6-af5d-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
FirstFT quiz: the week in news
Test your knowledge of the week’s news from the FTSource: https://www.ft.com/content/fc7cd522-af3c-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
EU leaders to block Brexit transition talks at this month’s summit
Progress on divorce settlement seen as insufficient to break deadlockSource: https://www.ft.com/content/ff329274-af42-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4
Trump signs order to weaken Obamacare rules
President acts to undermine health reforms after hitting impasse in CongressSource: https://www.ft.com/content/f444f01a-af69-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Norway plans a “Tesla tax”
The levy would hit electric cars that weigh more than two tonnesSource: https://www.ft.com/content/adb025bc-788a-4620-880a-4588a208268d
Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree reconciliation
End to decade-long rift between Mahmoud Abbas’s party and Islamist groupSource: https://www.ft.com/content/e0fab788-af4b-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Trump warns US cannot help Puerto Rico forever
Washington will not allow federal funds to be used for debt relief, says MulvaneySource: https://www.ft.com/content/215bd84a-af63-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4
German police made ‘grave errors’ ahead of Christmas attack
Report says authorities missed chances to deport attacker before carnage in Berlin marketSource: https://www.ft.com/content/5b3973ae-af56-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Catalan leader caught in independence dilemma
Suspended declaration disappoints hardline secessionists while Madrid demands claritySource: https://www.ft.com/content/7d25915a-af38-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Luxembourg’s Brexit sweet spot
The tiny state can claim victory in the race to become the EU’s private banking hubSource: https://www.ft.com/content/c461fdca-af46-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Meet Andrej Babiš
Controversial billionaire is favourite to succeed Bohuslav Sobotka in Czech RepublicSource: https://www.ft.com/content/a5ba04ea-af2c-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Daily briefing: Japan’s steel scandal, countdown to Mifid II, central bankers lose faith
Kobe Steel chief says further evidence of malpractice could emergeSource: https://www.ft.com/content/98662862-ae8e-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130
Barnier warns Brexit bill talks at ‘deadlock’
Discussions not tackling issue of UK’s financial settlement says EU’s chief negotiatorSource: https://www.ft.com/content/aa3f4490-af3a-11e7-8076-0a4bdda92ca2
Most (financial) accidents happen in the home
IMF adds to evidence that household credit brings more harm than goodSource: https://www.ft.com/content/6daeee92-af24-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4
Duterte strips police of powers to oversee deadly anti-drugs campaign
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/b4c42c9b-7c5b-380f-a641-e544652ad85e
Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas agree reconciliation
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/549cfd0d-cb14-3867-871a-bed8102e22c0
China targets pollution on eve of Xi Jinping’s second term
Environmental probes shut dirty businesses and push up commodities ahead of congressSource: https://www.ft.com/content/f48c9674-ae68-11e7-beba-5521c713abf4
Why mental health at work matters
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