Smart Africa: Solar power beyond the grid
Pay-as-you-go solar kits free residents from state grid
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FT’s Cairo correspondent built a traditional house in an Egyptian oasis
View ArticleImpressionists and gardens at The Royal Academy
A stunning new exhibition shows how the 19th-century garden was an ideal subject for Impressionist experiment, writes Jackie Wullschlager
View ArticleTrump tries to steal limelight as Republicans debate
Front-runner’s absence lets Bush put in a stronger performance
View ArticleCaribbean Gothic in Fernell Franco’s photographs
These works combine a sense of melancholy with the joyful spirit of rumba
View ArticleFresh starter in Jakarta
John Aglionby turned a ruin in the Indonesian capital into a modernist haven
View ArticleSnapshot: ‘A Place and Time Part 1: Photographs from the Permanent...
Portraits of prostitutes in a New Orleans red-light district in the early 20th century. Read more here
View ArticleUrban parks under threat
While green spaces in cities lubricate property prices and local business, they struggle to make a penny for their own futures
View ArticleMartin Shkreli appears on Capitol Hill
Former Turing chief pleads Fifth Amendment after facing angry lawmakers
View ArticleRisk of US recession is low but rising
Mixed economic indicators have focused attention on employment
View ArticleRare Ferrari expected to overtake record for most expensive car
The car could break the auction record set 18 months ago by another Maranello masterpiece
View ArticleDavide Monteleone: A People’s Friendship
The Italian photographer has been visiting the border areas of China and Russia. His photographs some of which appear here, are part of a collective project to document the life of these regions.
View ArticleDavid Wilkinson: UK’s premier chandelier maker
Clients come to him for careful conservation work, for classic chandeliers and one-off commissions
View Article‘Andy Warhol: Works from the Hall Collection’
The show is at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, to May 15
View ArticleDakota dreaming
He’s a photographer from London but Kalpesh Lathigra feels a deep connection with the Oglala Sioux of Pine Ridge
View ArticleSnapshot: ‘A plastic box, 2009, Budapest’ by Peter Puklus
The Romanian-born photographer attempts to link ‘general history’ with the individual stories captured in quotidian objects
View ArticleBuildings collapse after 6.4 quake hits Taiwan
At least 20 dead and over 100 missing in Tainan City
View ArticleHong Kong clashes leave scores injured
Radical independence groups among those in running battles with police after hawker protests turn violent
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