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A victory for the far right in France could trigger a Liz Truss-style debt crisis, the finance minister warns

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. France’s finance minister has warned that the country could face a debt crisis similar to the turmoil in the British government bond market under former Prime Minister Liz Truss if the far-right Rassemblement National wins … Read more

Major fault line off the west coast could trigger a catastrophic magnitude 9 earthquake, research shows – and it’s due to a blow

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The Cascadia Subduction Zone extends along a 600-mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of southern Canada, Washington, Oregon and northern California. If it erupts, it could cause a magnitude 9 earthquake to hit the region. The darker areas mark the region that would suffer the most damage and extend inland where the devastation would be more moderate

An underwater fault line along America’s west coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California’s ‘Big One’, a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques, scientists have mapped the Cascadia Subduction Zone – a 600-mile-long fault line stretching from southern Canada to Northern California – in unprecedented detail. It has been … Read more