Iran’s looming water crisis
FT News Briefing
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🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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https://www.ft.com/content/79f693ec-50d9-42d0-94af-b8b5d9d8d931
The US-based Women’s Tennis Association says it will suspend its tournaments in China over Beijing’s handling of tennis star Peng Shuai and her sexual assault allegations; the rapid growth of multi-manager hedge funds has unleashed a fierce battle for talent and driven compensation for top traders sky-high; a local dispute in France over an offshore wind farm has spiralled into a polarising national election issue; and Iran’s historic city of Isfahan has been the site of big protests over a shortage of water.
WTA suspends tennis tournaments in China over Peng Shuai case
https://www.ft.com/content/c827fb41-e5fe-49cf-a31c-aa99b4a56d2e
Hedge funds wage pandemic battle for talent
https://www.ft.com/content/241505c0-daf8-4ea7-b727-b0ba774c00fa
France: the battle over wind power stirs up the election
https://www.ft.com/content/29cb5f2b-9b09-49bf-b306-c3a782191f6c
Iranian water protests a ‘wake-up call’ for regime
https://www.ft.com/content/1f484ccb-794c-4122-bd29-be15e75fe0bb
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:03.7 | Today is Thursday, December 2nd, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:09.8 | The Women's Tennis Association has suspended its tournaments in China. |
| 0:14.4 | Some hedge funds are having to go to extreme measures to recruit top traders. |
| 0:19.2 | In France, wind energy has been swept into a national political debate, and a severe water |
| 0:25.2 | shortage sparked weeks of protests in Iran. |
| 0:28.5 | Water has surely become a hydropolitical crisis in Iran, and it's probably the biggest |
| 0:35.8 | challenge that the Islamic Republic is going to face in the not-too-distant future. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm Joanna Gao, InfraMark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:49.4 | The Women's Tennis Association says it will suspend its tournaments in China because |
| 0:53.8 | of Beijing's handling of tennis player Peng Shui. |
| 0:57.9 | This month, the Chinese tennis star accused a former top Communist Party official of sexual |
| 1:02.8 | assault. |
| 1:04.6 | Since then, her Weibo account has been censored, and her whereabouts were unknown for several |
| 1:08.8 | weeks. |
| 1:09.8 | Yesterday, Steve Simon, the head of the US-based WTA, said he hasn't received satisfactory |
| 1:15.8 | assurances that Peng is free, safe, and not subject to censorship. |
| 1:21.6 | The organization holds 10 global tournaments in China. |
| 1:25.4 | It also has a contract to host its marquee finals in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. |
| 1:31.0 | The WTA executive said he's concerned about the risks that his players and staff could |
| 1:35.3 | face if his organization were to hold events in China in 2022. |
| 1:44.1 | Hege funds have made out well during the pandemic. |
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