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Russian military plane crashes en route to Syria, killing 92

Early focus is on technical malfunction as the potential cause

Donald Trump to shutter his charitable foundation

President-elect resolves to reduce potential conflicts of interest ahead of inauguration

Colombians face a tough battle to bring peace

Risks abound in implementing the accord between the government and Farc guerrillas

Tunisia arrests three suspected militants with links to Anis Amri

Nephew of man believed to be responsible for Berlin market attack among the arrested

Corporate year in review

Smoking phones, fake news, Brexit blues and the ups and downs of capitalism

The FT’s year in hidden haiku

Discover the unintended poetry that has popped up in the pink pages in the past 12 months

Equatorial Guinea accuses SocGen bankers of being “spies”

Three executives arrested ahead of vice-president’s corruption trial in Paris

Germany: A nation ‘looks over its shoulder’

Berlin attack exposes serious failings in the way intelligence services deal with suspects

FT quiz of the year 2016

A year’s supply of Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé awaits the winner of this cultural challenge

Analysis Banks

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse settlement calms investors

Both European lenders relieved despite combined penalty of almost $12.5bn

Analysis Banks

Barclays gambles as it stands its ground against US regulators

The UK bank has no other significant outstanding cases left in the US

Asia Pacific news

Isolated Taiwan battles to stop motley allies defecting to China 

Taipei competes with Beijing for support from developing countries

Australia foils planned Christmas Day terror attack

Five people held as police thwart Isis-inspired plot focused on Melbourne

China city governments collide with Didi over migrant drivers

Migrants risk fines to continue driving for ride-share app in Shanghai and Beijing

Australia’s Tatts spurns $5.5bn Macquarie-led bid

Gambling group concludes offer is inferior to tie-up proposed by rival Tabcorp

Opinion

Video

Features

Inside Brexit: How Britain lost Europe

Inside Brexit: George Parker pieces together how Brexit unfolded

world

2016: The year in review

The Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election shocked the world in 2016

companies notebook

Lego’s festive race against time

Christmas brings big sales and big stress for the busy toy manufacturer

world

Fighting the North Dakota pipeline

Ed Crooks reports from North Dakota on the Dakota Access pipeline controversy

markets

Events that shocked markets in 2016

Brexit, Trump and oil among the key contributors to a tumultuous year

companies

Banks agree billions in settlement

Deutsche and Credit Suisse to settle US probe but no deal with Barclays

world

Berlin terror suspect killed in Italy

Anis Amri shot after routine check

opinion

Martin Wolf on global economy in 2017

Lionel Barber in conversation with Martin Wolf on 2016 and outlook for 2017

world

Berlin attack fuels Merkel opposition

Berlin market atrocity comes at difficult time for Angela Merkel

Life & Arts

Stargazing with Neil deGrasse Tyson

A guide to the night sky with America's most famous living astrophysicist

world

Andrei Karlov killing: the fallout

View from Ankara: implications of assassination of Russia’s ambassador

FT Alphaville

Poor worker conditions power gig economy

FT investigation on workers’ living standards

Highlights

Nobel economist Angus Deaton on a year of political earthquakes

Over trout in Princeton, the laureate says he’s glad the Clinton era is over and it isn’t only Trump voters who feel ‘excluded’

A cannily branded tonic for the dismal spirit world

Sipsmith’s success is a fine example of the ‘never get enough’ principle

Interview FT Magazine

Martin Freeman on Sherlock, politics and why he’s not on Twitter

Famous for his roles in The Office, The Hobbit and Fargo, the actor talks about ‘drawing on truth’ and playing Dr Watson

Markets News

The Long View John Authers

Hindsight Capital: the trades a clairvoyant would have made in 2016 

There was much to make gains on this year as market turmoil abounded 

Analysis Hedge funds

Unloved stockpickers hoping 2017 will be their year

Active managers argue 2017 should be easier if central banks end their stimulus

Pound and Brexit: 2017’s unenviable guessing game

UK economy has avoided recession but markets are anxious about next year’s exit talks

Technology

Corporate year in review

Smoking phones, fake news, Brexit blues and the ups and downs of capitalism

What to do when the ‘truth’ is found to be lies

There are numerous ways we can combat the post-fact threat in 2017

China city governments collide with Didi over migrant drivers

Migrants risk fines to continue driving for ride-share app in Shanghai and Beijing

Life & Arts