FT News Briefing

Bezos to step aside, Draghi set for Rome, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi house arrest

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos will step aside later this year to become executive chairman of the ecommerce group, Italy’s president is expected to ask former European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi, to begin talks to form a new Italian government of national unity, and the price of silver retreated on Tuesday after a surge last week. Plus, the FT’s John Reed, explains what the military coup in Myanmar means for the country.  Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to step aside as chief executive this year<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b100100e-48d9-4b06-86e0-ed81dd9eee92" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/b100100e-48d9-4b06-86e0-ed81dd9eee92</a> Mario Draghi set to form new Italian government<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36a84f52-7287-4062-a150-24f58d9b053a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/36a84f52-7287-4062-a150-24f58d9b053a</a> Silver price retreats rapidly in blow to new retail buyers<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/77e6fef6-37ff-4f8e-abd6-4c2d65ac120c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/77e6fef6-37ff-4f8e-abd6-4c2d65ac120c</a> Myanmar coup blindsides the West<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cee63a22-4796-48bb-bcc3-0e3c95114ee0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/cee63a22-4796-48bb-bcc3-0e3c95114ee0</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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