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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US interest rates myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Investors have fallen into line with the Federal Reserve’s expectation that it will cut interest rates just three times this year, after a months-long stand-off between markets and the central bank. Following a run

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Venezuela will hold its presidential election on July 28, ending speculation over when polls will be held as political repression increases in the South American country. Socialist strongman President Nicolás Maduro is expected to run

Argentina’s senate has rejected a sweeping emergency decree issued by president Javier Milei to deregulate the economy, serving a major blow to the libertarian leader. Senators voted 42 to 25 to reject the decree, with four abstentions. Issued in December, Milei’s plan modifies or eliminates more than 300 regulations on areas such as the rental

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US-Israel relationship erupted on Thursday after America’s most prominent Jewish politician called for Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government to be replaced, accusing him of weakening his country’s “political and moral fabric” and being an “obstacle

Joe Biden plans to express serious concern over Nippon Steel’s proposed purchase of US Steel, a move that could threaten the deal’s progress and anger Japan, one of Washington’s closest allies. Biden will issue a statement about the Japanese group’s proposed $14.9bn acquisition of the Pennsylvania-headquartered steelmaker before Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for a

In the two years he’s served on Ukraine’s battlefield, Ilya has had just 25 days of leave. “Two years without a break, without rotation — of course, morale is low and it’s killing motivation,” said Ilya, who serves in an assault brigade. “We need either rotation or normal vacations to rest properly.” The soldier said

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US inflation increased unexpectedly to 3.2 per cent last month, in data set to be scrutinised by the US Federal Reserve as it decides when to reduce interest rates. Economists polled by Bloomberg had expected

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Growing optimism about the world economy and improved corporate earnings is driving stock markets to record highs, prompting analysts to forecast further gains in what some describe as a “risk reset”. Wall Street’s S&P 500, the

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. President Vladimir Putin has sacked the commander of Russia’s navy after it suffered a series of humiliating losses in the Black Sea, according to Ukrainian officials with knowledge of the shake-up. Putin sacked Admiral

Shortly after a Chinese company opened up nearby, employees at Malaysian contract manufacturer Kemikon walked outside their factory to find sheets of paper stuck to their car windshields. The flyers were from Fengshi Metal Technology, a Suzhou-based rival that operates in similar areas of semiconductor equipment manufacturing. They promised salaries 30 per cent above the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joe Biden has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “hurting Israel” through his administration’s treatment of Palestinians, but added the US would not set a “red line” limiting his actions against Hamas. The US

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hands resting lightly on the lectern, Sir Paul Marshall laid in to the three enemies of the free market, what he called the “mutant siblings” of capitalism: the “cronies” colluding at Davos, monopolies and “woke”

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It was with a tone of pained regret that Sam Altman and other OpenAI leaders responded this week to a lawsuit from Elon Musk. “We’re sad that it’s come to this with someone whom we’ve

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. [embedded content] Joe Biden called on Congress to “stand up” to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he opened his annual speech to Congress with a plea to support Ukraine and criticism of Donald Trump for

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The plaintiff is conflicted. The legal arguments appear tenuous. And, in places, the 35-page lawsuit that Elon Musk filed last week with the Superior Court of California against OpenAI reads like a mash-up between a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Chinese man who worked as a software engineer at Google in California has been charged by the US justice department with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the technology giant while covertly working for

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nikki Haley has decided to end her presidential campaign, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The move caps a bid for the White House that outlasted all the other Republican rivals to

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump cruised to victory in more than two-thirds of the states holding Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, on a night that is set to bring him to the brink of securing his party’s presidential

Shares in Tesla dropped more than 7 per cent on Monday after shipments from the electric-car maker’s China factory hit a 14-month low in February, amid disruption from the lunar new year and a price war. Tesla delivered 60,365 cars from its plant in Shanghai last month, the lowest since December 2022, preliminary figures from

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China will target economic growth of around 5 per cent this year, a rate described as “ambitious” by analysts, as the world’s second-largest economy battles challenges ranging from a property slowdown to weak investor confidence.