Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Italy’s rightwing prime minister admitted on Sunday that she had not been able to fulfil her campaign pledge to curb the inflow of irregular migrants, calling migration “the most complex phenomenon I’ve ever had to
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Wall Street is on track for its longest streak of weekly gains in six years as a near-15 per cent rally in US stocks since late October puts blue-chips within sight of a record high.
Back in 2015, when Volodymyr Zelenskyy was “just” a comedy star with the Kvartal 95 troupe, he joked on television that securing American military aid was “like installation of [a] new app on PC [personal computer]”. “In the beginning it is all smooth and fast” but, when the “last percentage remains”, the process glitches —
US Treasuries staged a historic rally and stocks jumped as comments from Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell further spurred a rally that began after the central bank published a more dovish outlook than investors had anticipated. The yield on the policy-sensitive two-year note was down 0.25 percentage points in afternoon trading at a six-month low
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak may have won in the Commons on Tuesday night, but victory came at no little cost to his authority and followed allegations of the government deploying “dark arts” tactics. The crunch vote followed
India’s appeal to the likes of Apple as a “China plus one” manufacturing hub may depend on how the country and foreign investors resolve one glaring issue: how and where to get enough workers in the right place. In China, hundreds of millions of migrant workers played a crucial role in the country’s rise as
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s national security adviser has warned that Israel “can no longer accept” the presence of Hizbollah forces on its northern border, and said it will have to “act” if they continue to pose a threat.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was blunt when he addressed G7 leaders this week. “Russia hopes only for one thing: that next year the free world’s consolidation will collapse. Russia believes that America and Europe will show weakness, and will not maintain support for Ukraine,” he said in a video call on Wednesday evening with his
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has dramatically raised the stakes in his country’s border dispute with Guyana, ordering state companies to exploit contested oil and mineral deposits and redrawing official maps after claiming an “overwhelming” mandate
The UK government is facing more courtroom showdowns over its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, lawyers have warned, despite new legislation designed to overcome legal blocks to the policy. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a package of measures unveiled this week — including a bill that seeks to sidestep human rights legislation —
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. France has signalled that it wants to delay the introduction of tariffs on electric vehicle sales between the UK and EU, removing a big obstacle to a new deal over the levy due to come
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. How many international conflicts can one superpower handle at the same time? The Biden administration is currently trying to deal with wars in the Middle East and Europe, while preparing for a surge in tensions between
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has ordered Palestinians in Gaza to evacuate a large area of land in the south of the strip, while stepping up an aerial bombardment that has killed hundreds of people since a fragile truce
The American dream, a term first used by a Depression-era historian named James Truslow Adams, is all about upward mobility. Any US citizen, if they work hard, should be able to not only succeed, but rise above the station of their parents. In The Epic of America, published in 1931, Adams acknowledged that the ongoing
Israel is planning a campaign against Hamas that will stretch for a year or more, with the most intensive phase of the ground offensive continuing into early 2024, according to several people familiar with the preparations. The multi-phase strategy envisages Israeli forces, who are garrisoned inside north Gaza, making an imminent push deep into the
Federal Reserve officials are preparing to leave their historic interest-rate raising campaign on hold next month for the third meeting in a row — but that does not mean they are ready to discuss cuts. Since July the federal funds rate has held steady at a 22-year high of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India has announced it has formed a committee to investigate security issues after the US warned New Delhi over an alleged assassination plot targeting a Sikh separatist on American soil. The Financial Times reported last
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has told Elon Musk his Starlink satellite network will only be allowed to operate in Gaza with its approval, as the entrepreneur met the country’s leaders amid a furore over alleged antisemitism on his
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An upcoming sale of shares in OpenAI is set to test how much the past week’s leadership chaos has cost the company and its backers, though big investors are bullish about securing a high valuation.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A slim boy with dark hair and spectacles dashed down an Israeli hospital corridor towards a man in a checked shirt, who scooped him into a bear hug. After 49 days in captivity, including his
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