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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump enters a pivotal week in the 2024 presidential race with momentum as he prepares to lock up the Republican nomination, while Joe Biden tries to ease mounting concerns about his candidacy with a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has “basically signed on” to a six-week ceasefire that would be used to facilitate a second round of swaps of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, a senior US administration official said. Several hurdles remain

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joe Biden rebuked Israel on Friday, saying it had “no excuses” for not letting more aid into Gaza as he announced the US will soon begin airdropping food into the enclave. Biden’s announcement and criticism

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, alleging the ChatGPT-maker’s multibillion-dollar alliance with Microsoft has compromised the start-up’s original mission of building artificial intelligence systems for the benefit

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Western nations have expressed concerns about Russia potentially attempting to rekindle a frozen conflict in Moldova on the border with Ukraine. In a rare move, the leadership of the breakaway region of Transnistria on Wednesday

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Vladimir Putin has said that western support for Ukraine risks triggering a global war, in his most explicit threat to use nuclear weapons since he ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.

Tech stocks fell by the most in a week in another session of declines for Wall Street’s major indices. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed 0.5 per cent lower on Wednesday, its biggest one-day drop since February 20. The S&P 500 dropped 0.2 per cent. The Nasdaq closed at a record high on February 22, while

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Germany’s deputy chancellor said there was “no chance” of sending ground troops to Ukraine and, in a rebuff to France, told Paris it should instead supply Kyiv with more weapons. Robert Habeck rejected French

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Jeremy Hunt lacks the fiscal firepower to prevent Britain’s taxes climbing to a record high as a share of national income no matter what he announces in next week’s Budget, new analysis has found. Tax

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sweden has overcome the last remaining hurdle in its quest to become a Nato member as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine redraws the geopolitical map. Hungary’s parliament voted on Monday to approve Stockholm’s application to

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In his latest shareholder letter Warren Buffett said his company Berkshire Hathaway, at its size and maturity, should “operate with materially less risk of permanent loss of capital”. A few pages later, the Oracle of

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Donald Trump on Saturday branded himself a “political dissident” facing persecution from “thugs” in the US justice system as he issued a dystopian rallying cry for voters to back his return to the White House. Trump was speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, a prominent gathering of activists that has been entirely

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, inflicting another defeat on Nikki Haley in the race to win the party’s presidential nomination — this time in her home state. While Trump’s margin of

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ursula von der Leyen insisted that the EU remained committed to supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia as she arrived in Kyiv on the second anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. “More than ever,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally unveiled Israel’s plans for Gaza after hostilities end in the enclave, submitting to his war cabinet a formal proposal that directly contradicts the objectives of the US. The one-page document, released overnight by his office, makes no mention of any role for the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank-based rival

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is preparing to hold meetings with party leaders as he faces calls for his resignation over chaotic scenes in the chamber on Wednesday night during

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US chip company Intel will make high-end semiconductors for Microsoft, the companies announced, as it seeks to compete with TSMC and Samsung to supply the next generation of silicon used in artificial intelligence for customers

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer was set to dodge a large-scale rebellion of Labour MPs on Gaza on Wednesday after a controversial decision by the House of Commons Speaker sparked outcry in Westminster. The move

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Lawmakers in Germany’s ruling coalition are set to vote this week on a motion that could finally push Chancellor Olaf Scholz to deliver long-range precision Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. A draft resolution prepared