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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU shipyards are repairing Russian ice-class tankers and offering them dry dock facilities, enabling Moscow to continue moving gas through the Arctic despite western sanctions on its energy sector. Without the maintenance work —

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world “I think the president-elect is having a bit of fun”. That was how the Canadian ambassador to Washington reacted to Donald Trump’s first suggestion that her country should become the 51st American state.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Inflation in the Eurozone could fall below the European Central Bank’s 2 per cent target if policymakers do not continue to cut interest rates, its chief economist Philip Lane has warned. In an interview with

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Emerging markets myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’  As Donald Trump prepares to take office, his victory is still widely seen as part of a global story

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Asset managers overseeing trillions of dollars are cautioning clients to take a defensive position heavy on bonds in the face of rising equity prices and the expectation that the Federal Reserve is increasingly unlikely to

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mark Zuckerberg was once forced to confirm he was “not a lizard” during a live online Q&A session. It marked neither the first nor the last time people had suggested that the pallid Facebook founder

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is part of the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign joint seasonal appeal with Magic Breakfast Since the Financial Times launched its first seasonal appeal nearly 20 years ago, a common theme has

This year is a crunch year for the London market. Nearly four years after Lord Hill’s review of UK listing rules kick-started reform efforts, the stock market remains in the doldrums. New companies listing in London raised the least amount of money on record in 2024, at just £737mn according to Dealogic data, underscoring the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is UK prime minister Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation. It’s not a technology that is coming. It is already here, materially changing lives. It’s preventing illness in our NHS.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Asian stocks fell across the board on Monday as investors updated their projections for “higher for longer” interest rates after strong US economic data last week. Equities in Australia, Hong Kong, mainland China, India and

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s chemical industry is heading for extinction because of a combination of high energy prices and carbon taxes, according to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of petrochemicals group Ineos.  The company, which owns several

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Manufacturers have warned that the UK government must deliver on its promise of an effective industrial strategy in order to offset soaring employment costs imposed by chancellor Rachel Reeves in last October’s Budget. A post-budget

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer will on Monday promise to make Britain “the best state partner” for artificial intelligence companies in the world, as he tries to boost UK growth prospects against an ominous economic

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK will invest in a huge expansion of government-owned AI computing capacity over five years including building a new supercomputer as it seeks to establish a globally competitive artificial intelligence sector, ministers will announce

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The California wildfires could be the costliest disaster in US history, the state’s governor said, as forecasts of heavy winds raised fears that the catastrophic fires would spread further. In remarks to NBC’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity-backed petrol station company EG Group has fired the starting gun on a stock market listing in New York, expected to come as early as this year.  The initial public offering, which could value

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russian forces are heading towards Ukraine’s Dnipro region, bypassing an anticipated heavy urban battle in the eastern Donetsk area. Ukraine has been preparing for urban warfare in Pokrovsk, a key logistics and transport hub

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s City minister Tulip Siddiq is under renewed pressure to step down, with the leader of the opposition calling for her to be fired after she became embroiled in a property scandal tied to