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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. Qantas has been forced to delay flights between Australia and South Africa after the US government warned the airline about the risk of SpaceX rocket parts re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean. Australia’s

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump was facing “sufficient” evidence to have been convicted at trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 US presidential election, according to the special counsel who led the case against the president-elect.

Last week Amazon announced plans to release a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump, produced by the incoming US first lady herself. The tech giant reportedly paid $40mn for the exclusive deal just weeks after it donated $1mn to her husband Donald Trump’s inauguration committee and committed to livestreaming the ceremony on its Prime

When Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani casually mentioned to his long-term business partner Donald Trump over dinner that he planned to expand into US data centres, the president-elect sensed an opportunity. “He says, ‘I have a press conference in a few days, and I would like to announce that’,” Sajwani said in a Financial Times interview

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I think there is an unwritten law that every article or policy discussion about the ageing population must begin with some scary statistics to frame the debate. So here are a few from the UN.

A big bet on transatlantic flying has paid off for long-suffering investors in British Airways owner IAG, as a yearlong rally lifts the airline group’s shares to their highest level since the start of the pandemic. Shares in IAG, the owner of five carriers including BA, Iberia and Aer Lingus, last week closed just under

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The final price tag for building the planned Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk is likely to reach close to £40bn, according to people close to the negotiations over the flagship energy scheme.  The

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels is reassessing its investigations of tech giants including Apple, Meta and Google, just as the US groups urge president-elect Donald Trump to intervene against what they characterise as overzealous EU enforcement. The review, which

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US-led mediators have sent the final draft of a ceasefire proposal to Israel and Hamas after a “breakthrough” in talks over a deal to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of hostages.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will this week step up pressure on Britain’s regulators to rip up anti-growth rules, in the face of renewed criticism from business that the government is making things worse. CBI chair Rupert

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Los Angeles was braced for near “hurricane force” winds on Monday that weather forecasters said could fan the devastating wildfires that have swept across southern California over the past week. As firefighters struggled to contain

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The lack of confidence in the British economy has become infectious. From businesses it has now spread to financial markets. Last week investors dumped gilts and sold the pound, as concerns over the UK’s fiscal

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. 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. 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

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. 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

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

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