Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Former UK chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has joined Reform UK, becoming the biggest Conservative name to defect to Nigel Farage’s populist party as it continues to lead opinion polls. Zahawi, who briefly led the Treasury in … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Gerardus Mercator may have a lot to answer for. He was the cartographer who, in the 16th century, drew up a world map as an aid for navigators. On the Mercator map, which … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Trade Secrets newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Monday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome to Trade Secrets. Not for the first time, Donald Trump taking a wrecking ball to the global trading … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Capital One led a decline in shares of US credit card issuers on Monday after Donald Trump called for rates to be capped at 10 per cent, as the US president tries to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. London’s police chief has hit back at critics who claim the UK capital has become dangerously crime ridden, declaring it an “extraordinarily safe global city” as data revealed its murder rate has fallen to a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump said he may block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after the US oil company’s chief executive said the country was “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week. “I didn’t like … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. German defence contractors have gone on a hiring spree over the past four years, boosting employment by close to a third, as the EU’s largest economy embarked on a massive rearmament. Almost 83,000 people worldwide … Read more
When German historian Andreas Rödder first suggested that his centre-right party review its policy of exclusion of the far right a little over two years ago, the idea was so taboo that it cost him his influential policy role with Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz. Today, with the far-right Alternative for Germany polling above … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world History rhymes. Over the past week, we’ve seen many analogies drawn between the Monroe Doctrine and President Donald Trump’s new imperialism — and rightly so, given that the administration itself is making them … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more