Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Work & Careers myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Sean Duffy is not a man I would normally dwell on for long. The former reality TV star-turned-father of nine caused a stir when he first became Donald Trump’s transport secretary this year, and … 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 Two US soldiers and a civilian American interpreter were killed in an attack in Syria that wounded three additional US troops on Saturday. The Americans came under assault during a counterterrorism operation, according … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel launched a strike against a senior Hamas commander in Gaza on Saturday in one of the most high-profile attacks since a US-brokered ceasefire took hold in the Palestinian enclave two months ago. An Israeli … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belarus released 123 political prisoners including a Nobel peace prize laureate on Saturday after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country’s potash exports. The deal, announced by President Alexander Lukashenko’s press service, is … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cryptocurrency giant Tether has made a €1.1bn all-cash offer to acquire Italian football club Juventus, in a bid underscoring the burgeoning ambitions and newfound riches of the stablecoin provider. El Salvador-based Tether said it was … 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 More than 9mn US student loan holders have missed at least one payment this year, as delinquencies in the $1.7tn market soar following the end of the Biden administration’s post-pandemic payments holiday. The … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s embrace of fossil fuels to counter US trade hostilities is undoing his legacy in sounding an early alarm on climate change, say those once aligned with the former UN climate envoy. Since taking office this year, Carney has scrapped Canada’s consumer carbon tax, courted the oil and gas sector and … Read more
This article is an onsite version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and fortnightly on Saturday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Welcome to the last weekend edition of Europe Express in 2025. It’s been a terrible week for relations between … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The downhill slide of the pound against the euro means British skiing trips to European resorts will be more expensive across the board this year than in 2024. A week-long continental skiing holiday for one … Read more
The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Valley