Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European investors are backing two of the region’s fastest-growing technology start-ups developing low-cost air defence systems to help plug one of Europe’s biggest military capability gaps. Fundraising by Frankenburg Technologies and Tytan Technologies, announced on … Read more
Is the country of the First Amendment, where unrestricted self-expression has long been a birthright, witnessing the slow demise of free speech? In President Donald Trump’s second term, Americans have seen an assault on press freedoms of a vehemence that legal scholars say has few precedents in the country’s history. Media outlets critical of Trump … 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 A US agency sued a Coca-Cola bottling company for discrimination over a networking event it held for female employees at a casino resort, as the Trump administration cracks down on corporate diversity initiatives. … 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 Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia and Ukraine were at the “beginning of the end” of Europe’s biggest conflict since the second world war, but urged Washington to see through Vladimir Putin’s negotiating “games”. In … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private credit funds are weirdly skewed towards software borrowers, which might make for squeaky bum time come redemption. But we can’t easily track the market’s view as to their worth, given they are only periodically … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU is delaying ratification of its trade deal with the US after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs introduced by the Trump administration were illegal. The European parliament’s trade committee on Monday paused … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. An aircraft parts broker who sold critical engine components with forged documentation, sparking widespread concerns about safety in the global aviation supply chain, has been handed a sentence of almost five years for fraud. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has asked his ethics adviser to investigate Josh Simons, a minister accused of hiring a public affairs company to look into the source of leaks to journalists when he ran a pro-Labour … 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 The writer is the senior White House counsellor for trade and manufacturing Every so often, what looks like a defeat proves to be a strategic win. The Supreme Court’s ruling on US President … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US software stocks were hit with a fresh burst of selling on Monday as investors fretted that AI will upend the industry, in a sell-off that cascaded to private capital groups that have lent heavily … Read more