Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world It’s been a big week for indefatigable defenders of western culture everywhere. On the hallowed stones of the “digital town square”, X, Elon Musk once again bemoaned the sad demise of Grand Britannia … 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 White House has urged Republican lawmakers in Utah to abandon a bill that would force AI companies to implement public safety measures, escalating its confrontation with states trying to rein in the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Canada aims to create 125,000 jobs by increasing military spending to 5 per cent of GDP over the next decade and shifting away from US arms manufacturers, according to a new strategy paper. The paper, … Read more
Ukraine’s survival as an independent nation remains an “open question”, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko has warned, as Russia intensifies its attacks on the Ukrainian capital and the US pushes for an end to the war on unfavourable terms. Speaking inside his ninth-floor office in the hulking Kyiv City administration building and dressed in green military-style … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is director of Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab and co-founder of Workhelix For over a decade, economists have grappled with a modern iteration of the Solow Paradox: we have seen artificial intelligence everywhere … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The franc’s relentless rise is “undermining the competitiveness” of Swiss exporters, trade groups have warned, as companies from Roche to Swatch warn on the hit from the currency’s trade war rally. The franc has risen … Read more
When US secretary of state Marco Rubio took to the stage at the annual Munich Security Conference on Saturday, he laced his address with reassurance, hailing the “unbreakable link” between the US and Europe dating back to the arrival of European settlers on the American continent. “We will always be a child of Europe,” he … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer fended off calls to resign as UK prime minister this week after jettisoning key aides on the right of the Labour Party and promising to listen more to left-leaning backbench MPs. Ministers have privately acknowledged that the shake-up will affect Downing Street’s approach to key policy areas, as the government is forced … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Automobiles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A reversal in electric vehicle ambitions has resulted in a hit of at least $65bn for the global car industry in the past year as executives warned of more pain ahead in resetting their strategies. Carmakers … 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 Those longing for an aspirational vision of America should look no further than Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl earlier this month. It was joyful, multicultural and international, … Read more