Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor advocated for Jeffrey Epstein on an official UK state visit to the United Arab Emirates with the late Queen in 2010, according to newly released emails. The former prince wrote to Epstein on … 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 appeared to row back his previous criticism of the UK’s deal over the Chagos Islands on Thursday, even as he said the US would retain the right to secure Diego Garcia … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The tech world has this week been double screening between two engrossing product launches: the release of Anthropic’s latest AI coding tools for knowledge workers and the emergence of Moltbook, a social network for AI … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barclays has terminated its relationship with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, as new revelations about the firm’s close links to Jeffrey Epstein threaten to spark an exodus of clients. The … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US tech stocks fell sharply on Thursday, extending a heavy sell-off as investors continued to move out of previously high-flying AI-linked shares. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.9 per cent in morning trading, on course … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Rio Tinto and Glencore have abandoned plans for a $260bn megamerger that would have created the world’s largest mining group. Rio said in a statement on Thursday that it had “determined that it could not reach … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Everyone is shocked and no one is surprised. When Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declares mournfully that Peter Mandelson “is not the person we thought he was”, that’s not quite true, is it? Mandelson turns … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bitcoin sank below $70,000 on Thursday for the first time since November 2024, wiping out all of the gains it has made since Donald Trump was elected to his second term as US president. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Job cuts in the US surged in January, marking the worst start to a year since 2009, according to a private survey of the domestic labour market. US-based employers cut a combined 108,435 positions in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government. Email correspondence from 2010 released in the so-called … Read more