Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thailand has launched air strikes on Cambodia after border clashes that killed one Thai soldier, marking the collapse of a Donald Trump-brokered peace deal between the south-east Asian neighbours. The Thai army said on Monday … Read more
Ethan Hawke recalled being cognizant of Dead Poets Society co-star Robin Williams‘ mental health struggles, saying the actor’s “end of his life does not define his life to me.” In an extended interview with CBS Sunday Morning‘s Tracy Smith, the Reality Bites star was asked if his viewing of the inimitable 1989 Peter Weir-directed boarding … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China’s trade surplus in goods has surpassed $1tn for the first time, highlighting a boom in the country’s exports despite US President Donald Trump’s tariff war. In the year to the end of November, China’s … Read more
Crypto and stock trading platform Robinhood is set to tap into Indonesia’s burgeoning cryptocurrency trading market after an agreement to acquire two local fintech companies. In an announcement on Sunday, Robinhood said it has entered into agreements to acquire Buana Capital, an Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed Indonesian digital financial asset … Read more
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has denied debanking customers based on their religious or political affiliation and stated that he has actually been working to change the rules surrounding debanking for over a decade. During an interview with Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” on Sunday, Dimon said his bank has cut off services to people from … Read more
Unidentified flying objects and Area 51 are conspiracy theories no more. Director Dan Farah interviewed 34 government officials who validate the existence of visitors from space in The Age of Disclosure. He told Deadline’s Matt Carey at Contenders Documentary event that it no longer is just about confirming their existence of UFOs, now described as … Read more
The Trump administration did not mention cryptocurrency or blockchain in its latest national security strategy, despite the industry’s growing ties to the financial system and President Donald Trump’s claim of increased competition from overseas. Trump’s national security strategy, outlining his administration’s priorities, released on Friday, instead said the “core, vital national interests” of the US … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “isn’t ready” to sign off on a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump was critical of Zelenskyy after U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks on Saturday aimed at trying to narrow differences on the … Read more
Officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, on Sunday confirmed that a large collection of historically important books had been damaged in November as a result of a water leak. The leak affected the Mollien Wing of the museum, where the Department of Egyptian Antiquities is located. What do we know about the Louvre water … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has floated the idea for an onchain futures market for gas, which could give users certainty over transaction fees as the network becomes more widely adopted. In a post on X on Saturday, Buterin argued that the market needs a “good trustless onchain gas futures market,” as people have been questioning … Read more