1. US running surveillance flights near Russia-linked tanker in north Atlantic

2. Venezuela: Oil, oil everywhere — but not a drop to pump

3. Data centre plan provokes anger over future of former Truman Brewery

4. Zelenskyy pulls potential rival into his team to shore up power

5. Eurozone inflation falls to 2% in December

6. Starmer should level with voters about foreign policy priorities

7. 2026 predictions, part two

8. Brussels offers EU farmers 45bn to sweeten Mercosur trade deal

9. The Federal Reserve’s 2026 personnel shake-up

10. A wave of repression in Venezuela

11. Keir Starmer puts minister in charge of digital ID rollout

12. Short sellers increase bets against Trump media group over nuclear fusion merger

13. What will it take to get nervous UK investors to ride the bull?

14. Who pays the most tax?

15. Goldman’s role in FTI’s talent exodus

16. Chevron and Quantum Energy Partners line up bid for 22bn of Lukoil assets

17. Cuba: what is left for Trump to topple?

18. Hedge funds hunt for Venezuela’s unpaid financial claims

19. The anti-Assad rebels still stuck in Lebanese jails

20. Businesses say Britain’s ‘jam tomorrow’ energy plans threaten their survival

21. Postcard from Denmark: Skagen, in the footsteps of Anna Ancher

22. Watch out for America’s activist attorneys-general

23. Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy

24. European banks poised for 30bn interest income rebound

25. The cost of America’s nuclear revival

26. The digital euro that Europe urgently needs

27. The W New York – Union Square gets a photogenic glow up

28. Meloni plans overhaul of Italy’s voting system to aid re-election bid

29. Martin Wolf on the economy in 2026

30. Pensions are not a ‘plaything’ in domestic investment drive, governments warned

31. The best books to understand events in Venezuela

32. China reviews Meta’s 2bn purchase of AI start-up Manus

33. UK spending 4mn a year on prison contaminated by radioactive gas, say MPs

34. UK steps up roadside drug tests in push to cut traffic deaths

35. Why winning the UK matters for BYD

36. Berkshire, AIG and Chubb provided insurance to First Brands executives

37. Amazon accused of listing products from independent shops without permission

38. Polymarket disputes capture of Maduro amounted to invasion

39. Imperialism and the markets

40. FirstFT: US oil tankers sail towards Venezuela as production collapse looms

41. Musk’s xAI raises 20bn in funding round that doubles valuation

42. US says using military is among ‘options’ to acquire Greenland

43. Nvidia stepping up H200 production ahead of sales to China, Huang says

44. Private equity firms launch delayed recruiting drive after summer outcry

45. Water boss blames working from home for Tunbridge Wells shortages

46. US oil tankers sail towards Venezuela as risk of production ‘collapse’ looms

47. Reform UK councils publish plans for tax rises and service cuts

48. US car market shows signs of fatigue as costs weigh on buyers

49. Iran needs to help itself and change course

50. KLM warns of de-icer shortage after Schiphol snowstorms

51. Investors in US drillers go all in on the ‘Donroe doctrine’

52. US tracking oil tanker off UK coast linked to Venezuela, Russia and Iran

53. US to run high-tech ceasefire monitoring under draft Ukraine plan

54. Versant’s stock market debut makes dismal viewing for Netflix

55. Pubs criticise prospect of licensing reforms in face of higher business rates

56. Starmer tells ministers to work ‘as a team’ amid leadership speculation

57. Fund managers prepare for ‘reckoning’ in US tech sector

58. Investing in America Series: Los Angeles confronts its cost, climate and competitiveness challenges

59. Accenture buys UK start-up Faculty in 1bn deal as consultants rush to adapt to AI

60. How world leaders are reacting to Nicolás Maduro’s capture

61. AIG picks insurance veteran Andersen to replace CEO Zaffino

62. A four-letter word that spells doom for Venezuela’s creditors

63. How to be a central banker in 2026

64. Greenland could be next

65. Inside Trump’s Venezuelan oil gamble

66. Ukraine’s military holds lessons for its postwar future

67. From steel to guns: inside Britain’s newest arms factory

68. Mexico overtakes Venezuela as Cuba’s top oil supplier

69. China imposes export ban targeting Japan’s military in Taiwan dispute

70. Singapore sentences British national to more than 6 years in Wirecard case

71. Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter

72. China’s humanoid robots come out fighting

73. The short-term politics of Labour’s war on inflation

74. Copper hits new record amid concerns over supply disruption

75. 2026 predictions, part one

76. Ukraine’s European allies pushed to make binding promises on ceasefire force

77. FirstFT: Venezuela launches wave of repression

78. The long wait of María Corina Machado

79. Eni, Repsol fight to recoup 6bn in gas payments from Venezuela

80. The hedge funds playing Venezuela

81. Threatening to strip someone of their citizenship is no joke

82. ‘We are hungry’: protests spread to Iran’s hinterland

83. London office shortage forces big companies to stay put

84. Trump’s renewed ambition to seize Greenland triggers alarm in Europe

85. Showdown in Brussels over competition policy is nearing

86. Starmer may want closer ties with the EU — but will Brussels play ball?

87. Railways are a fast track to the soul of India

88. Economists favour Hernández de Cos and Knot as next ECB president

89. Councils relying on ‘sticking plaster’ extensions to meet planning targets

90. Power grid jobs boom as UK energy shifts away from fossil fuels

91. Telegram hit by 500mn Russian bond freeze

92. My Top 10: A tour of Rome’s Galleria Borghese with FT art critic Jackie Wullschläger

93. Italy and Pirelli try to end Chinese involvement in tyremaker

94. Germany’s baby gap turns childcare shortage on its head

95. Has Europe learnt to manage migration?

96. The investors eyeing Venezuela’s oil

97. China’s influence in US backyard tested by Maduro’s downfall

98. India will grow in 2026, but will Indians be better off?

99. Trump says US could reimburse oil companies that invest in Venezuela

100. Chinese brands boost new car sales back above 2mn in UK

101. The drugs case against Maduro

102. US oil refiners gear up for comeback of Venezuelan crude

103. Venezuelan government launches wave of repression after Maduro’s ousting

104. US reduces number of recommended vaccines for children

105. Goldman Sachs investment becomes flashpoint in consulting firm legal row

106. ‘Donald Trump highway’: how one China ally is courting the US

107. Microsoft and McKinsey pay up to 1mn to back Trump’s Davos hub

108. Starmer criticised for not querying legality of Trump’s Venezuela attack

109. Novo Nordisk launches US price war over weight-loss pills

110. ‘I am a decent man’: inside Nicolás Maduro’s first US court hearing

111. Britain’s prime ministerial carousel

112. Minnesota governor Tim Walz drops re-election run after welfare fraud allegations

113. Phillips 66 to buy UK’s Lindsey refinery but will not reopen it

114. Hedge funds profit as Venezuela’s bonds surge

115. The pitfalls of sell-side research in the Trump era: Venezuela edition

116. Zelenskyy removes Ukraine’s top spy in reshuffle

117. Has India truly entered a higher growth phase?

118. UK broadband operator sold to distressed debt specialist

119. What is Keir Starmer doing about the cost of living?

120. US wins exemptions from global minimum tax rules

121. The year ahead in US politics

122. The Chinese way of death

123. Baltic countries on alert after series of suspicious undersea cable outages

124. Trade Secrets returns to the predictions game

125. Brussels’ misguided beef with veggie burgers

126. Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine

127. What happens next in Venezuela?

128. US oil baron Harold Hamm sets sights on Milei’s Argentina

129. Moment of truth for Britain’s Trump diplomacy

130. Trump’s Venezuela punt could turn into an oil-drilling own goal

131. Deutsche Bank shares exceed book value for first time since 2008

132. Maduro set to face drug trafficking charges in New York

133. Trump, Venezuela and the limits of the Taco trade

134. EU deference to Trump contorts response to brazen Venezuela attack

135. Trump plans to ‘run’ Venezuela. What now?

136. Ex-Chevron executive seeks 2bn for Venezuelan oil projects

137. How would Donald Trump tap ‘tremendous’ wealth from Venezuelan oil?

138. ‘I applaud him’: Venezuelan diaspora hails Trump after Maduro’s capture

139. EU recycling backfires as Chinese buyers snap up aluminium scrap

140. Taxes will need to rise before next UK election, economists predict

141. ‘Down to the wire’: ECB’s digital euro project faces decisive vote in 2026

142. The US is losing its battle to break up Big Tech

143. Ruchir Sharma: top 10 trends for 2026

144. French far right courts business leaders as it prepares for power

145. The woman with Trump’s nod to lead Venezuela

146. In finance, there can be too few reasons to leave

147. Istanbul’s traditional shopkeepers’ cafés: an insider guide

148. US asset managers break M&A spending record

149. AI start-ups take on Google in fight to reshape web browser market

150. How south-east Asia is riding out Trump’s tariff storm

151. US legal case against Maduro to test limits of presidential power

152. FirstFT: Trump warns Venezuela’s new leader to meet US demands or pay ‘a very big price’

153. Denmark tells Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland

154. Donald Trump’s reckless intervention in Venezuela

155. Venezuela contemplates a post-Maduro future

156. Berlin suspects ‘leftwing extremists’ of causing huge power outage

157. America’s drone dilemma

158. Traders braced for oil market upheaval after Trump’s Venezuela strikes

159. PwC ‘leans in’ to crypto as Donald Trump and lawmakers embrace sector

160. Rubio sets out US demands for Venezuela’s remaining leaders

161. Britain and France launch strikes on Isis facility in Syria

162. Africa’s growth could outpace Asia’s this year

163. UK should seek ‘closer alignment’ with EU single market, Starmer says

164. ‘We will not be anyone’s colony’: Caracas government seeks to reassert control

165. Botswana pitches ‘golden passport’ scheme as diamond sales fall

166. European office deals rebound as investors bet on supply crunch

167. US to extend productivity lead on back of AI boom, say economists

168. Junior lawyers want their pound of flesh — or two pounds in a good year

169. Investor urges corporate Japan to get over bubble-era ‘trauma’

170. Bin the bucket list in 2026

171. Twitter and Pinterest founders launch app as antidote to social media

172. German doctors warn of labour shortages amid rising anti-Syrian rhetoric

173. EU readies tougher tech enforcement in 2026 as Trump warns of retaliation

174. Europe’s renewables push slowed by waits for links to grid, operator warns

175. Ed Davey: ‘Europe is crying out for closer relations with Britain’

176. China targets online vendors in tax crackdown

177. Trump topples Maduro and vows to ‘run’ Venezuela in stark display of US power

178. Trump bets US will extract ‘tremendous’ oil wealth from Venezuela

179. How will Trump ‘run’ Venezuela?

180. How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded

181. Trump now owns Venezuela

182. Donald Trump revives gunboat diplomacy with Venezuela attack

183. Maduro is gone but it’s not clear what comes next in Venezuela

184. From rising revolutionary to Trump’s captive: Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

185. Timeline: how Trump’s threats against Venezuela unfolded

186. How Trump’s strikes shocked Venezuela’s capital

187. Trump says US attacked Venezuela

188. Explosions hit Venezuelan capital Caracas

189. The red flags investors should look for in private lending

190. How the bubble bursts

191. The battle for the right’s post-Trump future has begun

192. Hong Kong’s Insta-friendly Sunday drivers

193. London emerges as frontline in US-China battle over robotaxis

194. Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US ‘extraordinary’ artist visas

195. Can a new leader rescue the Church of England?

196. The messy art of escapism

197. Trump’s attacks on American academia hurt Europe’s scientists, says official

198. Gold tipped to extend record-breaking rally in 2026

199. Electric vehicle sales set for slowest growth since pandemic

200. Salad bars have changed. Are they better for it?

201. European football clubs lose out amid soaring US valuations in deal frenzy

202. ‘I was reckless’: City cyclist shares CCTV of her accident to save others

203. The biggest predictions in politics next year

204. Mukesh Ambani takes on Coca-Cola and Pepsi for India fizzy drink supremacy

205. Millennium and Citadel deliver double-digit returns but trail smaller rivals

206. What a Soros theory can tell us about the AI boom

207. Elon Musk’s AI chatbot blames safeguard ‘lapses’ over child sexual images

208. Pouches give Big Tobacco a shortlived pick-me-up

209. Volodymyr Zelenskyy picks military spymaster to replace top aide

210. Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD

211. A year that will dictate Starmer’s fate as prime minister

212. Computer scientist Yann LeCun: ‘Intelligence really is about learning’

213. The quest for quiet in a dangerously noisy world

214. Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze

215. Criteria for weight-loss jabs on NHS tightened in large parts of England

216. Three questions AI needs to answer

217. Swiss authorities say it will take ‘days’ to identify Crans-Montana fire victims

218. UK investment platforms to cut fees ahead of stocks investment drive

219. UK house prices rise less than expected in 2025 as growth slows

220. FTSE 100 tops 10,000 for first time in new year rally

221. Donald Trump warns Iran that US will ‘rescue’ protesters

222. FirstFT: Lagarde’s ECB pay under spotlight

223. Luxury discounting on the rise as years of price increases bite

224. China doubles down on export-led growth model

225. Climate action faces key tests in 2026

226. Why we should know what we don’t know

227. What are politicians talking about?

228. The silver linings that could give Keir Starmer some economic cheer

229. UK financial watchdog closes 100 probes to sharpen enforcement focus

230. Iran protests put president’s reform agenda to the test

231. Home Counties most affected by VAT on private school fees, data suggests

232. Five big finance questions for 2026

233. Europe has ‘lost the internet’, warns Belgium’s cyber security chief

234. China biotech boom drives surge in lab monkey prices

235. The companies driving hopes of a London IPO revival in 2026

236. Are you sure you want to leave the UK to avoid inheritance tax?

237. Christine Lagarde’s pay is 50% higher than disclosed by ECB

238. Why supermarkets are taking a bigger slice of UK pizza night

239. Swamp Notes: Is the US economy really K-shaped?

240. Predicting 2026: Will the Magnificent 7 tech stocks continue to diverge?

241. Dating apps turn to Asia as swipe-right fatigue takes hold in the west

242. Mamdani’s inauguration speech raises expectations for a ‘new era’ in New York

243. Three people killed after Iranian protests turn violent

244. US retreats from Trump’s pasta tariffs, Italy says

245. Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto

246. Business trends, wild cards and companies to watch in 2026

247. Japan’s ‘Goldilocks crisis’ is a make-or-break moment

248. Small boat migrant arrivals jump by 13% to 41,000 in 2025

249. Trump’s momentous second year

250. The plot against London

251. How Nokia went from iPhone victim to 1bn Nvidia deal

252. ‘Several’ people killed in Swiss ski resort fire

253. Mamdani to press ahead with tax rises for New York City millionaires

254. Bulgaria joins Eurozone despite pro-Russian disinformation

255. Warren Buffett hands over Berkshire Hathaway’s reins to Greg Abel

256. The Gaza bookshop that refuses to shut

257. ‘Friends and family’ therapy offers new approach to mental health in UK

258. Five simple ways to reset your finances in 2026

259. Number of women barristers in UK Supreme Court cases fails to increase in 17 years

260. Bethlehem’s former steelworkers watch as Trump promises revival

261. Crackdown on crypto tax evasion comes into force

262. Apple cuts Vision Pro production and marketing after weak sales

263. SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to launch landmark IPOs

264. China’s wall of cash could prop up its lagging stocks

265. Recipe: The Dusty Knuckle’s persimmon and blue cheese salad

266. Central banks enter the gold trade to choke off smuggling

267. Tunisia’s olive oil production to overtake Italy after bumper harvests

268. Russian shoppers pay double for sanctions-hit luxury goods from Europe

269. Chip shortages threaten 20% rise in consumer electronics prices

270. Trump scraps National Guard deployments to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland

271. Starmer says he is frustrated at pace of change in New Year message

272. US sanctions four traders it says are shipping Venezuelan oil

273. How Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s long alliance ruptured

274. Trump media group plans new token with Crypto.com

275. Labour accuses shadow attorney-general of ‘conflict of interest’ over legal work for Roman Abramovich

276. Companies line up 1tn of asset sales as activists push break-ups

277. Canada’s ‘man of steel’ calls for US-style protectionism

278. Global stocks shrug off trade turmoil to post double-digit gains in 2025

279. Syria removes Assad family from banknotes in currency relaunch

280. Zack Polanski: I would be open to working with Labour if Andy Burnham was leader

281. Israel’s allies condemn ban on dozens of aid groups

282. How should the UK celebrate 250 years of American independence?

283. Drug gangs pose grave threat to European security, agency warns

284. Even with Trump in the White House, can coal be saved?

285. Iran replaces central bank head in effort to contain cost-of-living protests

286. Labour and Tories are wrecking an election rule of thumb

287. Xi says China has hit 2025 growth target

288. Year in a word: ‘Peace’

289. Reinsurers extend profit boom as they cut cover to cope with disasters

290. Number of festive drone shows in UK hits record levels

291. Will I be responsible for unpaid tax on my late mother’s estate?

292. European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability

293. ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves

294. ‘What will happen to house prices next year?’ — it’s a tricky question

295. EU to launch carbon border tax despite opposition from trade partners

296. Wild London — mesmerising urban doc is a true David Attenborough event

297. Trump Mobile delays plan to launch gold-coloured smartphone this year

298. US fines for dirty money drop 61% as Trump retreats from enforcement

299. Forecasting the world in 2026

300. Netherlands approaches major overhaul of 1.8tn pension system