Perplexity nears second fundraising in six months at 14bn valuation (www.ft.com)
London’s transport network disrupted by power outage (www.ft.com)
UK immigration reforms dismantle post-Brexit migration system (www.ft.com)
An uneasy US-China détente on tariffs (www.ft.com)
Migration cuts are a luxury the UK cannot afford (www.ft.com)
Trump says he could join Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey (www.ft.com)
White South Africans fly to US under Trump refugee scheme (www.ft.com)
Trump seeks to lower US drugs prices with tariff threat to Europe (www.ft.com)
Counterterrorism police probe fire at Starmer’s London house (www.ft.com)
Bulgarian who led Russia-backed spy ring jailed for 10 years (www.ft.com)
Hamas says it has released Israeli-American hostage (www.ft.com)
Narendra Modi says India has ‘proved superiority’ over Pakistan in clashes (www.ft.com)
The US Library of Congress is under attack (www.ft.com)
Tariffs are a bet on the free market rather than free trade (www.ft.com)
Tehran adopts modern café society (www.ft.com)
Albanian PM Edi Rama on course to win fourth term in power (www.ft.com)
Saudi Arabia launches AI venture Humain ahead of Trump visit (www.ft.com)
Peter Mandelson: ‘Woke cancel culture went too far’ (www.ft.com)
Trump, trade and the special relationship (www.ft.com)
US corporate profits are crumbling from the bottom up (www.ft.com)
US retreats from full-scale trade war with China (www.ft.com)
New pope breaks with Francis to support Kyiv and ceasefire push (www.ft.com)
Israeli siege tipping Gaza into famine, UN panel says (www.ft.com)
Top BoE official urges ‘caution’ over UK inflation outlook (www.ft.com)
UK immigration plan: the key points (www.ft.com)
Trump and the art of the international peace deal (www.ft.com)
From hawk to offender: Berlin’s spending ‘offensive’ saps EU fiscal rule book (www.ft.com)
UniCredit signals selective approach to dealmaking as it hails record quarter (www.ft.com)
US manufacturers struggle to benefit from Trump’s tariffs (www.ft.com)
UK immigration debate ignores the real questions (www.ft.com)
Starmer unveils migration curbs (www.ft.com)
Cobalt Holdings plans London IPO with Glencore taking 10% stake (www.ft.com)
China and US agree to slash tariffs (www.ft.com)
Kurdish insurgent group PKK says it will disband (www.ft.com)
Budget games, taxes and Treasuries (www.ft.com)
Why few are holding their breath for a Putin-Zelenskyy showdown in Istanbul (www.ft.com)
Are investors starting to prefer Europe over the US? (www.ft.com)
Is the UK failing its graduates? (www.ft.com)
Evercore poaches top European Citigroup dealmaker (www.ft.com)
Christine Lagarde under fire from unions over ECB workers’ rights (www.ft.com)
Campaigners sue UK government to stop jet-part exports to Israel (www.ft.com)
UAE to introduce AI classes for children as young as four (www.ft.com)
Scenario planning is getting a stress test (www.ft.com)
Push by private equity and Big Four into law sparks California backlash (www.ft.com)
UK national statistician job should be split, says government data adviser (www.ft.com)
Obsessed with: peas — the pod of small things (www.ft.com)
Low-cost India seen as potential regional hub in data centre boom (www.ft.com)
US tariff policy accelerates deeper structural changes (www.ft.com)
Milei’s high-stakes bid to hobble Argentina’s centre-right (www.ft.com)
The Nigerian companies leading historic shift in oil wealth ownership (www.ft.com)
How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution (www.ft.com)
Why ‘Make Hollywood Great Again’ makes sense (www.ft.com)
Donald Trump seeks bromance and billions as he heads to Gulf (www.ft.com)
The EU needs a new geopolitical compass (www.ft.com)
Trump defends gift of 747 jet from Qatar as new Air Force One (www.ft.com)
Gold sells off amid reports of trade talks progress (www.ft.com)
Taiwan TV drama to give public a visceral vision of war with China (www.ft.com)
World’s largest EV battery maker CATL to raise at least 4bn (www.ft.com)
Trump vows to lower drug prices in the US by up to 80% (www.ft.com)
UK jobs slowdown hits education and healthcare as spending cuts bite (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: US says ‘substantial progress’ after trade talks with China (www.ft.com)
Chinese companies purge supply chain of foreign parts amid US trade war (www.ft.com)
Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage in bid to secure Gaza ceasefire (www.ft.com)
US claims ‘substantial progress’ after two days of trade talks with China (www.ft.com)
Trump Gulf trip promises good news for US business (www.ft.com)
The myth of the genius hacker (www.ft.com)
OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO (www.ft.com)
Zelenskyy says Russia must agree to ceasefire before holding peace talks (www.ft.com)
UK to end visas for care workers as part of immigration clampdown (www.ft.com)
UK immigration debate needs to drop the numbers game (www.ft.com)
Saudi Aramco cuts its dividend by 10bn (www.ft.com)
US beef prices extend surge as ranchers face thinnest herds in 70 years (www.ft.com)
Are Trump’s tariffs already boosting US inflation? (www.ft.com)
Internal trade barriers are as stifling as tariffs (www.ft.com)
Friedrich Merz’s stumbling start (www.ft.com)
Tariff-fuelled tumult could dent appeal of US assets, watchdog warns (www.ft.com)
Energy prices push chemicals groups to explore exit from Europe (www.ft.com)
Insurers launch cover for losses caused by AI chatbot errors (www.ft.com)
Rush of copper to US because of tariff threat creates shortages in continental Europe (www.ft.com)
Life is too important not to laugh at it (www.ft.com)
Number of UK business owners voluntarily closing hits highest since pandemic (www.ft.com)
Trump has shaken Europe out of ‘lethargic’ habits, says DWS chief (www.ft.com)
The Iranian war veteran leading nuclear talks with the US (www.ft.com)
Latin America wary of US trade backlash as it builds relations with China (www.ft.com)
Why can’t more financial heavyweights write letters like Warren Buffett? (www.ft.com)
UK minister asks Big Tech to help create ‘prison outside prison’ for criminals (www.ft.com)
Australian wine giant spies Americas opportunity from Trump’s tariffs (www.ft.com)
Funds for wealthy investors snap up expensive private equity stakes (www.ft.com)
Students lured to UK universities by ‘fake promises’ from recruitment agents (www.ft.com)
The crafted home: darkly romantic mirrors that marry gilding and bas-relief sculpture (www.ft.com)
Will Universal’s Epic keep the ride going for US theme parks? (www.ft.com)
‘We tend to innovate first. But the Russians quickly come up with a response’ (www.ft.com)
LLM vs LLB: the case for junior lawyers is undermined by AI (www.ft.com)
An American pope for the global south (www.ft.com)
India and Pakistan announce ceasefire (www.ft.com)
US military leaders wade into fight over tax breaks for critical minerals (www.ft.com)
Roll out the barrel: Scotch makers toast UK trade deal with India (www.ft.com)
Elephants to elbows: US sours antitrust ties with Europe (www.ft.com)
Gaza’s farmers and fishermen eat weeds and turtles as food runs out (www.ft.com)
China and US kick off high-stakes trade talks in Geneva (www.ft.com)
Rachel Reeves prepares to launch Isa review (www.ft.com)
Uber wins multimillion-pound reprieve on disputed UK tax payments (www.ft.com)
‘It’s just crazy’: Trump’s push to make Hollywood great again (www.ft.com)
Swamp Notes: Trump takes on higher ed (www.ft.com)
Selling of dollar assets signals start of longer-term shift, warn investors (www.ft.com)
Why travel didn’t bring the world together (www.ft.com)
The Englishman who invented haute couture (www.ft.com)
Charity pioneers nature therapy as cost-effective approach to mental illness (www.ft.com)
The Hell’s Kitchen room that monitors every subway train in New York (www.ft.com)
The rise of EV salary sacrifice: is it right for you? (www.ft.com)
What the turmoil in Asian currencies tells us (www.ft.com)
When it comes to backing winners, the UK is not snooker loopy enough (www.ft.com)
George Simion, Romania’s ultranationalist president in waiting (www.ft.com)
France grapples with MeToo legacy ahead of Gérard Depardieu verdict (www.ft.com)
How Trump weaponises uncertainty (www.ft.com)
India and Pakistan: a conflict in the hands of two religious strongmen (www.ft.com)
Pakistan says it launches military retaliation against India (www.ft.com)
ECB’s Schnabel says higher prices from tariffs could limit rate cuts (www.ft.com)
European leaders travel to Kyiv in push for 30-day ceasefire (www.ft.com)
Yamaha looks for sax appeal among China’s ageing population (www.ft.com)
UK hits key figures in Russian oil trade with sanctions (www.ft.com)
The mass delusion of Buffett worship (www.ft.com)
The unanswered questions over Trump’s trade deal with Britain (www.ft.com)
Trump signals openness to cutting China tariffs ahead of Geneva talks (www.ft.com)
Tariffs won’t make Hollywood great again (www.ft.com)
Brace for disorder as the great power shifts begin (www.ft.com)
David Souter, former US Supreme Court justice, dies aged 85 (www.ft.com)
Entrepreneurs left in limbo by UK-US trade deal (www.ft.com)
Head of Royal Navy stepped back after probe into relationship with subordinate (www.ft.com)
China’s J-10 ‘Dragon’ shows teeth in India-Pakistan combat debut (www.ft.com)
UK and Switzerland open way for direct rail link (www.ft.com)
Ask Political Fix: Trade, tax and leftwing pacts (www.ft.com)
United Airlines is rising above Newark chaos (www.ft.com)
America’s past is prologue — even for Trump (www.ft.com)
US-UK trade deal squeezes China supply chains (www.ft.com)
Sweden’s national security adviser resigns after hours on the job (www.ft.com)
Weary consumers brace for price rises on everything from diamonds to detergent (www.ft.com)
Free reader event: Building a financial plan (www.ft.com)
Donald Trump says 80% tariff on China ‘seems right’ ahead of trade talks (www.ft.com)
ONS chief Ian Diamond resigns (www.ft.com)
Trump aides give ultimatum to UN over Gaza aid plan (www.ft.com)
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ (www.ft.com)
CoreWeave seeks new 1.5bn debt deal after downsized IPO (www.ft.com)
India halts IPL cricket tournament as conflict with Pakistan heats up (www.ft.com)
Big US gambling groups take another hit as punters win (www.ft.com)
UK-US trade deal still leaves Britain facing high tariffs, says BoE governor (www.ft.com)
Ukraine accuses Hungary of running spies on its soil (www.ft.com)
American farmers raise alarm as US cuts funds for UN bird flu fight (www.ft.com)
Ask Shrimsley: Do I tell my friends I voted Reform? (www.ft.com)
US opens foreign investments ‘fast track’ days before Trump Gulf trip (www.ft.com)
German stocks hit record high as trade optimism swirls in markets (www.ft.com)
Win for UK cars will not cushion the probable blow to taxpayers (www.ft.com)
The US-UK trade deal (www.ft.com)
How Berkshire has changed (www.ft.com)
The periodic US default freak-out has started early (www.ft.com)
EU backs Ukraine war crimes tribunal in riposte to Putin’s war parade (www.ft.com)
US pushes financial regulators to backtrack on climate risk project (www.ft.com)
China’s He Lifeng: Xi’s ally leading trade talks with US (www.ft.com)
Welcome to the new age of geoeconomics (www.ft.com)
Retailers face 10% hikes to premiums after cyber attacks (www.ft.com)
A lot of companies need to spend a lot of money on themselves (www.ft.com)
BP rivals run the numbers on a takeover of the struggling oil major (www.ft.com)
Canadian tourists snub US and head to Mexico (www.ft.com)
The zero‑sum mindset is no mystery (www.ft.com)
Pension funds should invest more in UK equities, investors tell ministers (www.ft.com)
Until the Democrats are trusted on the economy, they won’t win again (www.ft.com)
Substack gets ‘Trump bump’ as subscriptions soar (www.ft.com)
Postcard from Tokyo: the romance of heavy industry by night (www.ft.com)
Power prices surge in Portugal as it suspends Spain link after blackout (www.ft.com)
Military briefing: India and Pakistan test red lines of nuclear rivalry (www.ft.com)
‘Lawfare’ in Spain: the cases against the Sánchez family (www.ft.com)
Are you falling foul of IHT gifting rules? (www.ft.com)
Milken’s behind-closed-doors tension (www.ft.com)
China exports jump 8% in April despite tariffs (www.ft.com)
Supersized jewellery factory opening signals more support for ‘Made in Italy’ (www.ft.com)
Asian investors fear more volatility after ‘extraordinary’ currencies moves (www.ft.com)
Macquarie warns of ‘intense pressure’ on global trade (www.ft.com)
Chicago in the Vatican: what America’s first pope means for the Catholic church (www.ft.com)
Trump picks Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro as interim top prosecutor in Washington (www.ft.com)
India clinches strategic trade deal with UK (www.ft.com)
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: India says Pakistani drone attacks ‘neutralised’ as conflict escalates (www.ft.com)
Trump proposes to raise income taxes on wealthy Americans (www.ft.com)
Cars, cows, crops: the winners and losers from Trump’s trade deal with Britain (www.ft.com)
WeightWatchers blames diet drugs and social media for bankruptcy (www.ft.com)
US and UK seal first deal of Trump’s trade war (www.ft.com)
Months of talks, then a late scramble: how the UK finally struck a US trade deal (www.ft.com)
Bulgarian spy helped Wirecard’s Marsalek plan Kabul airlift for CIA, court told (www.ft.com)
‘Grow up’: The Trump team’s message to Milken money men (www.ft.com)
Britain’s trade deals are a starting point (www.ft.com)
Pakistan’s bellicose army chief is playing with fire (www.ft.com)
Britain’s trade deal with Trump may not be good news for the world (www.ft.com)
New pope elected as white smoke appears over Vatican (www.ft.com)
Corporate share buybacks were a shock absorber in April’s sell-off (www.ft.com)
Bank of England vote split hits hopes for faster interest rate cuts (www.ft.com)
Carvana’s profitable new look is more than just a paint job (www.ft.com)
Experts sent in to rescue Warrington council after damning report (www.ft.com)
How John Swinney revived the SNP in Scotland (www.ft.com)
Mass starvation of chickens at state-backed South African farm sparks uproar (www.ft.com)
PinkPantheress: Fancy That — figurehead of Gen Z pop knows how to tell a story (www.ft.com)
Merz averted disaster, but the knives are out (www.ft.com)
UK regulator to ditch Northern Rock-inspired limits on building societies (www.ft.com)
Bill Gates is giving away 200bn. Can his plans survive in the Trump era? (www.ft.com)
Smiths Group kicks off break-up with move to sell 1bn unit (www.ft.com)
Federal Reserve holds rates steady as it grapples with tariff uncertainty (www.ft.com)
EU threatens tariffs on US cars if talks with Washington fail (www.ft.com)
BoE cuts interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25% (www.ft.com)
EU companies in China see some benefit from Donald Trump’s trade war (www.ft.com)
OpenAI still has a governance problem (www.ft.com)
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts (www.ft.com)
Almost half of England’s higher education providers braced for deficit (www.ft.com)
The foreign landscape of British politics (www.ft.com)
German president warns of Trump’s ‘epochal break’ with postwar order (www.ft.com)
Pakistani drone attacks ‘neutralised’, says India, as skirmishes escalate (www.ft.com)
Early US trade pact is a diplomatic win as Starmer struggles at home (www.ft.com)
Bank of England cuts rates by a quarter point to 4.25% (www.ft.com)
Carlyle earnings signal buyout pioneer is returning to growth (www.ft.com)
Trump’s tariffs will boomerang on US exporters (www.ft.com)
The case for universities (www.ft.com)
China’s ageing population powers the insurance sector (www.ft.com)
Nintendo predicts 15mn Switch 2 sales in tariff-hit first year (www.ft.com)
BlackRock orders managing directors back to office five days a week (www.ft.com)
Heathrow took 7 hours to restart flights after power restored, report finds (www.ft.com)
Now the Romanian leu is kicking off as well (www.ft.com)
Maersk boss says upending global trade with tariffs could take decades (www.ft.com)
Yvette Cooper’s shadow looms over UK trade ambitions (www.ft.com)
Mubadala’s investments surged by a third last year (www.ft.com)
Toyota warns profits set to fall 21% as Trump tariffs take their toll (www.ft.com)
The Fed digs in (www.ft.com)
Swatch investor takes aim at family behind Omega and Longines (www.ft.com)
How the EU deforestation law aggravates the trade dispute with the US (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: Trump worries push Europe to prioritise defence ahead of Nato summit (www.ft.com)
Attack in the heart of Kashmir: Pakistanis voice fear after deadly strikes (www.ft.com)
Trump to announce trade deal with UK (www.ft.com)
UK becomes world’s biggest exporter of unscripted TV (www.ft.com)
Polish women turn on Tusk over abortion rights (www.ft.com)
A resilient US economy can withstand the Trump tariff shock (www.ft.com)
The ants, the grasshopper and Japan’s future (www.ft.com)
EU urged to force Big Tech to vet financial ads for scams (www.ft.com)
What impact will the UK-India trade deal have? (www.ft.com)
Is Japanese anime the next global IP gold mine? (www.ft.com)
Private equity’s cash is burning a hole in its pocket (www.ft.com)
‘I don’t think anybody went to bed that night’: WWII veterans share their stories (www.ft.com)
The Deserters by Mathias Énard — dual storylines inspired by the fallout of war (www.ft.com)
EU capitals want retaliation against Trump delayed to avoid Nato clash (www.ft.com)
Investors are misjudging Trump’s resolve on tariffs, Pimco warns (www.ft.com)
Trump offers to mediate as India-Pakistan conflict spirals (www.ft.com)
TikTok vs defence: Europe faces a reckoning over the allocation of energy (www.ft.com)
Germany’s Mittelstand arms itself for a new era (www.ft.com)
Conflict puts Pakistan’s economy at risk (www.ft.com)
How can Democrats combat Donald Trump? (www.ft.com)
Global warming reaches 1.58C over 12 months to end-April (www.ft.com)
China’s Xi attacks US ‘hegemony’ ahead of Putin summit (www.ft.com)
Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88 (www.ft.com)
Iberdrola secures 600mn loan from UK state fund to upgrade power grid (www.ft.com)
Moving NHS ‘from analogue to digital’ will cost 21bn (www.ft.com)
UK government on course to breach its fiscal rules, says think-tank (www.ft.com)
British chip designer Arm latest to be hit by Trump tariff uncertainty (www.ft.com)
California sues Trump administration over blocked funds for EV charging (www.ft.com)
Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland espionage report (www.ft.com)
US scraps Biden-era rule that aimed to limit exports of AI chips (www.ft.com)
US wants UK military to focus more on Europe and away from Asia (www.ft.com)
Iranian terror suspects ‘targeted Israeli embassy in London’ (www.ft.com)
Millennium in talks with Goldman’ Petershill about stake sale (www.ft.com)
Fed holds rates steady as it balances risks from Trump’s tariffs (www.ft.com)
Why Pakistan can’t afford another conflict with India (www.ft.com)
Alphabet shares slide as Apple seeks AI alternatives to Google search (www.ft.com)
Poland cuts interest rates by half a point ahead of presidential vote (www.ft.com)
UK set to limit permanent residency for some migrants (www.ft.com)
Averting a spiral of escalation between India and Pakistan (www.ft.com)
UK and EU split over youth mobility deal, negotiating document shows (www.ft.com)
Trump’s sovereign wealth fund idea is born of envy rather than sense (www.ft.com)
France and Germany to set up joint security council (www.ft.com)
Lights, camera, inaction: why film tariffs would be a flop (www.ft.com)
Badenoch agreed to trade deal tax arrangement say Indian officials (www.ft.com)
Things are looking up for London’s nightlife (www.ft.com)
Are investors making another run at Hong Kong’s dollar peg? (www.ft.com)
UK regulator to dilute mortgage lending rules (www.ft.com)
Barclays’ AGM disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters (www.ft.com)
UK football regulator must not be seen as a ‘cop’, says David Kogan (www.ft.com)
Geely to take Zeekr private a year after NY float (www.ft.com)
Sánchez says blackout will not change his bet on renewables (www.ft.com)
Take no comfort from America’s Trump backlash (www.ft.com)
What are Reform UK’s main policies? (www.ft.com)
The Warren Buffett approach to climate change (www.ft.com)
Uber allays fears over slowing US consumer demand for ride-hailing (www.ft.com)
Disney lifts outlook on streaming price rises and US parks performance (www.ft.com)
Foxconn strikes landmark deal to make cars for Mitsubishi Motors (www.ft.com)
Venezuelan dissidents escape to US in ‘epic operation’ (www.ft.com)
America, América — the history of a continental divide (www.ft.com)
Why you should cheat on your boss (www.ft.com)
EU eyes tariffs on Boeing jets in retaliation plan (www.ft.com)
Military briefing: How Indian might stacks up against Pakistan (www.ft.com)
Conservatives unveil plans to deport migrants who claim benefits (www.ft.com)
Record UK home insurance claims after storms cause damage (www.ft.com)
Labour’s electoral front frays as its historic support in Wales slumps (www.ft.com)
How dealmaking fever hit Italy’s banking sector (www.ft.com)
Bitterly divided cardinals retreat for conclave to elect new pope (www.ft.com)
Uniqlo to Temu: Japan’s shoppers make a generational shift (www.ft.com)
Ørsted halts work on vast UK wind farm citing rising costs (www.ft.com)