I was sitting on a beach in Malibu when the news arrived via social media. The temperature was cool and breezy, the sky a clear, unsmogged blue, the kind of propaganda-perfect moment that has lured ...

Israel and Iran launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against each other, as the conflict between the two countries escalated. The Israel Defense Forces said a second round of missiles launched ...

Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. China’s manufacturing activity contracted by the most since 2023 in April, according to an official survey, in an ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anthony Albanese has ridden a wave of anti-Trump sentiment to win a landslide second term as Australian prime ...

Matt McAllister knows the drill. He has travelled from his home in Fairhope, Alabama to attend Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meetings in Omaha, Nebraska since the financial crisis. He queues ...

International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways, has ordered 53 wide-bodied planes from America’s Boeing and Europe’s Airbus, but said this week’s US-UK trade deal had not influenced its ...

Donald Trump’s gargantuan self-dealing; Trump leans left in bid to revive flagging poll numbers ; The minimum wage is now coming for white-collar work ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Along with the spiritual leadership of the world’s 1.3bn Catholics, the late Pope Francis wrestled with a more ...

Mark Carney has vowed to work with Canada’s oil industry to boost production and reduce emissions, as the new prime minister touts an economic agenda to face down Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The reign of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88, will be remembered for ruthless power struggles and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Revolut has secured a UK banking licence, ending a more than three-year tussle with regulators and delivering a ...

Simply sign up to the UK employment myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Noah thought he had cleared all the hurdles needed to start his career when he graduated last July with a 2:1 in ...