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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US President Donald Trump’s administration has unlocked almost $5bn in funding for a liquefied natural gas project by France’s TotalEnergies in Mozambique, potentially restarting work on one of Africa’s largest energy investments. Mozambique’s … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Wall Street stocks sank and gold hit a fresh record high on Thursday as Donald Trump’s tariffs and investor doubts about a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine weighed on risky assets. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump may have called for a strategic bitcoin reserve — but while the US president grabs headlines, other sovereigns are quietly amassing their own kitties. Bhutan, a tiny kingdom so esoteric it measures happiness … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sure, Jan: Bloomberg (12/3/25) — Shares of Tesla Inc., Elon Musk’s public company, have been in freefall for the last few months. But shares in his private companies aren’t. Secondary market investors have sent the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Four decades ago this Saturday, a computer company called Symbolics Inc registered the first ever dotcom internet domain name. It’s still alive today as an online relic, despite the company itself going bankrupt long ago. … Read more
From Thursday night into Friday morning, Earth’s shadow will swallow the moon, transforming the usually pearly orb into a striking red sphere. It’s the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years. Also known as a blood moon, the event will be most visible across the Americas, western parts of Africa and Europe, New … Read more
Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite communications company, fought behind the scenes for months to break into India’s internet business. The market is dominated by two local giants, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, who seemed united in trying to keep Starlink out. Then, suddenly, this week each of them announced a partnership to bring Starlink into India, … Read more
Deep below the rolling hills near Superior in Arizona, a giant copper deposit lies more than a mile underground. It could be one of the first major mining projects to get the go-ahead as the Trump administration seeks to boost US domestic mineral output. Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has focused … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US corporate bonds issued by riskier borrowers are sliding as concerns rise that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will knock the American economy. The spread — or additional borrowing cost relative to US Treasuries — paid … Read more
Donald Trump’s administration has indicated a desire to see crude prices fall to $50 a barrel or lower but the benefit for US consumers risks throttling the same oil industry the president wants to expand. On the campaign trail Trump repeatedly talked about very low gasoline prices of $1.87 a gallon — equivalent to about … Read more