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Hamas to release Israeli-American hostage in bid to secure Gaza ceasefire

Palestinian militant groupโ€™s move comes as Donald Trump prepares to visit the Middle East this week

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump vows to lower drug prices in the US by up to 80%

President promises to defy industry pressure and dramatically cut cost of pharmaceuticals

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UK jobs slowdown hits education and healthcare as spending cuts bite

Tight public sector budgets are a growing issue for labour market, surveys find

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

FirstFT: US says โ€˜substantial progressโ€™ after trade talks with China

Also in todayโ€™s newsletter, India-Pakistan ceasefire holds, and Zelenskyy says he is ready to meet Putin

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Migrants will have to spend decade in UK before applying to stay

Government to also end visas for care workers as part of immigration clampdown

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Chinese companies purge supply chain of foreign parts amid US trade war

Beijingโ€™s self-reliance drive accelerates as groups seek out local suppliers in response to tariffs

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

India and Pakistanโ€™s fragile ceasefire holds after alleged breaches

Trump says US mediated halt in fighting, but both countries claim violations and differ on what was agreed

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US claims โ€˜substantial progressโ€™ after two days of trade talks with China

American and Chinese officials seek to de-escalate tensions sparked by Donald Trumpโ€™s tariffs

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Zelenskyy says he is ready to meet Putin for peace talks

Offer comes after Trump insists Ukrainian president should โ€˜immediatelyโ€™ agree to negotiate with the Russian leader

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump Gulf trip promises good news for US business

Plus, Cannes opens under the cloud of US tariffs, and Romania likely to pick an ultranationalist president in run-off election

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO

High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit model

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UK immigration debate needs to drop the numbers game

Labourโ€™s task is balancing public appetite for control with the partyโ€™s other policy goals

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Internal trade barriers are as stifling as tariffs

Removing inefficiencies at home is even more important in a trade war

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Are Trumpโ€™s tariffs already boosting US inflation?ย 

Market Questions is the FTโ€™s guide to the week ahead

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US beef prices extend surge as ranchers face thinnest herds in 70 years

A years-long drought in the American west has dried up grazing lands and created a shortage of calves

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Friedrich Merzโ€™s stumbling start

Germany and Europe need the chancellor to overcome his early political setback

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Tariff-fuelled tumult could dent appeal of US assets, watchdog warns

Market swings caused by Trumpโ€™s levies may be โ€˜tipping pointโ€™ for foreign investors, Congressional Budget Office chief says

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Latin America wary of US trade backlash as it builds relations with China

Colombian plan to join Beijingโ€™s Belt and Road Initiative triggers threat from Washington

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Why canโ€™t more financial heavyweights write letters like Warren Buffett?

Everyone loves the annual missives from Berkshire Hathawayโ€™s boss, but others cannot or will not replicate them

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The Iranian war veteran leading nuclear talks with the US

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has become one of the most influential people in the Islamic republic

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump has shaken Europe out of โ€˜lethargicโ€™ habits, says DWS chief

Stefan Hoops says trade war has triggered long overdue spending push on the continent

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Number of entrepreneurs closing UK businesses hits highest level since pandemic

Advisers say tax changes have spurred some voluntary shut downs

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

LLM vs LLB: the case for junior lawyers is undermined by AI

Artificial intelligence will require its own rule book โ€” a fundamental role for humans to undertake

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The Ukrainian drone pioneer racing Russiaโ€™s military machine

Oleksandr Yakovenko, one of Ukraineโ€™s top drone manufacturers, on the challenges of the high-tech war and of keeping one step ahead of the Russians

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

China and US kick off high-stakes trade talks in Geneva

Meeting between He Lifeng and Scott Bessent comes a day after Donald Trump said he was open to cutting tariffs

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Ukraine and allies ready for โ€˜unconditional ceasefireโ€™ as leaders visit Kyiv

German chancellor Friedrich Merz joins French, British and Polish leaders in show of solidarity with Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Why Pope Leo chose his name: AI, workersโ€™ rights, new Industrial Revolution

Pope Leo also suggested that he would follow the late Pope Francis' lead on his commitment to social justice.

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump's crypto agenda is being threatened by his pursuit of personal profits

Some lawmakers who had shown a willingness to support crypto legislation are backtracking on concerns about President Trump's personal ventures in the space.

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Powell may have a hard time avoiding Trump's 'Too Late' label even as Fed chief does the right thing

Central bank leaders have a long history of being too reluctant to raise or lower interest rates.

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Explosions reported in Kashmir after India-Pakistan ceasefire agreement

Explosions were reported in the area of Kashmir controlled by India after the ceasefire took effect.

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

India and Pakistan accuse each other of violating ceasefire

Donald Trump claimed credit for reaching agreement after โ€˜long night of talksโ€™

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Why U.S. air traffic control is stretched so thin โ€” and the fight to fix it

An outage of radio and radar systems controllers use to guide planes into Newark last week exposed decades of underinvestment and staffing shortages.

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Pakistan launches military retaliation against India

Donald Trump claims โ€˜full and immediateโ€™ ceasefire to take place after missile strikes brought two sides closer to full-scale war

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US military leaders wade into fight over tax breaks for critical minerals

Fight is underscoring scrambled political alliances surrounding Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Roll out the barrel: Scotch makers toast UK trade deal with India

Agreement will halve tariffs on whisky into worldโ€™s biggest export market by volume for the spirit

Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World