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China launches large-scale military exercises around Taiwan

Aircraft carrier Shandong makes closest pass as Taipei seeks to strengthen preparedness

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

China senses an opportunity in Trump’s cultural revolution

Policymakers in Beijing believe they will benefit from the destruction of America’s global credibility

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

What price will the UK pay for a trade deal with Donald Trump?

Sir Keir Starmer may have to make concessions on Britain’s digital services tax and agriculture

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Inside the Aman Nai Lert, Bangkok: an exclusive

The family home-inspired hotel is an homage to the man who shaped the modern city

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US factory activity shrinks as tariffs weigh on demand and hiring plans

Inventories rise to highest level since 2022 as producers stockpile goods

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump tariffs drive imports into US foreign trade zones

Policy uncertainty fuels surge in use of approved facilities that temporarily exempt businesses from paying levies

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Scientists deploy AI to better predict wildfires

Model takes into account weather forecasts as well as factors such as levels of flammable vegetation and human activity

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

β€˜Y’all Street’ is an exercise in Texas-sized ring kissing

It is not clear whether local exchanges are particularly useful

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

White House considering roughly 20% tariff on most imports, report says

The Washington Post report comes a day before April 2, when President Donald Trump is set to announce his larger plans for global trade

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

London mayor axes cyber crime victim support line

Decision triggers backlash among campaigners as violence against women and girls rises in capital

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The enduring pay gap for disabled people

Ministers say welfare cuts will help more benefit claimants into employment β€” but work doesn’t always reward everyone fairly

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Could UK’s imposition of VAT on private schools be stopped by court fight?

Specialists warn families face uphill battle in trying to overturn flagship policy

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record

OpenAI on Monday announced the close of its $40 billion financing, the most money raised in a single round by a private tech company.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Klarna's nearing a critical U.S. IPO β€” and it's the biggest test of CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski's 20-year reign

Sebastian Siemiatkowski has been CEO of Klarna for 20 years. He now faces his biggest test yet with a U.S. IPO fast approaching.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Euro zone inflation dips to 2.2% in March as U.S. tariffs loom

Euro zone inflation dipped to 2.2% in March, as expected, according to flash data from statistics agency Eurostat published Tuesday.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

International visitors pour into Japan β€” to the delight and dismay of its ski towns

Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as domestic demand falters.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

France's Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office for 5 years after embezzlement conviction: Media

Marine Le Pen on Monday was found guilty of misappropriating EU funds in an historic trial that could halt her future presidential election hopes.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

French politics to get 'even messier' as far-right figurehead Le Pen rails against ban, analysts warn

Analysts say the judgment barring Marine Le Pen from running for public office plunges France into more political uncertainty.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

China kicks off military drills near Taiwan, warns island's 'independence' means war

The military action came after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to strengthen military ties with Japan to counter China's aggression in the region.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Battle over Greenland heats up with Denmark's PM set to visit just days after JD Vance

The battle over Greenland is set to intensify this week as Denmark's prime minister visits the Arctic island days after U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

South Korea ends its longest short-selling ban after systemic reforms

Monday marks the end of Korea's longest short selling ban, which was enforced in November 2023 after a series of naked short selling breaches.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

US imposes sanctions on six senior Chinese and Hong Kong security officials

State department says individuals used national security law β€˜extraterritorially’ to pursue rights activists

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Marine Le Pen banned from standing for office for five years

Far-right leader vows to contest verdict that jeopardises her ambitions to run for French presidency in 2027

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Some countries, including the 'Dirty 15' percent, could be hit harder by Trump's tariffs

Trump has pointed to America's trade deficits as he argues that virtually all trading partners are "taking advantage" of the U.S.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

How well will UK consumers withstand the April price rises?

Increases to water, energy and telecoms bills will push up inflation

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Consulting firms offer concessions in Trump spending clampdown

Companies including Accenture and Deloitte identify at least $15bn worth of potential cuts

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump administration to review $9bn in federal grants to Harvard

Latest escalation against elite universities follows recent withdrawal of funding to Columbia

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

FirstFT: US stocks post worst quarter since 2022 amid tariff fears

Also in today’s newsletter, Japan warns β€˜big one’ earthquake could kill 300,000 people, and US sanctions six Chinese and Hong Kong security officials

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Argentina’s poverty rate falls as Milei tames inflation

Libertarian president’s policies start to bear fruit although the poorest still struggle

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US stocks post worst quarter since 2022 as tariff worries swirl

S&P 500 sinks almost 5% in first three months of 2025 on rising concerns over economy

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Tesla plunges 36% in first quarter, worst performance for any period since 2022

Tesla had its third-worst quarter ever in the first three months of the year, a stretch that's corresponded with Elon Musk's time with the Trump administration.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Elon Musk says backlash against his DOGE government cuts is hurting Tesla stock

Shares of Tesla entered Monday down more than 34% year to date, and the stock has been cut nearly in half from its peak in December.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Conservative cable channel Newsmax spikes more than 700% in first trading day on NYSE

The conservative cable TV channel Newsmax started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

United Microelectronics shares close up 9% on report of potential GlobalFoundries deal

The combined entity would aim to secure American access to mature chips amid potential risks from China competition and tensions between China and Taiwan.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

CoreWeave shares slump nearly 10% in second day of trading

CoreWeave rents out access to Nvidiagraphics processing units to other large tech and AI companies includingMeta,IBMand Cohere.

Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International