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North Korea dismisses Trump overture
Kim Jong Un’s sister casts doubt on claim there has been communication between Pyongyang and Washington...
Trump proposed reviving the Keystone XL pipeline. Does Canada still want it?
The bilateral relationship has soured significantly since the project was first proposed two decades ago...
Hudson River posts $11.4bn trading windfall as it seizes on market tumult
Wall Street firm benefited from swings in AI stocks and volatility triggered by Iran war...
US government debt hits $40tn as borrowing rises at historic rate
Public spending surges despite Donald Trump’s vow to stabilise America’s public finances...
Fed officials express rising concern over persistently high inflation
Minutes from July central bank meeting show ‘many’ policymakers are prepared to increase borrowing costs...
Moderna’s cancer shot: exciting for investors, inconclusive for patients
A glimmer of hope for sufferers, a potential revenue platform for a cash-burner, and a whole heap of unknowns...
US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt
Sharp sell-off in recent weeks has sent borrowing costs soaring...
Moderna share price doubles on melanoma vaccine trial success
Company’s melanoma cancer vaccine being developed with Merck...
Europe should wish Marco Rubio a bright future
Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the likeliest to defend Europe...
Ukraine anti-corruption team raids home of top Zelenskyy aide
Searches come hours after ousted defence minister launches a blistering attack on wartime president...
Chinese humanoid robot maker surges 600% in trading debut
Unitree makes stellar start in Shanghai as investors clamour for shares...
Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Trump escalates war, insiders say
Proposals to retaliate against US assets beyond the Middle East come as many in Tehran see renewed conflict as inevitabl...
Venezuela abandons Nicolás Maduro to fate in US jail
Government makes no mention of freeing former leader after nearly two weeks of talks...
Global food security may be collateral in Ukraine war
Moscow and Kyiv’s attacks on one another’s agricultural exports could result in a worldwide grain crisis...
Mark Walter sought loan from Apollo backed by Lakers stake
Talks over the financing continued until Guggenheim chief reached a deal to sell the holding in the basketball team...
Soaring diesel prices rip across US economy
Rising fuel costs threaten new jolt of inflation ahead of November’s midterm elections...
Israeli strikes on Syrian air base criticised by US and Turkey
Bombing of military site is ‘an unnecessary escalation’ and underlines regional tensions over Damascus regime...
Government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs
Fears over inflation and AI issuance spur bond sell-off...
OpenAI adds stricter controls for teens on ChatGPT amid backlash
AI start-up overhauls its chatbot for young people after high-profile lawsuits...
Seoul rattled by Trump’s threat to drills at heart of US alliance
US president’s eleventh-hour demand to ‘reduce’ annual exercises and praise of Kim Jong Un unsettles ally...
Trump ballroom official held quiet Kremlin talks
Rodney Mims Cook Jr showed Russian officials pictures of his ‘dacha’ at Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forum...
Mark Carney in last-ditch effort to avoid Trump’s latest tariffs
Canadian prime minister plans call with US president before a Wednesday deadline for levies on $20bn of trade...
Chelsea shareholders Walter and Boehly in talks to sell stakes to Clearlake
Negotiations come amid clashes over strategy and as Walter’s business empire faces scrutiny from regulators...
Crime and punishment in the Middle East
Lebanon and Syria are trying to improve the application of justice but challenges remain...
US tech stock correction likely, warn ECB economists
Boom-bust pattern could become ‘question of financial stability’ for euro area, central bank team writes in blog post...
The realignment of the Middle East
Iran conflict is reshaping alliances in a way neither America nor Israel foresaw...
Kushner to hold talks with Netanyahu after meeting Hamas leader
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy is pushing Washington’s peace plan for Gaza...
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea
US president claims joint exercises send a ‘hostile’ message to North Korea...
Private credit under strain as troubled loans swell
FT analysis shows signals of stress in the market are back to levels last seen in 2017...
America and the politics of respect
Issues won’t matter in the midterms as much as whether voters feel valued...
Far-right Israeli minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each night
Itamar Ben-Gvir also calls for re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave...
How economics is changing
The subject is becoming more inventive and empirical, but questions about reproducibility and AI abound...
Ukraine presses drone attacks on Moscow and Russian logistics
Kyiv launches more than 600 drones at enemy capital in one of its largest assaults of the summer...
European companies count the costs and gains of extreme heat
Businesses flagged effects of extreme heat, drought and wildfires on a record share of earnings calls in recent weeks...
Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon two months into truce
Attacks were ‘response to an action’ by Hizbollah, says Israeli military...
Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty
Kyiv’s military momentum at risk as dwindling interceptor stocks leave it vulnerable to Russia’s winter campaign...
US aircraft carrier furore is emblem of growing disquiet over Iran war
Reports of poor conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln coincide with depleting stocks of both weapons and voter suppo...
Traders are spoiling for a fight over the yen
After historic US-Japan intervention on the currency, the risk of market ructions is again rising...
China poised to lift travel ban on Manus founders
Chief executive Xiao Hong plans to return to Singapore as AI company nears resolution of Meta separation...
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