Thursday, February 28
FT News Briefing28 Helmi 2019

Thursday, February 28

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund cuts its €1bn stake in Volkswagen almost in half, the UK Labour party formally comes out in favour of a second Brexit referendum and Russian hackers step up their campaign to disrupt the EU’s next elections. Plus, the FT’s Kadhim Shubber explains the biggest takeaways from the testimony of US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

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