First round victory for French far-right
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has battered President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in the first round of snap parliamentary elections, US stock markets performing better than expected at the m...
1 Jul 20248min
Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril
Martin Wolf is worried about the threat autocrats pose to liberal democracies. Across the world, billions of citizens are being asked to cast their vote in elections taking place in more than 50 count...
30 Jun 202435min
Swamp Notes: After the debate, is this it for Biden?
Joe Biden went into Thursday night’s CNN presidential debate hoping to assuage concerns over his mental acuity and fitness for office. But his performance only heightened those concerns — and may even...
29 Jun 202412min
A final goodbye to EY’s Project Everest?
The US is inviting foreign ministers from Israel and Arab countries to the Nato summit next month, EY’s new global chief executive confirmed that the firm will not split in two, and Thames Water is on...
28 Jun 202410min
Protests push Kenya to abandon tax rises
JPMorgan is adding India's sovereign debt to its emerging markets index, and violent protests in Kenya stopped its president from signing a bill that would raise taxes. Plus, the FT’s Harry Dempsey ex...
27 Jun 202411min
Brussels strikes back against Big Tech
Shares of electric vehicle start-up Rivian surged in extended trading after Volkswagen announced a plan to invest up to $5bn, global investment in clean energy is set to hit $2tn and the EU charged Mi...
26 Jun 202411min
UK’s wealthy foreigners look for the exits
Chinese executives are trying to avoid US tariffs by relocating manufacturing, a growing number of wealthy foreigners in the UK are planning on leaving the country, and Brazilian financial markets hav...
25 Jun 202411min
India’s AI boom
The EU has devised a legal workaround to sidestep Hungary’s veto on buying weapons for Ukraine, investment vehicles that scoop up risky loans are being launched at a record rate in Europe this year, a...
24 Jun 202410min
