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FirstFT: Banks offload Twitter debt

Also in today’s newsletter, the fallout from Trump’s Gaza plan, and Ackman trolls UnitedHealth Group

Financial Times - 5h

How To Deal With Trump (and the EU)

Can Keir Starmer avoid picking a side?

BBC News - 10h

FirstFT: Trump calls for US to ‘take over’ Gaza and 2.2mn to be resettled

Also in today’s newsletter, EU’s ‘bazooka’ against Trump’s tariff threat and Alphabet shares drop

Financial Times - 1d

FirstFT: China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs

Also in today’s newsletter, Citi bucks back-to-office trend and the latest blow against USAID

Financial Times - 2d

FirstFT: Trump’s trade war rocks global markets

Also in today’s newsletter, America’s corporate bosses cosy up to Musk, and Latam Airlines’ ambitious growth plan

Financial Times - 3d

FirstFT: China’s military builds massive wartime command centre

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump blames Washington air crash on DEI and advice on how to find the perfect partner

Financial Times - 6d

FirstFT: Rescuers search for survivors in the Potomac River

Also in today’s newsletter, SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI, and London’s gold shortage

Financial Times - Jan. 30

EU Outlines Plans to Foster Innovation

The European Commission released a five-year plan to increase innovation and compete with China and the U.S.

Inc. - Jan. 29

FirstFT: Fed on collision course with Donald Trump over rate cuts

Also in today’s newsletter, OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of potential copyright breech and a new demography series begins

Financial Times - Jan. 29

FirstFT: OpenAI’s Sam Altman scrambles to respond to DeepSeek threat

Also in today’s newsletter, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent pushes for universal tariffs and Nato’s silence over Greenland threat

Financial Times - Jan. 28

EU and Nato take vow of silence on Greenland

Denmark urges other European capitals to resist reacting to Donald Trump’s threats

Financial Times - Jan. 28

Acronyms are the EU’s 25th language

Europe’s unofficial lingua franca is a plethora of shorthand that even ministers struggle to understand

Financial Times - Jan. 28

EU official: Europe 'not negotiating' on Greenland

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday that Europe is “not negotiating” with the United States over control of Greenland, as President Trump continues to insist that acquiring ...

The Hill - Jan. 27

FirstFT: Success of Chinese rival to ChatGPT triggers global stock market sell-off

Also in today’s newsletter, Israel allows Palestinians to return to northern Gaza and investors offload record amounts of PE stakes

Financial Times - Jan. 27

Troubled European carmakers to talk fines and EVs with EU

Yahoo News - Jan. 27

EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions

The European Union has rejected the election in Belarus as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions

ABC News - Jan. 26

The Week: Trump Returns, the EU and No to NIMBYs?

Adam, Chris, Vicki and James discuss the political week in Westminster, and beyond.

BBC News - Jan. 24

Hungary wants the EU to intervene in a gas dispute with Ukraine

Hungary wants the European Union to intervene in a gas dispute it has with Ukraine, a potential sign of friction in the bloc’s upcoming discussions over renewing sanctions against Russia

ABC News - Jan. 24

FirstFT: US oil output growth to slow despite Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan

Also in today’s newsletter, OpenAI in talks to split and the Sackler family agrees $7.4bn opioid settlement

Financial Times - Jan. 24

FirstFT: US rates could remain on hold for the ‘foreseeable future’

Also in today’s newsletter: Davos gloom, and Trump warns Putin to reach Ukraine ‘deal’ soon

Financial Times - Jan. 23

Simplification, not deregulation, is the EU’s answer to the Trump revolution

Also in this newsletter: The ICC asks why Italy released an alleged war criminal

Financial Times - Jan. 23

FirstFT: Trump kicks off big infrastructure shifts with AI project and green rollbacks

Also in today’s newsletter, ByteDance’s $12bn AI plans, and Alex Soros has Lunch with the FT

Financial Times - Jan. 22

Top EU diplomat: 'Russia could test EU's readiness to defend itself'

Yahoo News - Jan. 22

FirstFT: Trump renews tariff threats sending shockwaves through global markets

Also in today’s newsletter, Panama responds to Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal and Ray Dalio on UK’s ‘debt death spiral’

Financial Times - Jan. 21

FirstFT: Trump prepares dozens of executive orders

Also in today’s newsletter, three Israeli hostages released and TikTok restores US access

Financial Times - Jan. 20

FirstFT: US officials race to avert TikTok ban

Also in today’s newsletter, manufacturing surge boosts China’s economy and Mark Carney launches bid to become Canada’s PM

Financial Times - Jan. 17

FirstFT: Netanyahu accuses Hamas of backtracking

Also in today’s newsletter, Biden warns of ‘oligarchy’ in America, and Wall Street banks make bumper profits

Financial Times - Jan. 16

FirstFT: Germany’s economy contracts for second straight year

Also in today’s newsletter, South Korea’s impeached president is arrested and powerful Wall Street dealmaker joins OpenAI board

Financial Times - Jan. 15

Europe Accuses China of Unfairly Blocking EU Companies

The bloc alleges discrimination in the Chinese procurement market, raising the possibility of retaliation.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14

FirstFT: ‘Breakthrough’ raises hopes for Gaza ceasefire deal

Also in today’s newsletter, special counsel Jack Smith issues report on election interference, and Amazon plans AI ‘brain’ for Alexa

Financial Times - Jan. 14

Will the EU fight for the truth on Facebook and Instagram?

As Meta abandons third-party factchecking in an ostensibly political move, the future of facts elsewhere remains murky. Factcheckers had no doubt about the real audience for the news this week – ...

The Guardian - Jan. 13

EU shipyards are fixing Russia’s Arctic LNG tankers

Repairs and dry-docking enable Moscow to maintain market access for gas plant through the winter

Financial Times - Jan. 13

EU sends €140 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Yahoo News - Jan. 13

FirstFT: Dollar hits 2-year high as interest rate assumptions change

Also in today’s newsletter, China’s trade surplus reached a new record and the reinvention of El Salvador

Financial Times - Jan. 13

Italy wants to build bridges between Syria and the EU

Yahoo News - Jan. 10

FirstFT: The hottest year on record

Also in today’s newsletter, the resurrection of Andersen Consulting, and hiding savings from a significant other

Financial Times - Jan. 10

FirstFT: Elon Musk moves against Keir Starmer

Also in today’s newsletter, corporate borrowers rush to lock in loans and the growing interest in lunar spectrum

Financial Times - Jan. 9

EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders

Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threats

Financial Times - Jan. 8

FirstFT: California declares state of emergency as wildfires rage

Also in today’s newsletter, Facebook ends third-party fact-checking, and analysts turn on Citi’s chief executive

Financial Times - Jan. 8

Germany pushes for EU to ease sanctions on Syria

Berlin circulates proposals for relief on curbs in exchange for reforms from new leadership in Damascus

Financial Times - Jan. 7

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