FirstFT: Xi Jinping declines invitation to visit Brussels for anniversary summit

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  Xi snubs EU-China anniversary summit

  Brussels sought visit to mark 50 years of ties, but move adds to scepticism about warm words from Beijing
  
  Financial Times - 21h
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  US launches wave of air strikes on Yemen's Houthis

  The Houthi-run health ministry says 31 people were killed in the strikes on Saturday.
  
  BBC News - 19h

• FirstFT: Musk’s government spending cuts fail to halt rising costs

  Also in today’s newsletter, Putin’s frontline visit and a new FT film on Nvidia’s rise
  
  Financial Times - 3d
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  Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen, Houthis say

  The US said it launched a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday.
  
  BBC News - 2h

• Why Brussels’ €150bn defence pot is a test case for the EU’s arms strategy

  Also in this newsletter: A dangerous drug addiction, and Russia’s reliance on Chinese cars
  
  Financial Times - 6d

• FirstFT: ‘Canada will never ever be part of America’

  Also in today’s newsletter, Ford to inject more than €4bn into its German subsidiary and shadow war in the Baltic Sea
  
  Financial Times - 6d

• FirstFT: Vladimir Putin pushes maximalist demands in Ukraine talks

  Also in today’s newsletter, Tesla warns of exposure to retaliatory tariffs and DeepSeek focuses on research
  
  Financial Times - 2d

• FirstFT: Tesla warns Trump administration it is ‘exposed’ in trade war

  Also in today’s newsletter, top Senate Democrat backs Republican funding bill, and China criticises Panama ports deal
  
  Financial Times - 2d

• FirstFT: ‘it feels nasty’ — US stock markets suffer heavy falls

  Also in today’s newsletter, US-backed miner seeks to develop Ukraine lithium site and OpenAI forges near-$12bn contract with CoreWeave
  
  Financial Times - 5d

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  National Audit Office finds Home Office cannot say what the immigration mechanism is contributing to the economy
  
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• Global economy takes centre stage

  OECD updates growth forecasts, a clutch of central banks set interest rates and the IOC picks a new Olympics president
  
  Financial Times - 7h

• Columbia under pressure to resist Trump administration demands

  Scholars say government threat to further cut federal funding at Ivy League university contains ‘glaring legal problems’
  
  Financial Times - 8h

• Ethiopia fighting threatens return to civil and regional war

  Security concerns for Africa’s most populous country and neighbouring Eritrea as fragile peace looks set to unravel
  
  Financial Times - 9h

• Vale’s relations with Lula government improve after tensions last year, says boss

  Group’s head Pimenta highlights easing strains that should help settle investor nerves
  
  Financial Times - 13h

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