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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The far-right Chega party has smashed Portugal’s two-party duopoly by riding a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment to tie for second place in a parliamentary election won by the governing centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD). André Ventura,…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, a spokesperson for the former US president said. Biden, 82, on Friday was diagnosed with the cancer, which involves metastasis to…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rafał Trzaskowski was projected to narrowly top the first round of Poland’s presidential election on Sunday, putting the pro-EU candidate in a run-off with a rightwing rival that could unlock Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s reform…

Britain and the EU will on Monday agree a major post-Brexit reconciliation, but haggling over key details including fisheries, food trade and youth mobility dragged on into Sunday evening as both sides engaged in eleventh-hour brinkmanship. A historic summit at Lancaster House in London will see both sides sign a security and defence partnership, the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pro-EU centrist Nicuşor Dan was on course to become Romania’s president on Sunday, according to exit polls, leading a run-off against an ultranationalist Eurosceptic who had topped the first round and raised fears about the…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world European leaders are to speak to Donald Trump on Monday to help the US president “prepare” for his planned call with Vladimir Putin in what could be a pivotal week for stalled Ukraine…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A new cast of boutique banks is fuelling a fresh fervour for blank-cheque companies — one of Wall Street’s hottest and most controversial products during the pandemic-era bull market. Special purpose acquisition vehicles, or Spacs,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s scientific institutions are stepping up investment plans in the face of attacks on research by Donald Trump’s administration, unveiling 10-year official funding guarantees and fellowships open to experts fleeing the US. The initiatives…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is a mark of how eager investors are to put the idea of a trade war behind them that markets surged last week on the news of a tariff “deal” between the US and…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US says it will impose the maximum tariffs it has threatened against countries that do not negotiate “in good faith” as it strikes a more aggressive tone in trade talks. Treasury secretary…