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The US and its G7 partners have warned Moscow they could expand sanctions and use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, as Donald Trump seeks to win over Vladimir Putin to his ceasefire proposal. After a week in which Kyiv signed up to the 30-day truce but Moscow signalled reluctance to do so immediately, US…

Big companies and non-profit groups have begun purging or rewriting references to climate change on their websites, mirroring similar action by US government departments in response to the policies of Donald Trump. Financial Times analysis shows that statements on climate change from leading corporations including Walmart and Kraft Heinz have been deleted or rewritten over…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once boasted about how, as mayor of the southern city of Davao, he used to ride on a motorbike looking for drug suspects to kill. Now his bloody wars on…

The US and Israel have approached countries in east Africa about taking in Palestinians from Gaza, as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to evict residents from the war-torn enclave and build a “Riviera of the Middle East”, said three people familiar with the matter. Israeli officials led by strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer have…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US consumer sentiment tumbled in March as long-term inflation expectations hit their highest level in 32 years, underscoring worries that Donald Trump’s policies are hitting the economy. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Four of Goldman Sachs’ top executives collectively received $126.5mn for their work in 2024, a 30 per cent pay raise from a year earlier and a far larger increase than the bank’s overall workforce. In…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China is seeking to hold a meeting between President Xi Jinping and global chief executives this month, as scores of international business leaders from Citadel’s Ken Griffin to HSBC’s new CEO Georges Elhedery…

After Ukraine agreed to a US proposal for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, Vladimir Putin on Wednesday donned military fatigues and visited a command post to hear that Moscow was close to retaking the entire region of Kursk. Speaking a day later alongside Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko — who brokered two…

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The EU will remove four Russian nationals from its sanctions list after Hungary threatened to block the renewal of restrictions targeting more than 2,000 other individuals, according to people briefed on the decision. At…