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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US President Donald Trump’s administration has unlocked almost $5bn in funding for a liquefied natural gas project by France’s TotalEnergies in Mozambique, potentially restarting work on one of Africa’s largest energy investments. Mozambique’s…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to rehire tens of thousands of government employees sacked in recent weeks, in one of the biggest legal setbacks to Elon Musk’s aggressive cost-cutting drive….

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Elon Musk’s electric-car maker Tesla has warned that President Donald Trump’s trade war could make it a target for retaliatory tariffs against the US and increase the cost of making vehicles in America….

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. America loves second chances. So two companies merging soon after finding their footing out of bankruptcy court might sound like a heartwarming tale. On Thursday, Mallinckrodt and Endo joined forces in a stock swap that…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Romania’s democracy is under greater strain than at any time since its early post-communist years. The authorities have banned the far-right Călin Georgescu from a rerun of presidential elections in May. Three months…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Wall Street stocks sank and gold hit a fresh record high on Thursday as Donald Trump’s tariffs and investor doubts about a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine weighed on risky assets. The…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jes Staley’s legal team has said the ex-Barclays boss had been subjected to “public humiliation” after he was asked in court about sexual intercourse with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s employees at an apartment in New…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels has proposed buying arms collectively on behalf of EU member states, in what would be a major shift in response to Donald Trump’s disruption of US foreign policy. In a draft paper on defence…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has threatened a 200 per cent retaliatory tariff on alcohol imports from the EU if the bloc imposes a duty on US whiskey, in the latest salvo in his escalating trade…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and is pushing for a long-term peace settlement that will take into account its interests and concerns, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said….