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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. It never rains, but it pours. This is how UK economic policymakers must feel right now. The economy performed terribly after the financial crisis of 2007-09, then performed even worse after the pandemic and is…
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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 global turmoil prompted by the Trump administration is deepening the EU’s resolve to sign a defence and security pact with the UK that would allow British arms companies to participate in joint arms procurement….
Italy’s largest refinery, which was sold by Moscow-based Lukoil after EU sanctions cut it off from Russian oil, is in crisis as the Greek billionaire who is now its majority investor and commodity giant Trafigura clash over the terms of a crude supply arrangement. GOI Energy bought the ISAB plant in the Sicilian town of…
<!–> Chicago Cubs ace Justin Steele will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his left elbow, dealing a significant blow to the team’s rotation. It was unclear whether Steele, who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2017, will need another full ligament-replacement procedure or a Tommy John revision with an internal brace. The…
Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider <!–> LONG BEACH, Calif. — Prior to the 2025 INDYCAR season, the Andretti Global drivers indicated that they didn’t see a difference between the change in ownership after Dan Towriss, the CEO of TWG Motorsports, assumed control from Michael Andretti. After three races, Kyle Kirkwood can confirm that there, in…
Xi Jinping has warned that US protectionism will “lead nowhere” as the Chinese leader embarked on a tour of Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia to strengthen ties with export-reliant south-east Asian economies rattled by Donald Trump’s escalating trade war. The visit, Xi’s first foreign trip this year, comes days after the US president raised tariffs on…
<!–> Former NASCAR star Tony Stewart won the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals on Sunday for his first career Top Fuel victory. The 53-year-old Stewart had a winning run of 3.870 seconds at 317.42 mph at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He held off Antron Brown at the finish, and also beat Justin Ashley and…
<!–> The fourth and final round of the 89th Masters Tournament came to a close Sunday, with Rory McIlroy coming out on top after a playoff. Seven LIV golfers — Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Joaquin Niemann, Jon Rahm and Charl Schwartzel — remained in contention after the cut was set at…
Donald Trump signalled that smartphones and other consumer electronics imported to the US from China would face tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes of a reprieve for Big Tech companies such as Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft. “NOBODY is getting “off the hook” for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries…
