May 2025

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South African opposition parties have accused the government of making a “backdoor deal” with Elon Musk after it proposed to loosen Black empowerment laws to meet the US billionaire’s conditions for his Starlink telecoms group…

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Opec+ announced another large increase in oil output for July in the latest sign that the cartel was intent on unwinding the first tranche of its long-standing production cuts as quickly as possible. Eight members of…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkish authorities have detained five mayors and issued arrest warrants for dozens of other officials in a widening crackdown centred on Istanbul’s popular mayor who was jailed after challenging President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the founding partner of Verdad Advisers and the author of ‘The Humble Investor’ US equity markets have had a banner run in the years since the Covid-19 market panic. Yet despite the…

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is an FT contributing editor, chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, and fellow at IWM Vienna It is an old debate: is it power that corrupts, or the fear…

Justin, a Chinese PhD student at an Ivy League university, had always planned to settle in the US but the 25-year-old is abandoning the idea after a crackdown on immigrants and academia and is considering studying elsewhere. This week, Washington told US embassies to suspend the visa approval process for foreign students pending additional screening…