Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldTwo recent photographs tell the story of the battle for primacy between the US and China in one of the world’s most resource-rich regions.In both images, President Xi Jinping stands…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Ukraine has struck Russia using US-made long-range Atacms missiles for the first time since the Biden administration lifted restrictions on their use, according to people familiar with the matter.The Russian ministry…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldWe all know the slogan. But Donald Trump will not make America great again by waging war on his domestic enemies. Instead Trump’s vengeance campaign threatens the real foundations of…

Russia on Sunday launched dozens of missiles and drones in what Ukraine’s foreign minister said was one of the largest air attacks of the war, targeting power facilities across the country and sending Kyiv residents rushing to bomb shelters. “A massive combined strike on all regions of Ukraine” took place…

Donald Trump’s new administration will revive its “maximum pressure” policy to “bankrupt” Iran’s ability to fund regional proxies and develop nuclear weapons, according to people familiar with the transition.Trump’s foreign policy team will seek to ratchet up sanctions on Tehran, including vital oil exports, as soon as the president-elect re-enters…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Two of Elon Musk’s private companies are set to secure multibillion-dollar jumps in valuation through new deals, as investors race to back the sprawling business interests of the world’s richest man.SpaceX, the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The box office success of Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine and a solid profit in Disney’s streaming businesses helped raise the entertainment company’s earnings by 39 per cent from a year earlier, even…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldIn 2002, researchers looked at American social trends and found an “emerging Democratic majority”. The party has lost as many presidential elections since then as it has won. In 2019,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Western and Arab diplomats have condemned comments by Israel’s far-right finance minister suggesting that the country will look to annex the occupied West Bank next year in the wake of Donald Trump’s…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldBitcoin hit a fresh record, the US dollar rose to a four-month high and Tesla shares jumped, as investors raised bets on the big winners from Donald Trump’s US presidential…