Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldDonald Trump’s transition team is pushing to pull the US out of the World Health Organization on the first day of the new administration, according to experts who warn of…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldThe US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after the Senate passed a stop-gap funding measure in the early hours of Saturday.The Senate…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldThe US Congress has to find a deal on Friday to keep the government open after the House of Representatives voted down the latest version of a funding bill despite…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The dollar rose to its highest level in more than two years and global stocks fell on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve jolted markets by signalling a slower pace of interest…

Tengbo Yang, a Chinese man who became a confidant of the UK’s Prince Andrew, allegedly worked for a senior part of China’s hierarchy that Beijing calls “its magic weapon”. But this week in London, that weapon spectacularly backfired.While the United Front Work Department, where UK intelligence agency MI5 alleges Yang…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A top Russian general has died after a bomb went off at the entrance to his home in Moscow early on Tuesday, investigators said, killing him and his assistant.Russia’s Investigative Committee, a…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Retail sales in China missed expectations in November, adding to pressure on policymakers after President Xi Jinping signalled last week that he wants to spur household consumption to boost the world’s second-largest…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Blue Whale Growth, the investment fund backed by billionaire Peter Hargreaves, has reduced its exposure to the ‘Magnificent Seven’ group of major US tech companies due to concerns over their vast expenditure on…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.TikTok has lost an emergency bid to temporarily halt a fast-approaching deadline under a US “divest or ban” law, leaving the fate of the popular video app owned by China’s ByteDance in…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will allow its staff to work a four-day week as authorities in the world’s largest city begin a radical experiment to reverse Japan’s low birth rate.The programme, which…