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Swamp Notes: Why Trump wants to ‘run’ other countries
This is a repeat of an episode published on Swamp Notes, a sister podcast of the FT News Briefing on January 9, 2026. Subscribe to Swamp Notes on App…
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Iranians protest over economic pain
Glencore and Rio Tinto resume mining megamerger talks, protests in Iran over economic conditions are the largest in years, and the US trade deficit n…
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Venezuela’s crumbling oil infrastructure
The US wants to control Venezuelan oil sales ‘indefinitely’ but the ‘catastrophic’ state of the Latin American nation’s crude facilities presents sev…
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A wave of repression in Venezuela
Leading asset managers are positioning for a sharp sell-off in US technology stocks, Venezuela’s government has launched a crackdown after the US cap…
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The investors eyeing Venezuela’s oil
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to narco trafficking charges, and smaller private investors are eager to invest in Vene…
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Trump plans to ‘run’ Venezuela. What now?
US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuela’s defacto leader she must meet America’s demands following Nicolas Maduro’s capture. We explore what T…
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Predicting 2026: Will the Magnificent 7 tech stocks continue to diverge?
Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett predicted that the Magnificent 7 tech stocks were not going to fall, but they wouldn’t ride a lot higher eithe…
1 week, 2 days ago
Predicting 2026: Will Trump and Musk officially reunite?
Europe’s banking industry could shed 10 per cent of its workforce by 2030. Plus, the FT’s US national editor and columnist Edward Luce predicted Amer…
1 week, 4 days ago
Predicting 2026: Will Ukraine finally get a peace deal?
The FT’s Europe editor Ben Hall thought there would be a Ukraine peace deal in 2025. Despite lots of back and forth over ceasefire proposals, an agre…
1 week, 5 days ago
Trump and Zelenskyy tout progress on peace but ‘thorny’ issues remain
US President Donald Trump hosted Ukraine’s leader at Mar-a-Lago for high-stakes peace talks but failed to reach a breakthrough. Plus, FT markets colu…
1 week, 6 days ago