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Greenland standoff rattles markets
US equities and the dollar fell in response to transatlantic tension over Greenland, and the FT’s Robin Wigglesworth breaks down the idea of Europe l…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
China's birth rate tumbles to historic low
China has registered its lowest number of births since records began. European governments weigh up options to bring down the high cost of their stat…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
EU readies retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat
As Europe considers retaliation measures to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat to NATO allies that oppose his Greenland-takeover bid, Denmark …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
China’s state iron ore buyer flexes muscles
The EU is proposing a new way to allow Ukraine to join the bloc, and it was the best year for US investment banks since 2021. Plus, a look into the i…
6 months ago
Why Japan’s prime minister might call a snap election
US President Donald Trump has not ruled out military action in Iran and Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to call a snap general election. …
6 months ago
London VC’s bet on Revolut pays off
Two former senior executives at the collapsed subprime car lender Tricolor Holdings pleaded not guilty to fraud and financial crime charges, and Micr…
6 months ago
Markets shrug off investigation into Powell
UBS chief executive Sergio Ermotti is planning to step down in April 2027, and Paramount threatened a proxy fight in its latest move to force Warner …
6 months ago
US opens criminal investigation into Fed chair
US federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell, and civil unrest continues to threaten the Islamic regi…
6 months ago
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…
6 months, 1 week ago
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…
6 months, 1 week ago