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Biden warns China over threats to US sovereignty in State of the Union address

President delivers defiant message to Beijing amid rising tensions and defends economic record at home

Feisty Biden draws battle lines in State of the Union speech

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Chinese spy balloon incursion reveals past US intelligence failings

The Big Read. Credit Suisse at a make-or-break moment

Editor's picks

Crying, praying, waiting: a family keeps vigil in a city racked by grief

Military briefing: what the west’s shifting red lines mean for Ukraine

Top stories

Live news: Turkey’s stock market halts trading after share prices drop

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Natural disasters

Death toll from Turkey and Syria earthquakes passes 9,000

Damaged roads and infrastructure hinder rescue efforts after region’s worst disaster in decades

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Syria suffers disaster upon disaster as earthquake follows years of war

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Maersk forecasts plunge in profits

Danish group expects drop from last year’s record $31bn to $2bn-$5bn in 2023

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Microsoft takes aim at Google’s search dominance with AI-powered Bing

Big Tech companies rush to gain ascendancy in the technology after launch of ChatGPT

Activision Blizzard chief says UK would lose out if it blocks Microsoft deal

Spotlight

How FTX built its network of stars

Talent agents and agencies invested alongside their celebrity clientele in the once-promising crypto exchange

German election

‘Dysfunctional’ Berlin holds rerun after election chaos

German capital has been governed by centre-left coalitions for more than two decades

News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy to visit UK and address parliament

Ukrainian president’s trip comes as Downing Street pledges more weaponry to war-ravaged nation

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Ukraine war fallout benefits one of world’s biggest fertiliser groups

United Arab Emirates

UAE grants Russian lender rare banking licence

Move would meet growing demand for financial services from Russian expatriates in the Gulf state

Fed chair warns of even higher rates if jobs data stays strong

Jay Powell says taming inflation will take ‘significant period of time’

Unhedged. Is everything the Fed’s fault?

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NEWS

Indian PM Narendra Modi’s opponents seize on Adani Group woes

Opposition targets country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party over crisis at conglomerate run by leader’s ally

Total lifts dividend and plans buybacks as profits hit record

French group joins rivals in earnings bonanza after Ukraine war drives fossil fuel prices higher

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Fall in petrol use in gas-guzzling US heralds shift for global markets

Renewable energy

Climate Capital. European wind industry attacks ‘absurd’ Danish halt to approvals

Turbine makers caught out by suspension of scheme owing to EU state aid fears

Climate Capital. IEA claims power sector set for 2025 ‘tipping point’ on emissions

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Inside Business. Germany’s biggest value creators and destroyers

Over 20 years, Siemens has led the way while Deutsche Bank languishes at the bottom

Brussels seeks answers after UK rejects residence for thousands of EU citizens

London wants to reduce checks on traffic between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Societe Generale

SocGen profits slide as bank lifts bad loan provisions fivefold

Net income fell 35% in fourth quarter

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Peru unrest threatens copper supply

Analysts expect disruption to world’s second-largest producer to boost prices of the metal

Brazilian politics

Interview. How Lula’s government plans to boost racial equality in Brazil

Minister Anielle Franco, sister of murdered Rio politician, aims to tackle prejudices that harm country’s non-white population

Opinion

The revenge of the incumbents

Amazon’s retreat on physical stores shows that disruption is harder than it looks

Lessons from the great reflation

There is a danger not just of loosening too soon but of loosening too far

Windfall taxes are not the only option for fossil fuel profits

Lex. Carlyle Group: fundraising weakness bolsters Schwartz’s case for change

A Republican-led US would not shrink from the world

Forget Groundhog Day vibes on debt ceiling — this time it’s different

The FT View. The puzzle of the US economy

The editorial board

Lex. BP: Looney leans in to a longer runoff for oil

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US News

France and Germany claim assurances from US over green subsidies

European officials complain that domestic content requirements in US act run counter to WTO rules

US says it does not plan to return spy balloon debris to China

US junk bonds rally on economic ‘soft landing’ bets

Carlyle fundraising slowed sharply during chief executive hunt

Super Bowl betting expected to hit $16bn

Big subsidies and ‘shovel ready’ sites: US states woo clean energy firms

Referendum gamble backfires for Ecuador’s centre-right leader

Podcasts

Behind the Money. The US dollar loses its crown

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Money Clinic with Claer Barrett. What higher interest rates mean for your money

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Review. The Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer retrospective is momentous and dizzying

Say no to oversized — choose clothes that fit

HTSI. Inside Vermelho, Christian Louboutin’s new hotel

Review. Best new audio books — Rushdie’s mesmerising history of medieval India

Review. American Resistance by David Rothkopf — managing the Trump horror show

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Highlights

The Big Read. Russia in Africa: how Moscow bought a new sphere of influence on the cheap

Focusing on a strip of countries from Mali to Sudan, it is challenging the west and opening what some call a ‘second front’

Allure of abroad palls for Chinese MBA students

Dear Jonathan. I have done the same job for years — how do I now move my career on?

Spread of antibiotic resistance revives interest in bacteria-killing viruses

A business school battles on in Kyiv

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