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CIA chief made secret visit to China in bid to thaw relations

Bill Burns’ trip last month was most senior to Beijing by Biden administration official

Musk and Dimon lead corporate charge to Beijing as ties with US fray

The Big Read. How the US is deepening military alliances in China’s backyard

‘Stream’ and ‘Torch’: the Gazprom-backed militias fighting in Ukraine

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Obituary. Harvey Pitt, former SEC chair, 1945-2023

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Vix hits pre-pandemic low as debt ceiling relief quashes volatility

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Markets Briefing. Wall Street stocks rally after jobs data point to robust US economy

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US economy defies expectations of slowdown to add 339,000 jobs in May

Unemployment rate climbs to 3.7% while wage growth cools

Why America’s economic policy muddle matters

More than 400 Grail patients incorrectly told they may have cancer

Error prompts life assurance customers to pause or review relationship with early detection biotech

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The Big Read. Quick blood tests to spot cancer: will they help or harm patients?

Six Glazer siblings to retain Man Utd stakes under Ratcliffe offer

Billionaire seeks enough B shares to take control in a years-long phased takeover of club

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Women’s football prepares for record-breaking Champions League final

Spotlight

AI will create ‘more losers than winners’ even as Nvidia soars

Big investor says chipmaker will be among handful of tech groups to drive stocks higher

FT Swamp Notes. The west should pay heed to Ajay Banga

His appointment is an opportunity for the World Bank to try to take centre stage again

News

Ecuador’s president Lasso bows out of August election

Latin American country’s leader had dissolved congress and called snap poll after facing impeachment charges

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Russian concerns on Ukraine must ‘be taken into account’, says Brazil

Foreign policy adviser to leftwing president Lula warns western leaders’ stance risks provoking a wider conflict

Brussels woos banks to provide guarantees for gas stored in Ukraine

Airline orders point to resurgent post-pandemic travel demand

Airbus and Boeing struggle to meet delivery targets amid a shortage of components

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Technology

Facebook to block news for some users in Canada

Social media platform’s parent company Meta seeks to deter law forcing online groups to pay publishers and broadcasters for content

Crypto addiction creates doubts over how to regulate digital trading

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Turkish politics

Investor favourite Mehmet Şimşek set to return as Turkish finance minister

Move signals that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may be open to a more orthodox economic approach

Iran nuclear deal

West considers renewed engagement on Iran nuclear crisis

Diplomatic shift comes amid fears Tehran’s expansive programme risks regional war

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US politics & policy

US Senate passes bill to end debt ceiling stand-off and avoid default

Legislation heads to Biden for his signature just four days before Treasury deadline

‘Faith in the Speaker’: McCarthy defies critics with US debt ceiling win

North American prime property

‘It’s the opposite of last year’: the Hamptons’ shifting property market

As the pandemic-era buying boom abates, the old seasonal pattern may be returning to New York’s favourite getaway

Brussels urges UK to join trade pact to ease risk of post-Brexit car tariffs

Trade experts warn British membership of Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention is not ‘immediate fix’

Saudi Arabia expands lithium processing to supply BMW

Second facility planned as EV battery supply chains begin to develop outside China

UK Covid inquiry

UK government takes legal action over Boris Johnson’s Covid messages

Cabinet office reveals former PM’s WhatsApp communications only date back to May 2021

Opinion

Why Wall Street is trying to shake up the 2024 race

American investors fear a Biden-Trump rematch, but history may beat chatter when it comes to a third-party candidate

Refugee children must be exempted from cruel and punitive ban

There is no evidence that including under-18s in the illegal migration bill’s block will deter them, but it will cause misery

Interview. Andrew Scott: ‘We have to invest much more in our future selves’

The great ‘Brexit’ and ‘coalition’ taboos are holding the Lib Dems back

Expectations for Nigeria’s president are so low, all he has to do is beat them

Beware ‘death by GPT syndrome’

Inside Business. Apple’s mixed reality headset is a hedge against disruption

Markets Insight. Why private capital flows in the EU remain sluggish

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US News

‘People rot from the inside out’: lethal xylazine deepens the US drug crisis

Cartels are cutting fentanyl with the cheap sedative, driving a surge in overdoses in cities such as Philadelphia

US-China tensions have upended global order, Jamie Dimon warns

Loan market braced for rush to Libor finish line

Top Fed official sees no ‘compelling’ reason to wait for fresh rate rise

Pentagon accuses Chinese fighter jet of ‘aggressive’ action near US plane

Total and Belgian energy start-up plan US synthetic gas investment

Goldman weighs another round of job cuts as dealmaking drought persists

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Highlights

How Taiwan became the indispensable economy

Fearing a potential conflict in Asia, western companies are looking to move production out of Taiwan. But turning away from the self-ruled island will come at a high price for manufacturers

Summer of loveliness: bedding plants that promise masses of blooms

‘The garden of war’: horseback killers return to Darfur

Nikkei Asia. Indian start-up valuations are slashed by global investors

How reliable are the UK’s migration statistics?

The Big Read. Has China become too cosy with private equity?

Letter from the editor on generative AI and the FT

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