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Defence lawyer says former US president ‘will not be put in handcuffs’ in hush money case

‘Don’t take the bait’: pro-Trump protesters fail to show up in New York

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DeSantis falls in line with Republicans in closing ranks behind Trump

Analysis

Person in the News. Donald Trump: indictment arrives for the ex-president

The FT View. Wheels of justice turn for a former US president

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Putin’s new doctrine calls US ‘main source’ of threat to Russian security

Foreign policy update accuses Washington of using Ukraine war to weaken ‘peaceful’ nation

Russian tennis players allowed back to compete at Wimbledon

Markets Briefing. Nasdaq records best quarter since 2020 after volatile start to year

Tech-heavy US index gains 17% in first three months of 2023 as investors shed interest rate worries

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Dealmaking at 10-year low in first quarter as bank crisis hits confidence

Fox Corporation

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Judge says ‘crystal clear’ that statements about Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss were false

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Media

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After the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and others, the FT has analysed more than 100 institutions to identify those that are the biggest cause for concern

Spotlight

Chinese business & finance

The Big Read. China truce with tech — for now

Worried about decelerating growth, Xi Jinping has launched a charm offensive to convince investors the country is open for business

We are living through a trillion-dollar rebalancing

Beneath a veil of silence, a hugely dramatic and powerful episode of financial repression is ongoing

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A debate is raging over whether we should shun it, strive for it or just tailor it a bit

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FT Magazine. It’s morally repugnant, but isolationism on Ukraine makes some sense

Where did all the reactionaries go?

Farewell to Dubravka Ugrešić, a fearless prophet

European prime property

Homebuyers chase their European dreams despite economic outlook

High inflation and rising borrowing costs may have put off some, but these buyers are undeterred

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission USA

US regulator plays for high stakes with Binance lawsuit

CFTC chair sets out probably his ‘most significant case’ yet brought against crypto markets

Binance hid extensive links to China for several years

Finland’s PM Sanna Marin faces reckoning at home

Prime minister is lauded abroad but cuts a polarising figure in her own country, jeopardising chances of re-election

Finland cleared to join Nato as Turkish parliament backs accession

Artificial intelligence

Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Data protection authority becomes first regulator in world to open investigation into Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s chatbot

Multiple red flags are not yet slowing the generative AI train

Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth

Branson vehicle teeters after series of flawed decisions and a failed launch lead to painful denouement

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Virgin Orbit shares plunge after announcing ‘ceased operations’

EY bosses present united front after dispute over stalled break-up plan

Joint statement claims progress on ‘Project Everest’ after planning for the split was halted this month

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Colm Kelleher: Irish banking veteran overseeing Credit Suisse takeover

UBS chair pivotal to biggest banking deal since 2008

Boomerang chief executives provide comfort in times of crisis

Sovereign bonds

Quarter of emerging countries lose effective access to debt markets

Banking turmoil has driven up spreads on sovereign bond yields over US Treasuries to levels that impair ability to raise funds

US Inflation Reduction Act

Biden offers olive branch to allies in electric vehicle subsidy dispute

Long-awaited tax credit guidance expands origins for critical battery minerals but not components

Opinion

Sharing patient data is something to be celebrated, not feared

Easier access to NHS records will save lives — but health executives must make their case to the public

Camilla Cavendish

We need a much more sophisticated debate about AI

Twentieth-century ways of thinking will not help us deal with the huge regulatory challenges the technology poses

The Long View. Bond markets are still skittish — but they have reason to be

Data Points. Why are Americans dying so young?

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US News

Trump indictment thrusts a divided nation into new chapter of chaos

Partisans spar over whether charges are example of justice or political intimidation

Flood of cash into US money market funds could add to banking strains

Biden calls for tougher rules for large regional banks

Interview. US-China decoupling is hurting innovation, World Bank warns

Fed’s Susan Collins signals she expects one more quarter-point rate increase

Lawyers for Leon Black accuser seek to quit sexual assault case

Illumina chief’s pay nearly doubles ahead of clash with Carl Icahn

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An investigation into the Chinese criminal networks helping to prop up the rogue nuclear regime

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The Henry Mance Interview. Matthew Desmond: ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’

Succession is painful but it doesn’t need to be

Margaret Heffernan

Why five days in the office don’t add up

The Big Read. China’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress

The Big Read. The teen mental health crisis: a reckoning for Big Tech

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