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Brexit
No Brexit delay without MPs backing deal, warns EU 

May says British public wants parliament ‘to get on with it’

US politics & policy
Conway marriage at centre of Republican civil war
Federal Reserve
Fed sees no further rate rises in 2019

Bonds rally sharply as central bank says it will slow balance sheet reduction from May

US-China trade dispute
Trump warns China tariffs could remain for ‘substantial’ time

President insists talks on trade deal with Beijing ‘coming along nicely’

EU tech regulation
EU fines Google €1.5bn for antitrust violations

Search group accused of ‘anti-competitive’ behaviour in online ad market

Hungary
Orban party suspended from EU centre-right group

Conservative allies in European Parliament turn on Hungary’s ruling party

The Big Read
European foreign policy: a new realism on China
Edward Luce
Magical thinking crosses party lines in America

The left may prefer white magic to Donald Trump’s black, but everyone is dabbling

US Treasury bonds
Fed’s caution surprises government bond market

Expectations grow that US central bank will cut rates this year rather than raise them

Climate change
US court halts drilling in Wyoming over climate change

Judge says government must consider greenhouse gas impact before selling oil leases

Radovan Karadzic
Karadzic’s war crimes sentence increased to life in prison

Appeal court judges at The Hague extend jail term for former Bosnian-Serb leader

US & Canadian companies
US business confidence recedes from post-tax cut high

Business Roundtable finds executives are scaling back hiring plans

Crowdfunding
GoFundMe blocks appeals for controversial cancer clinic

Crowdfunders face scrutiny over unproven medical treatments

UBS Group AG
UBS suffers ‘one of the worst’ starts to year in investment banking

Chief executive Sergio Ermotti imposes cost-saving plans after revenues slump

US News

Education
College admissions scandal: FT readers respond

Commenters discuss solutions for a broken US education system

Americas
Trump and Bolsonaro heap praise on each other

Populist presidents express mutual admiration and vow to work closely on Venezuela

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
AB InBev shakes up board after share price slide

Brewer reduces influence of 3G and installs ex-Altria boss Martin Barrington as chair

Games industry
Google launches push into video game streaming

New Stadia service will be available this year but no details given on price

Opinion

Brooke Masters
Diess’s Nazi gaffe shows VW needs to adapt

But the episode undermines the CEO’s ability to pull the company out of a long scandal

Video Global economic growth
Bar chart race: the most populous cities through time

How populations have shifted from 1500 to the present day
Video Global economic growth
Bar chart race: the most populous cities through time
Video Mining
The Wild West of Russian amber mining and the wrestler on the run
Video Ravi Mattu
Why Trudeau's popularity has taken a nosedive
Video UK politics & policy
Who is the House of Commons Speaker John Bercow?

Highlights

Michael Skapinker
Frequent flyer: tales from the lost and found

Where is the best place in the world to lose your property?

History books
Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation — chronicle of conflict

Judicious work highlights recurrent patterns of political tension and economic upheaval

The Big Read
Turkey: Erdogan’s struggle to lift flagging business

With the country in recession, Turkish companies want bold measures to tackle bad debts and restore growth

Markets News

FT Trading Room
Post-Brexit trade ruling sparks ‘land grab’ charge

Esma lists thousands of stocks to be traded in the EU if UK departs with no deal

Asia-Pacific companies
Hong Kong freezes stock that romped 5000% higher

Huge rise in share price of China Ding Yi Feng was enough to rank it in MSCI index

Technology

FTfm
NZ challenge to Facebook, Google and Twitter over violent content

US tech groups must take more responsibility for websites, says investor group

Lombard Matthew Vincent
Brexit only costs: 7,000 city jobs and £600m tax

Financial services groups are set to to move £1tn of assets and 7,000 jobs out of UK

The FT View The editorial board
Growing payments firms may pose systemic risk

Regulators must keep pace with the innovation in digital money

Life & Arts