Elon Musk demands federal workers explain their jobs or be sacked
Billionaire steps up efforts to cull government employees with emailed deadline
US says revenue from minerals deal will fuel Ukraine’s postwar growth
Kyiv remains sceptical of plan as Treasury secretary Scott Bessent denies it is ‘coercive’ in FT opinion article
Buffett seeks to reassure shareholders over record cash pile
Billionaire investor trimmed equity portfolio and put money in Treasury bills
Economic partnership will protect the Ukrainian people and the US taxpayer
Trump’s bold international leadership aligns interests and benefits all
Target hit by consumer anger at its retreat from diversity policies
The retailer had made inclusion a part of its appeal, but faces a hostile political environment under Trump
Syrian refugee arrested after stabbing at Berlin holocaust memorial
A series of assaults by foreign nationals has fuelled debate about migration ahead of Sunday’s election
Hamas frees six hostages as first phase of ceasefire nears end
Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners in return pending a ‘security consultation’
US traders snap up aluminium ahead of Trump tariffs
Imports hit highest level since mid-2022 as premium over London price surges
ADM pledges to stick to climate goals as Trump divides corporate world
US commodities trader at odds with other American groups that have scaled back environmental targets
China taps tech talent to boost AI data centre boom
Beijing is pooling resources from the private and state sectors to accelerate adoption of the fast-developing technology
GSK struggles to convince market it can deliver on pipeline plans
US hedge fund shorts drugmaker as shares trade below price of a decade ago
Top shale boss says US oil companies will not flock back to Russia
Harold Hamm warns executives will be wary of any peace deal between Trump and Putin
In 2025, corporate eccentricity is a feature, not a bug
In some cases, oddball ideas can turn into corporate empires
Deutschlands Entscheidungswahl
Nationale und internationale Spannungen sowie wirtschaftliche Stagnation überschatten die Bundestagswahl am Sonntag
Germany’s watershed election
Domestic and international tensions as well as economic stagnation hang over Sunday’s Bundestag vote
HTSI editor’s letter: the truth about Judi Dench
Our spring arts special takes a look behind the mask
Amazon’s football experiment could be pay-per-view game changer
Plus, Formula One meets the Oscars
My brother, the NHS and the inquest into a needless death
My brother spent the last hours of his life trying in vain to get basic help from the NHS. Why?
Travel hotspots tempted to copy Venice visitor fee
Tourism association head says cities should reduce burden on locals rather than attracting more visitors
Caspar David Friedrich: master of the sublime — or the syrupy?
A virtuoso of close observation, the German romantic was at his best painting his wife
The anti-woke overcorrection is here
Conservatives are mistaking public dislike of the cultural left for enthusiasm for the opposite dogma
Filmmaker Raoul Peck: ‘Ernest Cole’s photographs were not about artistry, they were about fighting’
The director’s new documentary sheds light on the South African who portrayed the injustices of apartheid and pain of exile
How should we face up to danger?
Risky situations are part of life — but we have a choice in how we confront them