White House comes for Comey for a third time
Also in today’s newsletter, inside the fundraising push against California’s wealth tax
Bolsonaro says he was forced to surrender passport as his party concedes election
Hard-right Brazilian candidate is under criminal investigation related to an alleged money laundering scheme
Russia and Ukraine begin local ceasefire in frontline city
Humanitarian truce aims to evacuate residents stuck in Oleshky, who have been cut off from food and medicine
Should monetarism stage a comeback?
Kevin Warsh wants to revive Milton Friedman’s ideas, but monetary signals are often vague and noisy
Putin speaks with Norwegian and Finnish leaders
Call is first contact at this level in more than a year as Russia and Ukraine prepare for US-brokered peace talks
Israelis go to the polls in historic election
First vote since October 7 2023 attack pits Netanyahu’s far-right coalition against opposition bloc in knife-edge contest
EY defies consulting downturn to pay UK partners record £870,000
Firm axes partners and reduces promotions to protect pay for top ranks
Three Russian diesel tankers steam for US — including two under sanctions
Trump deal with Putin to ease fuel prices exposes companies to legal threats from Congress
EU loan to Airbus threatens trade truce with US, Trump trade official warns
Jamieson Greer says the European Investment Bank’s historic loan to the aerospace group risks ‘violating’ the US-EU aircraft deal
Is UK energy policy entering a new era under Burnham?
Last week’s Jackdaw gasfield approval ended months of speculation, but the picture on Clean Power 2030 is still unfolding
Felled — did despair bring down the Sycamore Gap tree?
Andrew Hankinson’s engrossing account sets the ignored, impoverished lives behind an act of wilful violence alongside the national mourning that followed
UK considers forcing data centres to invest locally to meet new AI ‘covenant’
Burnham government looks at fresh requirements for developers as it seeks to head off public opposition to infrastructure build-out
Can we restore morality to world politics?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is challenging Trump’s transactional world view with a vision of politics rooted in values
Chinese brands put boot into Mbappé after viral ‘dictator’ meme
Real Madrid footballer’s comment on image sparks online backlash in world’s second-biggest economy
The nightmare that is the workplace bar stool
Perching awkwardly is never a good professional look
Dirty tricks and Maga theatrics shake up bruising battle for Texas Senate
Scandal-prone Trump pick goes head-to-head with seminarian Democrat in race that could determine control of the upper house of Congress
Why the world went batty for Rye and its $60 bread
Inside the NYC food store with the four-ingredient bake
Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares
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HSBC shares fall as results disappoint
Third-quarter profits and revenues at Europe’s biggest bank miss expectations
Tech stocks rally as AI trade revives
Asia follows Wall Street higher in wake of Anthropic’s long-awaited IPO filing
Analysts’ views: forecasters have grown more hawkish in October
Consensus for 2027 shifted higher for the Bank of England and Bank of Japan; it has also grown at the margins for the Federal Reserve and ECB
FirstFT: AI trade regains steam
Also in today’s newsletter: Donald Trump’s top trade adviser has fresh warning for the EU and HSBC results disappoint
US voters and Trump’s overflowing swamp
America’s affordability crisis and corruption are now treated as two sides of the same coin
Two British men charged over plot at RAF Fairford
Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir were both charged under the National Security Act