Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Assured Guaranty, the UK water sector’s largest backer, has refused to insure financing efforts by any of the country’s utilities…
The remarkable turn in markets and the narrative around artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is turning, frankly, a bit spooky in early 2026. Citrini Research’s widely read AI doomsday essay coined the phrase “ghost GDP,” with predictions of an almost supernaturally…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. G7 finance ministers will discuss a possible joint release of petroleum from reserves co-ordinated by the International Energy Agency, in…
The affordability crisis hitting consumers has not spared childcare providers, further adding to the financial burden on families. According to a survey last month from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the cost pressures are similar…
The United Nations faces a deepening liquidity crisis. Secretary-General António Guterres has warned of an “imminent financial collapse” as the international body confronts $1.6 billion in unpaid dues and billions more in peacekeeping arrears. The UN isn’t about to shut…
Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly…
The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico after the military’s deployment of the lasers led the FAA to suddenly close airspace in Texas twice in the last month. The newly announced…
Just over a week into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Wall Street has started to price in a prolonged conflict, as hopes for a swift endgame have been crushed. With no signs of de-escalation, both sides are instead upping the…
Israel has struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and an oil storage facility in Tehran as the war in the Middle East keeps escalating, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict. Iran also hit a desalination plant…
The son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will become Iran’s next supreme leader, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency announced, taking over after his father was killed in an attack by the US and Israel. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the third person…