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European leaders rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his spectacular Oval Office bust-up with Donald Trump, but the rift between Kyiv and Washington leaves Europe with agonising choices about how to prop up Ukraine. Friday’s confrontation, where the US president accused the Ukrainian leader of “gambling” with a third world war, caused consternation in European capitals
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Despite the air of gloom hanging over China’s property market, work is well under way at a construction site in the north-west of Beijing. Yellow and green cranes nestle among the scaffolding, while lines of crushed limestone trail across the upturned earth. Backed by private developer Longfor, projects like this have helped power the world’s
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world “The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.” Those were the words of President Woodrow Wilson in April 1917 on the
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world What is the endgame of Donald Trump’s foreign policy? That question has not been asked enough since US vice-president JD Vance’s shocker of a speech in Munich. It is clear that Trump and
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US government has indicated it will drop a long-running case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in which it had alleged that the company’s hiring procedures unlawfully discriminated against asylum seekers and refugees. The
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation rose more than expected to a 10-month high of 3 per cent in January, highlighting the challenge for the Bank of England as it contends with persistent price pressures and a weakened economy.
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK tax authority has reversed a crackdown that private equity and professional services firms had feared would result in hundreds of millions of pounds of retrospective tax liabilities. HMRC made unexpected changes last year
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