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Donald Trump says US will send Ukraine more arms
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump has said the US will send more weapons to Ukraine, less than a week after Washington abruptly halted deliveries of some critical weaponry for Kyiv. The president’s comments signalled a departure … Read more
Samsung profits take big hit from US chip controls and AI memory shortfalls
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Samsung Electronics delivered an earnings shock on Tuesday, projecting a 56 per cent drop in second-quarter operating profit, as US restrictions on China and its struggle to supply key customer Nvidia with advanced memory products … Read more
Italy arrests alleged Chinese hacker after US issues warrant
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US-China relations myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Italian authorities have arrested a Chinese citizen suspected of being linked to a state-sponsored hacking group that sought to steal Covid-19 vaccine secrets from the US at the height of the pandemic in 2020. Xu … Read more
America’s police-industrial complex has a meme stock
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Violent encounters between police and US residents claim about 2,000 lives a year. Axon Enterprise claims it has a way to reduce the frequency of such tragedies: by selling “neuromuscular incapacitation” devices to law enforcement. Readers … Read more
Fox got a big Trump bump — now comes the hard part
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fox Corporation has been riding on a ratings high since Donald Trump’s re-election in November. Shares in the conglomerate — now primarily a news and sports media company after Disney bought out its film and … Read more
The power of randomness
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford and author of ‘Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity’ Our kitchen at home is decorated with a series of coloured tiles. We installed it just after I’d … Read more
Trump tax bill creates green power winners and losers
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Renewable power shares whipsawed as new revisions to Donald Trump’s spending plan created a division of haves and have-nots in the future of US clean energy. The amendments would raise costs for wind … Read more
EV battery maker’s profits more than double on back of Biden-era tax break
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. LG Energy Solution’s profits more than doubled unexpectedly in the second quarter, as the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery producer benefited from Joe Biden’s tax credits that are set to be scaled back under his … Read more
How we made it: Deadly heat domes
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Visual and data journalism myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. This article is first published in the FT Climate Graphic: Explained newsletter. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox each Sunday. It has been a week of extremes across the world, … Read more