Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government wants to threaten a strong response if US is not prepared to compromise ...

Many East players bid 4S directly but, at adverse vulnerability, this provides N/S with a high-scoring penalty. Against 4H, West led 9♣, declarer winning with dummy’s Q♣. What should he play at trick ...

Britain and Turkey have signed a preliminary multibillion-pound deal for the sale of Typhoon jets to Ankara, after Germany dropped its opposition to the sale of the jointly produced aircraft to Recep ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s controversial move to take control of his country’s anti-corruption bodies poses a risk to European funding and Kyiv’s path to EU accession, top European ...

BoJ has a better chance of raising rates this year after Tokyo agrees deal with Washington that will mean lower tariffs ...

Clifford Chance partners pocketed record average earnings of £2.1mn in the year to the end of April, after investment in the US and high-profile clients such as Disney propelled the “magic circle” law ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Microsoft accuses Chinese hackers of software breach, and BYD calls UK EV subsidies ‘stupid’ ...

This is an audio transcript of the Unhedged podcast episode: ‘Robotaxis, tech earnings and 24-hour trading’ [MUSIC PLAYING] ...

Donald Trump said the US had agreed a “massive” trade deal with Japan that will impose 15 per cent tariffs on goods imported ...

I’m Sam Jones. From the Financial Times and Pushkin Industries, this is Hot Money Season 3: Agent of Chaos, Episode 7 — From Russia With Love. [MUSIC PLAYING] ...

Japan’s 40-year government bond auction generated the weakest demand in 14 years as investors responded to reports that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba could resign in the coming days or weeks. The ...

Ecommerce group Amazon is shutting down its Shanghai artificial intelligence lab, becoming the latest US company to retreat ...