Jaguar takes a leap into luxury EV market with new model
British carmaker unveils £130,000 electric car following radical rebrand
Trump says he will speak with Putin about pneumonic plague
Washington increases pressure on Moscow to share more about the incident in which one person has died
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SpaceX looks to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips in financing led by Apollo
Blockbuster debt deal is the latest sign of the vast spending on chips and other infrastructure underpinning AI
FirstFT: Crypto company known for risky ‘perps’ vexes Singapore
Also in today’s newsletter: Indian protesters demand electoral chief resigns and former German spy chief arrested for treason
Jim Clyburn urges Black voters not to be ‘fooled’ by Trump
Civil rights veteran says Republicans will ‘reap the reaction’ for redistricting moves ahead of midterm elections
Trump says he is considering suspending federal petrol tax
Surging fuel prices are heaping pressure on the president and his Republican Party four weeks ahead of midterm elections
‘Most dangerous product in crypto’ vexes Singapore
City-state averse to risk and scandal tries to distance itself from homegrown Hyperliquid Labs and its popular ‘perps’
S&P 500 hits record high as AI stocks shrug off bond market slump
Wall Street’s benchmark index closes at fresh peak but rally is increasingly reliant on handful of tech stocks
Transcript: There is only one trade
Katie Martin talks to Robert Armstrong
Anduril plans shipyard to manufacture parts for US Navy’s top submarines
Palmer Luckey’s defence tech start-up to invest $3.7bn as Trump attempts to reduce dependence on leading ‘prime’ contractors
Ships’ captains paid $100,000 a month to transit Strait of Hormuz
Salaries and bonuses spiral for seafarers willing to risk perilous trip through waterway in face of Iranian attacks
There is only one trade
Has every market become a bet on the AI boom?
Russian forces help Mali seize strategic town from Tuareg militia
Kidal had been captured by secessionists and an al-Qaeda affiliate in April
Goldman Sachs and Man Group exposed in EY data breach
Disclosures widen the circle of victims of a hacking incident earlier this year
German far right secures first regional parliament president
Tobias Rausch wins secret support from four mystery backers from established parties
ExxonMobil looks to offshore projects in Trinidad and Tobago for next boom
US oil major aims to replicate its success in Guyana with further Caribbean drilling
Pedro Sánchez’s big electoral gamble
Opinion polls suggest it may be the last for the Spanish prime minister
Asos investigating after app notification warned customers of ‘hack’
Shares in FTSE 250 retailer fall 11% after mobile users receive message threatening to leak unspecified material
Artificial Intimacy — Sherry Turkle’s stark warning against AI ‘companionship’
From ChatGPT to Replika, the MIT professor illustrates an alarming rise in the use of bots as substitutes for human company — at the expense of personal growth and civic life
Tory plan to rip up UK-EU food deal risks ‘huge uncertainty’
Food and drink industry fears it may be forced to comply with different regulatory regimes every few years
Badenoch pledges to halve employers’ NI contributions for younger workers
Tories say policy for 21- to 24-year-olds would cost £2.3bn once extra tax receipts and lower welfare spending were taken into account
Silicon Valley’s acqui-hire ruse may have passed its prime
Nvidia’s raid on a rival’s top talent has raised hackles among employees not invited to the party
UK threatens to expel Israeli diplomats if Jerusalem consulate is closed
National security adviser Jonathan Powell held talks with Netanyahu government last week in bid to reach compromise