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South Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prison

Impeached ex-president faces verdict on insurrection charge next month over failed martial law bid

Astrological jewellery is in the ascendant

Sometimes, biography isn’t the best judge of what someone might do in public office

Also in today’s newsletter: US strikes first sales on Venezuelan oil and Wall Street banks’ equity trading businesses lift profits

Shook Ones, Ct. II

Lando Norris loves to race online. You too can join the F1 champion on the virtual track

Party must set itself apart because anyone who wants to vote for the populist right is well-served by Farage

María Corina Machado leaves White House meeting without the US president’s backing to be her country’s next leader

Mitsubishi Corporation’s purchase of Aethon will bolster its gas portfolio as energy demand soars due to AI

Chiefs of finance groups including Zurich and BNP Paribas call for formal goal of supporting growth and competitiveness

Plus, the central bank trilemma

Countries agree to lift trade barriers on the first visit to Beijing by a Canadian prime minister in almost a decade

Katie Martin talks to Robert Armstrong and Alan Livsey

Also in this newsletter: Italy’s Arctic ambitions

Wikipedia; more Wikipedia; AI inference; dashcams; Renfrew Christie; the Free Speech Union; and a plan

Marc Filippino talks to Joshua Franklin, Edward White and Victoria Craig

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reported bumper earnings buoyed by a dealmaking boom and rising stock markets

Jonathan Benger tells FT that health service payments should not rise for years to come

British public sector broadcaster will make unique shows for the platform and generate revenue from ads overseas

French finance minister Roland Lescure raised concerns with American Treasury secretary Scott Bessent

Details emerge of unprecedented crackdown, raising questions over future of protest movement