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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.“If Europe wants to avoid war, Europe must get ready for war,” Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said in March. Most European countries have finally confronted the need to spend big on rearmament, and started to mobilise the financing. Now they need to spend the money wisely. They must avoid the trap of preparing to fight the last war, and instead leapfrog ahead in developing the technologies needed to fight, or hopefully deter, the next one.The last time European…

Paying by credit card is increasingly popular. In 2023, nearly one-third (32%) of all payments used a credit card, up from 18% in 2016, according to a Federal Reserve report. Accepting credit cards is more costly for small businesses due to fees charged by card issuers and payment processors. However, small businesses may find it worth their while to pay those extra costs. Key Takeaways As more consumers rely on credit cards, accepting them is increasingly important for small businesses that want to boost sales.Business owners can choose between setting up a merchant account and finding a payment process or…

The furious rally in US assets sparked by the tariff détente between Washington and Beijing has caught big investors off guard, colliding with widespread bets against the dollar and Wall Street stocks. The S&P 500 has rallied 4 per cent this week, erasing all of its losses this year, after the US and China agreed to cut tariffs for at least 90 days, signalling an end to the worst of the trade war. The dollar initially rose too, while US government bond prices have dropped as traders exit traditional havens. The rush of money back into stocks has stung large asset…

When Klaus Schwab told trustees of the World Economic Forum last month that he planned to “start the process of stepping down” from the organisation he founded 55 years ago, he reeled off a list of achievements.The WEF’s annual winter meeting of political and business leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos had become a “global village” where common challenges could be addressed, making it “essential to avoid war”, he wrote in an email on April 1. Schwab’s own “intellectual, political, economic and social contributions to the world” had been recognised with “international and national distinctions”, while “the small…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken to the prime minister, Theresa May, and Downing Street. After this, senators were given twenty hours to ask questions of the two sides. Anthony…