Merck held talks to buy Swiss biotech MoonLake for more than $3bnNews Feed
US pharmaceuticals group has been looking to rebuild its pipeline before crucial cancer drug comes off-patent
Saudi Aramco raises $5bn in bond sale as it grapples with lower oil pricesNews Feed
World’s largest oil company taps London market amid pressure on its dividend
South Korean polling stations open for pivotal presidential electionNews Feed
Leftwing candidate Lee Jae-myung is frontrunner after turmoil sparked by ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid
UK must spend £68bn to modernise military, defence review suggestsNews Feed
Drones and artificial intelligence will be needed to increase warfighting capability
Dollar slides towards 3-year low as weak US data stokes economic fearsNews Feed
Treasuries under pressure following warnings on American debt load
FirstFT: South Koreans vote in pivotal presidential electionNews Feed
Also in today’s newsletter, Panama Canal port deal ‘Plan B’, and EU restricts Chinese medical devices
Trump always chickens out on foreign policy tooNews Feed
Despite his rhetoric about fire and fury, the president is nervous about the use of force
Thrilling debut performances light up the Royal Ballet’s OneginNews Feed
Vadim Muntagirov, Fumi Kaneko and Natalia Osipova were among the dancers who shone in John Cranko’s ballet
Threats from public cause more than half of UK MPs to feel unsafeNews Feed
Report led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle finds level of abuse is ‘stifling debate and weakening democracy’
We should fear a Trump whose tariffs are taken awayNews Feed
The US president’s arsenal of coercive economic weapons has a lot of lethal ordnance left