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Donald Trump says he will lift sanctions on SyriaNews Feed

US president expected to meet new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa during visit to Saudi Arabia

Microsoft to axe 3% of workforce in latest round of job cutsNews Feed

LinkedIn owner joins Meta and Amazon in rebalancing workforce as artificial intelligence race heats up

Adidas chair in re-election fight as investors plot revoltNews Feed

DWS plans to vote against Thomas Rabe because of ‘repeated breach of expectations’

Kim Kardashian testifies about trauma of being robbed in ParisNews Feed

US celebrity recalls 2016 burglary in which she was tied up and held at gunpoint while thieves stole €9mn worth of jewellery

Keir Starmer’s tough talk on immigrationNews Feed

To reduce inflows of foreign workers, Labour must address the shortages that drove them

Volkswagen finance chief warns historic restructuring is not enoughNews Feed

Arno Antlitz tells FT car summit of the risks of complacency after reforms deliver ‘the first results’

Zelenskyy to travel to Turkey regardless of Putin’s plansNews Feed

Ukrainian president puts onus on Russian counterpart to engage in direct peace talks

Trump administration terminates a further $450mn in grants to HarvardNews Feed

Government has already cut $2.2bn in funding to university and US president threatened to scrap its tax-exempt status

The challenge of using excess global savingsNews Feed

We now seem unable to turn the surplus in some countries into productive investment elsewhere

Sixty per cent of UK women complain of financial ‘mansplaining’News Feed

More than a quarter of those surveyed say they have been told how to budget by a man

S&P 500 wipes out 2025 losses as stocks extend rallyNews Feed

Inflation data helps Wall Street benchmark rebound from 15 per cent fall sparked by Donald Trump’s tariffs

Name that dune – seven perfumes with a whiff of the desertNews Feed

These scents evoke heat, dust and endless sandy vistas

Hampstead Theatre’s House of Games can’t quite pull off the hustleNews Feed

An adaptation of David Mamet’s neo-noir thriller doesn’t fully persuade

Jaguar Land Rover profits defy vexed rebrandNews Feed

US tariff uncertainty prompts luxury-car maker to hold back on giving profitability forecast

Saudi Arabia and US agree $600bn of AI and defence dealsNews Feed

Commitments come as Donald Trump begins first leg of three-nation tour of oil-rich Gulf

Reeves is picking a needless fight over pension mandatesNews Feed

Too heavy-handed approach risks sending a chilling message to investors

Bizet’s Mélodies captured on record for the first timeNews Feed

This complete collection of the composer’s songs features French song specialist Cyrille Dubois and the excellent mezzo-soprano Coline Dutilleul

Tory MP Patrick Spencer charged with two counts of sexual assaultNews Feed

MP accused of assaulting two women at Groucho Club in London in 2023

Antony and Cleopatra, Metropolitan Opera review — John Adams finds the tragic heroism that Shakespeare intendedNews Feed

Fine-tuned over several years, there are moments of ecstatic lyricism in this piece — and a hair-raising scream