Financial Times

@financialtimes.com

This is a prolific poster! Showing posts since March 26, 2025.

1. 1

   The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it? ft.trib.al/EZ8JpLK

   

   The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?

   Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going

   605 292

   Jul 22, 2026
2. 2

   The US president’s $10bn complaint over his leaked tax information was brought for the ‘improper purpose’ of legitimising a legally dubious deal, a US judge said in a ruling. ft.trib.al/LROIgEW

   

   328 82

   Jul 14, 2026
3. 3

   Trump turns media dinner into cringe-inducing roast of his enemies ft.trib.al/mqpsjhm

   

   Trump turns media dinner into cringe-inducing roast of his enemies

   Many of the president’s jokes were met with stony silence at a rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner

   278 76

   Jul 25, 2026
4. 4

   UK’s culture secretary and department quit X citing concerns over democracy ft.trib.al/1AV7wrF

   

   UK’s culture secretary and department quit X citing concerns over democracy

   Move by Lisa Nandy marks first exit of a major cabinet department from the platform

   255 51

   Jul 2, 2026
5. 5

   Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was about Google burning through cash for the first time since going public decades ago as it raised its spending forecast for AI infrastructure. ft.trib.al/9z6a5Ym

   

   222 92

   Jul 23, 2026
6. 6

   FT Exclusive: The Trump administration has collected more than $13bn in revenues from Venezuelan oil sales this year, according to FT calculations, but has said almost nothing about what has happened to the money. ft.trib.al/PfzSSIx

   

   218 109

   Jul 22, 2026
7. 7

   Industry executives have balked at the fee and the potential legal risks of a new data service that would provide ‘faster’ access to posts from the top accounts on Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social. ft.trib.al/4gn0otB

   

   207 65

   Jul 23, 2026
8. 8

   Donald Trump declared making more than 22,000 stock transactions in 2025, according to the FT analysis. His immediate predecessor, Joe Biden, made 13 transactions over four years. In his first term, Trump made 517. ft.trib.al/ld3ItuQ

   

   184 108

   Jul 1, 2026
9. 9

   Ukraine is striking Russian energy infrastructure at an unprecedented rate.
   
   An FT analysis found Kyiv's intensified drone campaign is putting pressure on Russia's fuel supplies and air defences, bringing the war closer to home than ever before.
   
   ft.trib.al/liWGORK

   

   179 25

   Jul 5, 2026
10. 10

    The US president’s pivot from outspoken criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy to letting the Ukrainian leader manufacture US weapons was the standout moment of the summit in Turkey. What does it mean for the alliance, and the war in Ukraine? ft.trib.al/zrHvL6o

    

    165 30

    Jul 9, 2026
11. 11

    The oil price has risen above $98 a barrel for the first time since early June after Iran-backed Houthi militants said they had attacked two Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red Sea ft.trib.al/eETTCp1

    

    161 52

    Jul 23, 2026
12. 12

    Ukraine striking Russian energy infrastructure at unprecedented rate ft.trib.al/nKEohAc

    

    Ukraine striking Russian energy infrastructure at unprecedented rate

    Kyiv’s intensified drone campaign is spurring Russia’s worst fuel crisis in decades

    153 28

    Jul 5, 2026
13. 13

    FT Exclusive: Nato leaders support Ukraine’s intensified drone strikes deep within Russia as part of efforts to force Moscow back to the negotiating table, Finland’s president has said, arguing that Kyiv is in the 'best' position since the war began. ft.trib.al/sYeKbrX

    

    152 34

    Jul 6, 2026
14. 14

    FT Exclusive: The International Energy Agency has forecast US-based spending on power plants fuelled by coal and gas will reach $50bn this year, as companies rush to build out data centres. ft.trib.al/aakY0J7

    

    152 90

    Jul 1, 2026
15. 15

    The US men’s team was outplayed by Belgium throughout the game, as reinstated striker Folarin Balogun made little impact. ft.trib.al/TzJjyqP

    

    147 27

    Jul 7, 2026
16. 16

    'Whenever the dust settles on Donald Trump’s era, my hunch is we will discover that he made a lot more money than is now supposed,' The FT's Edward Luce writes. ft.trib.al/MnmZmpS

    

    143 40

    Jul 24, 2026
17. 17

    Hours after a massive Russian attack on Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had already succeeded in denying Russia victory on the battlefield and had pushed its fleet from much of the western Black Sea, leaving airspace as the defining theatre. ft.trib.al/cPLabnt

    

    143 27

    Jul 6, 2026
18. 18

    The ChatGPT maker said the ‘agent’ escaped a testing environment, gained internet access, stole login credentials and hacked into the start-up Hugging Face by itself, in one of the first public examples of a cyber attack by an AI system acting outside human control. www.ft.com/content/9db7...?

    

    134 85

    Jul 22, 2026
19. 19

    The US president said some of the most widely used drugs in the country would face tariffs of 100% from August 2028, rising to 200% a year later as part of his latest effort to move manufacturing to America. ft.trib.al/qAfPnYW

    

    130 89

    Jul 22, 2026
20. 20

    The Welsh coal miner’s daughter shot to fame with ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ — and never tired of singing it: ft.trib.al/gaOSOpx

    

    128 29

    Jul 9, 2026
21. 21

    Brazil denies visas to US officials over alleged election interference ft.trib.al/z1gf8jP

    

    Brazil denies visas to US officials over alleged election interference

    Government claims Trump appointees sought to cast doubt over integrity of voting system to aid ally Flávio Bolsonaro

    108 22

    Jul 25, 2026
22. 22

    FT Exclusive: DP World is planning to build a new port and a container terminal on the United Arab Emirates’ east coast that would reduce Dubai’s dependence on its flagship Jebel Ali hub and bypass the Strait of Hormuz. ft.trib.al/5qcQIrM

    

    107 42

    Jul 13, 2026
23. 23

    RIP the US state department ft.trib.al/ZxCEkLt

    

    RIP the US state department

    America’s diplomats used to have global sway. Now they are besieged by their own president

    106 46

    Jul 14, 2026
24. 24

    The head of an ethical fintech backed by Standard Chartered and marketed as ‘people and planet first’ previously sought to set up a $2.75bn weapons fund with the Wirecard executive later exposed as a fraudster and spy. ft.trib.al/X6S3eSj

    

    105 35

    Jul 22, 2026
25. 25

    Judge says Trump’s IRS lawsuit had no ‘basis in law or fact’ ft.trib.al/87zG7A5

    

    Judge says Trump’s IRS lawsuit had no ‘basis in law or fact’

    Ruling casts doubt on whether president and his family can benefit from immunity deal

    105 24

    Jul 13, 2026