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    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
    604 290
    Jul 22, 2026
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    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

    Image description: El Palito refinery with smokestacks in the background, viewed from a hillside with a partially visible dog in the foreground. Credit: Jesus Vargas/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images. Overlaid text reads: (FT Exclusive) The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
    218 109
    Jul 22, 2026
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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

    Image description: A pharmacy technician in a blue shirt reaches for a bottle of medication from shelves filled with various prescription drug containers. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images. Overlaid text reads: Donald Trump plans 100% tariffs on generic drugs in 2028
    130 89
    Jul 22, 2026
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    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...?

    Image description: The OpenAI logo displayed against a background of a partially visible circuit board with blue lighting. Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters. Overlaid text reads: OpenAI admits an AI ‘agent’ caused a major cyber breach by itself
    134 85
    Jul 22, 2026
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Betting account in Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources ft.trib.al/8PXAsSa

    Betting account in Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
    Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
    65 56
    Jul 23, 2026
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    US state department offers $3mn grants to Maga-aligned groups in Europe ft.trib.al/sjYHKHE

    US state department offers $3mn grants to Maga-aligned groups in Europe
    Agency seeks to repurpose foreign aid funds to help organisations that support Trump administration policies
    67 53
    Jul 14, 2026
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    FT exclusive: Europe’s June heatwave wiped more than €2bn from the value of its grain crop, according to new analysis, with France and Hungary bearing the brunt of the damage ft.trib.al/N5gzUFY

    A combine harvester cuts through a golden wheat field, raising dust under a clear sky during an early harvest.
    75 45
    Jul 22, 2026
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    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
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    '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
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    Nearly 100 US troops injured in two weeks since Iran war resumed ft.trib.al/ePNNIDx

    Nearly 100 US troops injured in two weeks since Iran war resumed
    The Pentagon says most soldiers suffered ‘minor concussions’ and have returned to duty
    80 39
    Jul 21, 2026
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    More than 2,700 deaths linked to UK heatwaves ft.trib.al/V3NBVoR

    More than 2,700 deaths linked to UK heatwaves
    For the first time on record temperatures of 35C or higher had been recorded in May, June and July of the same year in UK
    66 39
    Jul 13, 2026
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    Trump is driving another nail into the coffin of US science ft.trib.al/hkOyneh

    Trump is driving another nail into the coffin of US science
    Under proposed reforms, political appointees will review grants to ensure they “advance the President’s priorities”
    57 37
    Jul 15, 2026
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    Breaking news: Tesla’s profits dropped unexpectedly as Elon Musk’s group offered discounts to boost electric-vehicle sales and revenue from sales of regulatory credits to rivals dried up. ft.trib.al/XbQAMjC

    100 36
    Jul 22, 2026
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    Breaking news: Donald Trump earned $526.8mn last year from the sale of tokens created by his family’s crypto enterprise, World Liberty Financial, according to a financial disclosure. ft.trib.al/MXJF8Jf

    53 36
    Jun 30, 2026
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    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

    Image description: Zeiad Idris. Credit: Algbra. Overlaid text reads: UK ethical fintech boss tried to set up arms deals with Wirecard’s Jan Marsalek
    105 35
    Jul 22, 2026
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    OpenAI and Google are selling their advanced AI models to Chinese tech giants blacklisted by the Pentagon, exposing a gap in Washington’s efforts to slow Beijing’s AI development.

    Read the full story here: ft.trib.al/rlO7Nho

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    Jul 10, 2026