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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

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   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

   

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   Jul 22, 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

   

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   Jul 23, 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

   

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   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...?

   

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   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

   

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   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

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   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

   

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   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

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   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

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    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

    

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    Jul 23, 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

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    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

    

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    Jul 22, 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

    

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    Jul 24, 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

    

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    Jul 13, 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

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    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

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    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”

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    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

    

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    Jul 22, 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

    

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    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
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    Donald Trump’s ambassador to Italy, Texas-based billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta, has triggered controversy with a two-month diplomatic outreach tour of Italian seaside towns on his private $450mn superyacht. ft.trib.al/aSLRT2b

    

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    Jul 17, 2026
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    We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI ft.trib.al/SDdQK9q | opinion

    

    We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

    Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

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    Jul 16, 2026
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    Russia forced to import fuel from India as Ukrainian strikes damage refineries ft.trib.al/N87mA8Z

    

    Russia forced to import fuel from India as Ukrainian strikes damage refineries

    Shipment underlines crisis facing Moscow after drone attacks cut supplies and led to widespread shortages

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    Jul 23, 2026
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    Nigel Farage’s Reform UK had its bank account temporarily frozen during the 2024 general election campaign, a revelation that adds to questions about the party’s finances. ft.trib.al/SqH7xbo

    

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    Jul 27, 2026