US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran’s top diplomat have begun a second round of talks as the Trump administration presses the Islamic republic to agree to a deal to reverse its nuclear advances.

As the US president’s rollercoaster tariff policy creates global financial chaos, Tim Harford asks: is he in a fight he can’t ...

Amid the seemingly existential challenge by AI to the artistic process, two books explore how human creativity responds to ...

In emails dubbed “Project Jes”, Osborne and Epstein discussed lobbying key political figures, as well as Barclays insiders, to help “our friend” get the top job at the British bank shortly after Bob ...

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It’s not an area in which I have any expertise but I’ve found myself thinking about trade and resources, and what it could ...

Now officials and analysts are asking whether Europe needs new institutions with much more financial firepower to accelerate defence procurement and promote the consolidation and scaling up of ...

Something happened inside the hypnosis room, Sunny recalled. “I came out and it left me [with] a feeling of ‘I don’t even ...

Swamp Notes is taking this weekend off so instead we wanted to share the latest episode from our fellow FT podcast, The ...

As Erik Satie’s epic ‘Vexations’ comes to London, we recall other marathon feats, involving Marina Abramović, John Cage and F ...

Ding dong. It’s time for the unveiling of our fourth wedding special. As is customary for this issue, we like to focus on a group of real-life ceremonies: The Elopers are among this year’s wedding ...

The US has approved Capital One’s $35.5bn takeover of Discover Financial in a deal that will merge two of America’s largest ...