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Jeffrey Epstein’s web of influence
How the FT covers the enormous tranche of documents related to the late disgraced financierft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Russia struggles to shake reliance on foreign technology imports
Moscow’s hope of hitting target for independence by 2030 is too optimistic, say analystsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir, Deloitte and gravel company led by ally of US president among beneficiariesft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Russian oil income drops sharply as sanctions bite
Moscow’s energy revenues fell by a fifth in 2025 compared with previous yearft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
The Chinese suppliers that could decide the drone war in Ukraine
As both sides scramble to source vital components, some experts are convinced Russian buyers are being favouredft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN
Body was originally planned to oversee Gaza but charter’s broad wording suggests it could mediate in other conflictsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Moscow says US seizure of Russian tanker risks military escalation at sea
Russia’s foreign ministry accuses Washington of lowering the ‘threshold for use of force’ft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
US attempts to seize Russia-linked tanker in Atlantic
Move follows failure of previous bid to capture vessel as it headed to Venezuelaft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
US running surveillance flights near Russia-linked tanker in north Atlantic
Increased activity comes amid reports Moscow has sent submarine to escort vessel to its territoryft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
US tracking oil tanker off UK coast linked to Venezuela, Russia and Iran
Monitoring comes as Washington builds up military assets in Britainft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Russian shoppers pay double for sanctions-hit luxury goods from Europe
Famous Moscow department store Tsum still lists thousands of luxury items from high-end marques despite EU banft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Epstein appointed Staley and Summers as executors of his will
Newly released DoJ documents point to deep ties between influential men and late sex offenderft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Russia’s wage growth slows as wartime economy cools
Salary increases for new hires drop compared with last yearft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
US justice department under fire for removing Trump image from Epstein files
Democrats raise questions over why some documents released on Friday were removed the next dayft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
US justice department releases cache of Epstein files
Heavily redacted documents include images of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Bill Clinton and Donald Trumpft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservativesft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Chinese parts supplier takes stake in leading Russian drone maker
Tie-up marks new level of co-operation between Moscow and Beijing’s military industrial complexesft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Chinese exporters charge Russia more for war supplies as sanctions bite
Price increases show that western restrictions are limiting Moscow’s capabilities, Bank of Finland research findsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Trump changes tack on the Epstein files
US President Donald Trump was against releasing the Epstein files. He's changed his tune.ft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Ex-partner of sanctioned oligarch sells London flat for £26mn under original purchase price
The property in One Hyde Park had been held via a trust of which Natalia Rozhkova is listed as the beneficiaryft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Epstein’s connections: ‘Life among the lucrative and louche’
New documents reveal fresh details about the sex offender’s powerful networkft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Trump ‘spent hours’ at Epstein’s house with victim of sex trafficking, email alleges
House Democrats release new communications from late paedophileft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Mittal joint venture says it has stopped buying Russian oil
Statement follows FT reporting on crude purchases that had been transported on sanctioned vesselsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Lakshmi Mittal’s energy venture bought Russian oil transported on blacklisted ships
Indian refinery received at least four crude shipments this year worth almost $280mn on sanctions-listed vesselsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
FT Investigation: How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policiesft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
UK and US impose sanctions on alleged Cambodian ‘cyber-scam’ network
London properties worth £130mn frozen in action against group accused of large-scale online romance fraudft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Rule of law in the Trump era: the demoralised prosecutors of SDNY
The Southern District of New York once took pride in its independence. But pressure from the administration is changing the way its lawyers operateft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
The Russian spy ship stalking Europe’s subsea cables
Covert operations in waters surrounding the British Isles pose a grave threat to critical infrastructure and a fresh challenge to Natoft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
What’s next for H-1B visas and a long-awaited TikTok deal
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Timesft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Chinese cargo ship docks in Russian-occupied Crimea
Heng Yang 9 stops in Ukrainian port of Sevastopol, which has been under western sanctions since 2014ft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides
FT analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefitsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
‘Stargate of China’ plan emerges to challenge US as AI superpower
Beijing increases oversight of its data centres to make better use of limited computing resourcesft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Black applicants twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage
FT analysis finds all ethnic minorities have lower probability of being granted home loans than white counterpartsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
How Russia is jamming GPS around Europe
Ursula von der Leyen’s plane is the latest to be caught up in widespread scrambling of navigation signalsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Strategy on school sites must look beyond today’s baby bust
Government needs to think less like a sharp-eyed property developer and more about planning for future birth reboundsft.com - 🚨 New article by @chriscook.news
Black applicants twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage
FT analysis finds all ethnic minorities have lower probability of being granted home loans than white counterpartsft.com - 🚨 New article: Europe builds for war as arms factories expand at triple speed
Europe builds for war as arms factories expand at triple speed
FT radar analysis reveals historic scale of rearmament, stretching over 7mn sq metres of new developmentft.com - 🚨 New article: Finland charges captain of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship over cable cutting
Finland charges captain of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship over cable cutting
Helsinki first among Nato capitals to prosecute officers of vessel suspected of Baltic Sea sabotageft.com - 🚨 New article: Trump hits India with extra 25% tariff for Russia oil purchases
Trump hits India with extra 25% tariff for Russia oil purchases
US president issues executive order after envoy’s talks in Moscowft.com - 🚨 New article: Thousands of company directors leave UK after Labour’s tax changes
Thousands of company directors leave UK after Labour’s tax changes
FT analysis finds jump in departures with UAE the top destinationft.com - 🚨 New article: Captain of convenience: how one man left a global trail of false flags
Captain of convenience: how one man left a global trail of false flags
Authorities have repeatedly targeted a mysterious figure who set up shipping registries in far-flung countriesft.com - 🚨 New article: Trump readies fresh US sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet
Donald Trump readies fresh US sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet
US president has threatened Vladimir Putin with punitive measures to force him to end war in Ukraineft.com - 🚨 New article: Russia runs low on Soviet-era arms as North Korea fills gap
Russia runs low on Soviet-era arms as North Korea fills gap
Logistics data shows shipments from vast military storage facilities falling to pre-invasion levelsft.com - 🚨 New article: Why business leaders don’t make good ministers
Why business leaders don’t make good ministers
Government services face different challenges to the private sectorft.com - 🚨 New article: Red Sea ship insurance prices jump as Houthis resume attacks
Red Sea ship insurance prices jump as Houthis resume attacks
Sunday’s assault by the group was the first since December, prompting concerns about an escalationft.com - 🚨 New article: UK challenges more than 40 ‘shadow fleet’ ships a month in English Channel
UK challenges more than 40 ‘shadow fleet’ ships a month in English Channel
High number of checks highlights new European efforts to squeeze Russian exportsft.com - 🚨 New article: Germany launches insurance crackdown on Russian ‘shadow fleet’
Germany launches insurance crackdown on Russian ‘shadow fleet’
Berlin increases controls on vessels heading eastward through the Fehmarn straitft.com - 🚨 New article: Accenture says CEOs are postponing hiring consultants due to uncertainty
Accenture says CEOs are postponing hiring consultants due to uncertainty
IT consulting and outsourcing group reports a slowdown in new business for the second quarter in a rowft.com - 🚨 New article: Two bombmakers jailed for life over murder of Maltese journalist
Two bombmakers jailed for life over murder of Maltese journalist
Trial of suspects in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death was seen as test of EU county’s ability to tackle organised crimeft.com - 🚨 New article: Putin’s war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer
Vladimir Putin’s war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer
Salary growth for new hires is slowing, according to an FT analysis, yet not enough to shift views on the warft.com
