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OpenAI says Meta is trying to poach staff with $100mn sign-on offers

Mark Zuckerberg reported to be personally calling engineers to recruit for ‘superintelligence’ AI team

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Big Tech pushes for 10-year ban on US states regulating AI

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HSBC considers ordering all staff back to office 3 days a week

Bank seeking to impose unified approach on sprawling global workforce

Netflix strikes landmark deal with France’s TF1 to show traditional TV

Deal will be closely watched by broadcasters, who are losing millions of viewers to streaming giants

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BCG pitched to UN before helping rival Gaza aid plan

Consulting group offered pro bono work to UNRWA shortly after Israel’s military campaign began in late 2023

Israel kills 59 in latest shootings of Gazans seeking food, say local officials

Spotlight

The Big Read. Why the world cannot quit coal

Ten years after the signing of the Paris climate accord, demand for coal is still growing — largely because of India and China — and shows no signs of peaking

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Pakistan’s strongman courts US while drawing closer to China

Military chief Asim Munir’s visit to Washington highlights warming ties despite efforts by India to isolate Islamabad

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Indian politics & policy

Carney and Modi reset Canada-India ties after row over Sikh activist’s death

Leaders call time on two-year diplomatic dispute triggered by death of Sikh activist

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Trump’s abrupt G7 exit causes disquiet among other leaders

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Dealmakers fear Trump has set precedent with ‘golden share’ in US Steel

US official indicates the measure would be used sparingly in future cross-border takeovers

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Aerospace & Defence

Europe’s air defence dilemma: can Franco-Italian system rival US Patriot?

New SAMP-T system on display at Paris Air Show seeks buyers amid Europe’s efforts to re-arm

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New York mayoral candidate detained by agents at immigration court

Video shows Brad Lander, the city’s top finance official, saying, ‘You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens’

US states send delegates to EU for advice on green policy

Carbon pricing in focus ahead of introduction of Europe’s proposed levy

Chinese economy

China’s property market recovery stalls as falling prices hit sentiment

Data sets back hopes that struggling market could stabilise this year

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Trump plans to delay TikTok ban for a third time

US president will sign an executive order this week extending deal deadline by 90 days

UK inflation was 3.4% in May

Figure strengthens expectations that Bank of England will keep interest rates unchanged this week

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FDA chief seeks to soothe US biotech fears over drug approval timeline

Commissioner says agency is hiring scientists as industry warns over delays

Interview. Holtec bets on surge in electricity demand to fuel nuclear investment

President of US manufacturer argues small modular reactors can solve energy transition challenges

Food & Beverage

Kraft Heinz to strip artificial dyes from Jell-O and Kool-Aid

Food group makes US pledge to remove synthetic colours a year later than Trump administration goal

Opinion

Netanyahu is good at starting wars, but it’s ending them that matters

The Israeli prime minister has consistently misread the region since the 1980s, dooming it to endless cycles of violence

Return of the American assassin

The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns

Business Insight. Trade war looms over voices of global business in China

Markets Insight. US exceptionalism in markets is diminished — but far from dead

Canada is finally backing out of its corner

The FT View. Labour’s miscalculation on taxing non-doms

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Lex. The UK has a lot to learn from speedy Singapore

This is Europe’s ‘global euro’ moment

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Lutnick hails Trump’s $5mn investor visa as almost 70,000 apply

Programme to grant foreigners legal residency in US registers 68,703 people on waiting list

Trump leaves G7 early as Iran-Israel conflict intensifies

White House Watch. Trump’s abrupt G7 exit raises prospect of US involvement in Iran

US retail sales fall by most in 2 years as Trump tariffs distort spending

Amazon boss says AI will mean fewer ‘corporate’ jobs

Musk’s xAI nears $9.3bn equity and debt deal

Trump signs executive order to implement US-UK trade deal

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From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics choose their favourite reads of the year so far

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Technology

Can AI tell us how much art is really worth?

New businesses such as Appraisal Bureau are bringing greater efficiency to buying art

Amazon boss says AI will mean fewer ‘corporate’ jobs

Visual analysis: GPS interference raises risk of accidents in Strait of Hormuz

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