The early 2000s were the high point for this horizon of the future. The great cities of Asia — Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing but also Mumbai and Bengaluru — joined the list of “global cities”.

Germany and France hit out at the long-awaited EU-US trade deal on Monday, warning it would wound the bloc’s economy, as the euro slid against the dollar. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the ...

Chrysopoeia, commonly known as alchemy, has been pursued by civilisations as far back as ancient Egypt. Now San Francisco-based Marathon Fusion, a start-up focused on using nuclear fusion to generate ...

Coca-Cola has said it will launch a new version of its signature soft drink sweetened with cane sugar later this year, days after US President Donald Trump announced that the company had agreed to the ...

Twenty-eight countries, including the UK, Canada, Japan and more than a dozen EU nations, have condemned the “drip feeding of aid” and “inhumane killing of civilians” in Gaza, as they demanded an ...

The EU must strengthen its security and defence partnerships with Asian countries despite pressure from the Trump administration to focus only on Europe’s domestic security, Brussels’ chief diplomat ...

Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Russia’s “swarm” tactics against Ukraine are increasingly cutting through Ukraine’s defences, with drones striking ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Poland plans to buy a stake in a satellite company that came to prominence by tracking Russian troop movements ...

Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The UK has signed a “strategic partnership” with OpenAI, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government seeks to ...