Gold heads for best week since 2008 as Greenland crisis rattles dollar
Price closes in on $5,000 per ounce and silver tops $100 as Trump’s shortlived tariffs threat sparks rush into precious metals
Poor wage growth estimates led to inflation forecast errors, BoE says
Central bank technical paper comes after widespread criticism of its post-Covid performance
BoJ warns over rise in bond yields as Takaichi dissolves parliament for snap poll
Japan will hold shortest-ever general election campaign period before voting next month
Starmer condemns Trump’s ‘appalling’ claim that Nato troops avoided frontline combat in Afghanistan
UK prime minister says US president should apologise for comments in latest sign of strain between allies
Why does Donald Trump want Greenland?
Donald Trump has issued new threats to take over Greenland from Denmark. But does America actually need to annex territory from its Nato ally?
Concerns over the new Chinese embassy are overwrought
Buildings don’t spy, bully, or interfere — people do
UK to make renewed push to join EU defence fund
Talks that are due to take place next month take on fresh urgency after the transatlantic rupture in Davos
Intel shares drop 15% as supply issues limit growth
Manufacturing setbacks undermine company’s efforts to become US champion in advanced chipmaking
Would-be parents grapple with the unthinkable in Guess How Much I Love You?
A young couple faces agonising decisions in a harrowing but deeply humane play at London’s Royal Court
Investment platforms and building societies clash over new Isa rules
Dispute over whether ‘cash-like’ money market funds should be allowed in stocks-and-shares Isas
Ministers set to delay key elements of special needs education reforms until next parliament
Delaying implementation is seen as a way to avoid a repeat of last year’s backbench rebellion
Shares in Czech ammunition group surge 29% on stock market debut
Performance of Czechoslovak Group underlines strong investor demand for defence companies
Britain’s golden middle power opening
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has a chance to really ‘take back control’
US threatens Iraq with dollar crunch over Iran-backed militias
Washington says it will curb supply of cash if Baghdad fails to freeze out and disarm Shia militants
When the ‘special relationship’ isn’t so special
Is Starmer’s approach to Trump now in tatters?
When the ‘special relationship’ isn’t so special
Is Starmer’s approach to Trump now in tatters?
Mark Rutte, Europe’s Trump whisperer-in-chief
The Nato secretary-general is happy to use flattery in order to get things done
McLaren wins $12mn damages from driver Alex Palou over contract breach
Racing group sued Spaniard in London for breaking deal to drive for IndyCar team
A better CAPE ratio
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Project 2025 director Paul Dans: ‘We are in a full-on scrimmage for the future of America First’
The Maga activist on rifts within the right, his primary race against Trump confidant Lindsey Graham — and the president’s mistake over the Epstein files
UK should show more gratitude to arts donors, says V&A chief
Tristram Hunt tells the FT that Labour’s non-dom tax changes have been a ‘challenge’ for fundraising
The best books of the week
Michael Moritz’s Holocaust-haunted family memoir; China’s enduring authoritarianism under Xi Jinping; inside the seedy world of money laundering; a history of everyday life in Britain between world wars; Ali Smith’s novel of sisterhood and modern-day anxieties; new fiction from Elisa Shua Dusapin an
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Gaza funding in limbo amid Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ drama
Territory’s economic recovery remains a distant prospect