Roche has agreed to buy drugmaker 89bio in a deal worth up to $3.5bn, the first US acquisition by a Swiss pharmaceuticals group since the Trump administration hit the country with steep tariffs.

The day will culminate in a joint press conference, which may probe the limits of the relationship between the two leaders. Trump is expected to face questions about Starmer’s plan to recognise ...

Chain says fewer jobs, stifling regulation, unsustainable government spending and higher taxes will take a toll ...

China is dropping an antitrust probe into Google, as Beijing and Washington step up negotiations over TikTok, Nvidia and trade at a time of heightened tensions between the superpowers.

The news never sleeps. It’s a good job that many of the greatest minds at the FT are so caffeinated they can’t rest either. Ahead of Saturday’s FT Weekend Magazine Coffee Special, our journalists ...

European countries including Germany, Switzerland and Austria have this year sent delegations to Afghanistan or welcomed Taliban officials on to their territory to facilitate repatriations. In the UK, ...

FT correspondents spill the beans on their patches’ java scenes, from omakase-style epics in Tokyo and hip Parisian ‘néocafés’ to the relentless global march of matcha ...

The Trump administration is drawing up plans to use tariff revenue to fund a programme to support US farmers as they head into harvest facing falling export sales and rising input costs, agriculture ...

Australian natural gas developer Santos has defended its growth prospects after Abu Dhabi’s state oil company walked away from an $18.7bn offer, sending shares in the company tumbling.

Good morning. Yesterday, our colleagues reported that China had banned domestic tech companies from buying Nvidia’s AI chips, pushing the chipmaker’s shares down nearly 3 per cent. If the AI arms race ...

Europe had its most extensive flooding since 2013, with insurers estimating they would face up to €3bn in claims ...

Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said at a Politico conference this week: “I think you can draw a pretty clear line, and the Supreme Court has done ...