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Is there anything more off-putting than someone trying desperately to shill their brilliance? Jo Ellison doesn't think so:

France’s Le Pen vows national ‘renewal’ in campaign launch

Choosing to clear an income-contingent loan is a risky move, says Claer Barrett. Yet deciding to repay is not the end of the story:

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile

Tucker Carlson: ‘I so overstated my power it was embarrassing’

Marco Rubio still owes Europe answers about America’s intentions

At the reborn Simpson’s Tavern in the City, there’s beef-dripping chips, a magnificent venison pie and the sort of rich, old-school cooking that would delight a character in a Trollope novel:

An American lawyer, a banker and a former spy hatched a plan to prevent nuclear Armageddon. They just needed to tell the Russian president

A shortage of places to park the world’s growing fleet of luxury vessels is driving up prices — and turning marinas into a hot new asset class for investors.

Measles surge exposes Republicans’ vulnerability on vaccines

French government and corporate bond yields are converging | opinion

Carney’s energy ambitions boosted by Conservative victory in British Columbia

As disorder engulfs Paris, the political centre collapses and Marine Le Pen approaches power, the country is running out of money, patience and answers. Simon Kuper asks what happens next:

The man whose show had for years functioned as a bullhorn for Republican leaders is now being portrayed by many of those same lawmakers as an unhinged has-been, exiled to Maine. But does Trump’s loudest critic still have his finger on America’s pulse?

If you walk into a supermarket nowadays and look on the shelves, more and more products include ‘added protein’. But is this protein boom a good thing?

RT @tejparikh90: Britain needs ‘chainsaw economics’. My latest column for @FT. Shock therapy can liberate the UK economy from a cycle of low growth, rising debt and an expanding state:

Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been removed

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?

The novelist and playwright on remaining creative after the fall that left him tetraplegic, the politics of multicultural London and when Elton John turned up at his wedding – over a River Cafe lunch with the FT's Rebecca Watson:

FT Exclusive: About 69% of registered voters, and almost 50% of those who voted for the president in 2024, said they were 'very' or 'somewhat' concerned about 'corruption, self-dealing or conflicts of interest' in the Trump administration.

UK mortgage market ‘failing to adapt to new patterns of work’

London’s most famous shopping street bans cars in bid to revive its fortunes

Don’t let the future rob you of the present | opinion

Britain needs ‘chainsaw economics’

‘A delicious fantasy of Britishness’ — Jay Rayner reviews Cloth Cornhill | opinion

Kim Jong Un said North Korea is ready to work with China and 'expand practical co-operation' during his visit at the Chinese border city of Dandong.

California wines don’t age? Think again | opinion

Students worry AI is about to kill their future

How much should you plan for your financial future? | opinion

US voters worried about corruption under Trump — FT poll

The curse of overexposure | opinion

Audi to build $4bn US plant as it grapples with tariffs

The money questions children ask AI chatbots | opinion

More than 400,000 people have joined demonstrations across France, a week after widespread rioting shocked the nation, as Emmanuel Macron’s government steps up policing in a bid to deter further disorder.

Amelia Earhart and the allure of an unsolved mystery | opinion

What my most embarrassing job interview taught me | opinion

Reform’s former policy chief steps down from Cambridge management roles

‘Designer baby’ start-ups test limits of biotech taboo

China’s luxury brands are ready to elbow western rivals aside | opinion

More than 1mn antiquities returned to countries of origin