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Sunday, 12 April 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Middle East war live: Vance says US and Iran fail to reach deal
 
Two sides held talks in Islamabad over the weekend
 
 
Richard Caring sells majority stake in Ivy hospitality empire to Sheikh Tahnoon’s IHC
 
Deal includes an investment of more than £1bn
 
 
The damage wrought to the Middle East’s oil and gas supplies
 
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have both suffered significant damage to production capacity during the US-Israeli war against Iran
 
 
How Iran turned to memes to take on Trump
 
Regime accounts have saturated feeds with snarky online propaganda since US and Israel started bombing campaign
 
 
Historic Nasa Moon mission returns safely to Earth
 
Artemis voyage entranced world and highlighted space race between US and China
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Hungary: the election the world’s big powers want to win
 
Orbán’s defeat would deprive nationalist conservatives across the world of a champion. Opponents see Sunday’s vote as a chance to halt autocracy
 
 
Anthropic closes in on OpenAI as US business use surges
 
Divergence reflects company’s recent rapid growth owing to strong interest in its Claude Code products
 
 
Dubai: Conversations in a crisis
 
Amid the uncertainty, the city’s professional class holds an unshakeable belief in its resilience
 
 
HTSI’s spring design special celebrates the singular view
 
With Heinz Mack, Jay Osgerby, Sang Woo Kim, Simone Bodmer-Turner, Dozie Kanu, Sophie Hicks and Simone Brewster
 
 
Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims
 
The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Chart of the Week: The S&P 500’s woes in Trump 2.0
 
The index has had its worst performance over the past five US presidencies
 
 
Only two events have mattered in my 30 years of investing
 
Markets have shrugged off everything from geopolitics to financial crises
 
 
Isa season flops as UK retail investors shun falling stock market
 
Buyers stayed away during the crucial annual buying period amid pessimism over geopolitical tensions and the global economy
 
 
BP’s proxy fight exposes bugs in shareholder voting machine
 
On contentious matters, investors are less likely to follow proxies
 
 
Separating the signal from the noise in private credit
 
What matters most is how capital was deployed and underwritten
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Superyacht maker Sanlorenzo rides personalisation wave
 
Italian group looks to sustain sales boom with hyper bespoke vessels including its latest built around a living tree
 
 
Jacob’s Creek should come in smaller bottles
 
Relaunch of popular 1990s tipple might need more than nostalgia to stand out from today’s crowd
 
 
Mortgage borrowers seek shorter-term deals as market volatility saps confidence
 
Flexibility is the watchword among UK borrowers amid signs of slowing activity in the housing market
 
 
UK households turn to solar panels as energy bills bite
 
Fallout from Middle East crisis prompts more people to explore the alternative source of power
 
 
Tofoo co-founder: ‘I’d lost £250,000 in investments before I started the company’
 
It was fourth time lucky for entrepreneur David Knibbs
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Royal balm will not rescue the Anglo-American relationship
 
The King’s upcoming visit to the court of Donald Trump has too much riding on it
 
 
Yet more reasons to look on the bright side . . . 
 
The science suggests that it is healthier to be wrong and happy than to be pessimistic and right
 
 
The tragedy of leisure
 
The combination of AI and small families will create more free time than is good for us 
 
 
Against all odds, American hospitality prevails
 
A recent visit reminded me why LA is (still) one of the best food cities in the world
 
 
How Streep and Wintour dealt with the Devil — and won
 
A long-awaited sequel tells us that this is the season of the septuagenarian 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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