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Monday, 30 March 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Pro-AI group to spend $100mn on US midterm elections as backlash grows
 
November 8 poll set to be battleground over regulation of AI
 
 
Donald Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’
 
US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue
 
 
Avoid energy protectionism, UK chancellor will tell G7 allies
 
Partners urged to ‘act together’ and not ‘weaken collective resilience’ as nations grapple with Strait of Hormuz closure
 
 
Distressed-debt funds target private credit downturn as ‘greatest opportunity’ since 2008
 
Investors anticipate money-making bonanza as sector comes under strain
 
 
The hunger for ‘content’ is keeping us culturally stuck
 
The algorithms of the distraction economy are feeding us what we already like, creating a loop with no progress
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Yen strengthens after Japan official warns of ‘decisive action’
 
Traders have also speculated that government may intervene in crude oil markets
 
 
China cracks down on ‘bone ash’ burials in empty apartments
 
Younger tenants do not mind dead neighbours if it drives down rents in a building
 
 
Israel blocks Catholic cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
 
France, Italy, Poland and Canada condemn Israeli police for cutting off access to site in the run-up to Easter
 
 
Switzerland’s wine-making president pushes to restrict imports
 
Effort to boost local producers draws ire from foreign rivals and domestic merchants
 
 
Iran activates its ‘resistance economy’ to survive the war
 
Islamic republic has spent years building a model designed to withstand hostility even as it presides over a deepening economic malaise
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
The Iran war will cement China’s superpower status
 
Beijing’s industrial prowess positions it for economic and diplomatic gains
 
 
Eurozone borrowing costs soar on fears of fiscal hit from Iran shock
 
Government bonds face one of worst months of past decade as investors warn of ‘deterioration’ in public finances
 
 
In a world of $100 oil, fast fashion loses its defensive charms
 
Polyester-heavy retailers could soon start to feel the cost of their exposure to higher oil prices
 
 
Iran war chokes off helium supplies in threat to chipmakers and healthcare
 
Byproduct of natural gas is critical to the production of superconductors and the functioning of MRI scanners
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
ABN Amro CEO: ‘You don’t want to be a herbivore in a world of carnivores’
 
Marguerite Bérard says Europe must not be left behind as she overhauls Dutch lender with job cuts and AI
 
 
Eli Lilly signs $2bn deal for AI drug development with Hong Kong biotech
 
Global pharmaceutical companies are aggressively searching for new medicines in China
 
 
Apollo looks beyond New York as it plans second headquarters
 
The prominent private capital firm wants to build a new office in a southern US state as it continues to grow
 
 
Social media has been put on notice
 
Legal and legislative pressure is mounting to safeguard young people
 
 
The Pentagon-Anthropic dispute is a test of control
 
Should private companies be able to set boundaries around the AI systems we integrate into our lives?
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
Iran’s aggression will bring Gulf countries closer to the US
 
Despite their resentment, states in the region need American and Israeli technology to defend themselves
 
 
The surprising science of quitting
 
Most of us are just one event away from resigning even though we probably should stay put
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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