This topic explores President Trump's escalating tariff policies and their widespread impact on global trade, affecting industries from fireworks to food exports and prompting reactions from China, the EU, and Japan.

• How Trump’s China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America’s Fireworks Extravaganzas — The New York Times Business -
• White House to Start Notifying Countries About Tariffs, Trump Says — The New York Times Business -
• US threatens EU with 17% tariff on food exports — Financial Times -

• How U.S.-Japan Tariff Talks Got Stuck on Cars and Rice — The New York Times Business -
• How trade tensions are really affecting the global economy — Financial Times -
• China Sets Steep Duties on European Brandy but Spares Biggest Producers — The New York Times Business -
• Trump to step up tariff pressure with letters to trade partners on new rates — Financial Times -
• Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy — Financial Times -
• Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy — Financial Times -
• Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy — Financial Times -
• Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill — The New York Times Business -
• ‘Elon has finally woken up’: Musk battles to save Tesla from Trump — Financial Times -
• The cost of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ — Financial Times -
• A Chinese Fireworks Maker Is Going All In on the U.S. Despite Tariffs — Wall Street Journal -

This topic highlights ongoing international tensions, including Hamas's response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal, UN inspectors withdrawing from Iran, Russia's attacks on Ukraine, and the role of military technology like AI and drones in modern warfare, alongside historical economic contexts and defense industry partnerships.

• Hamas gives ‘positive’ response to Trump proposal for Gaza ceasefire — Financial Times -
• Palestine Action loses bid to secure block on UK government ban — Financial Times -
• BCG modelled plan to ‘relocate’ Palestinians from Gaza — Financial Times -

• UN pulls inspectors from Iran as Israel aims to maintain ‘aerial superiority’ — Financial Times -
• Opinion | Can AI and Drones Replace Soldiers and Jets? — Wall Street Journal -
• Trump and Zelenskyy discuss Ukrainian air defence as Russian attacks mount — Financial Times -
• Russia launches record drone and missile barrage on Ukraine — Financial Times -
• Jane Street banned from dealing securities in India — Financial Times -
• Why Moldova’s EU membership bid remains tied up with Ukraine’s fate — Financial Times -
• Germany’s Rheinmetall, a Maker of Autos and Arms, Is Forging Stronger U.S. Ties — The New York Times Business -
• Saudi Arabia sticks with Iran after Israel war — Financial Times -
• Perfect Storm — how the west has wrestled with Moscow’s oligarchs and oil barons — Financial Times -

This topic covers President Trump's domestic influence, from justifying policy decisions like ignoring the TikTok ban and re-engineering the tax code, to perspectives on his political impact and concerns over fiscal excess.

• How the Trump Administration Justified Ignoring the TikTok Ban — The New York Times Business -
• The age of fiscal excess — Financial Times -
• The US left’s glaring attention deficit — Financial Times -

• A Solid Report Card for the Markets, Despite Shock and Worry — The New York Times Business -
• Steve Bannon: ‘Trump is going to be in your head for a long time’ — Financial Times -
• ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ policymaking leaves the field clear for China — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: Trumps get his Independence Day present — Financial Times -
• Elon Musk Lost to Trump. He Can’t Get Over It. — Wall Street Journal -
• How Republicans Re-engineered the Tax Code — The New York Times Business -
• Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange — Financial Times -
• Trump tightens grip on power with ‘big beautiful’ policy triumph — Financial Times -
• The Lunar Society is a cautionary tale for Trump’s America — Financial Times -

This topic delves into UK political landscape and economic policy, covering developments with Labour leaders like Reeves and Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn's new party plans, concerns over London IPOs and pensions, and taxation issues for wealthy residents.

• Nervy markets put Reeves and Starmer on notice — Financial Times -
• UK government to pay £1.6mn to Afghan data breach victims — Financial Times -
• Jeremy Corbyn confirms plans to form new party — Financial Times -

• Rachel Reeves, the iron chancellor who cried — Financial Times -
• FTSE 250 bargain hunters have to tread carefully — Financial Times -
• A year of Keir — Financial Times -
• Collapsed owner of Lindsey oil refinery owes up to £250mn in taxes — Financial Times -
• Breakthrough barriers for UK’s populist left — Financial Times -
• How Keir Starmer fumbled his first year in power — Financial Times -
• Reeves to announce review of workplace pensions — Financial Times -
• London IPO fundraising falls to 30-year low — Financial Times -
• Britain cannot afford to scare foreign residents away — Financial Times -
• Wealthy fear more tax hits in Autumn Budget — Financial Times -

This topic highlights developments in various industries, including Slim-Fast founder S. Daniel Abraham's passing, financial penalties for banks in a Singapore money-laundering case, the end of the Krispy Kreme and McDonald's partnership, and Burberry's brand revival efforts, alongside gaming and media industry insights.

• S. Daniel Abraham, the Force Behind Slim-Fast, Dies at 100 — The New York Times Business -
• GIC teams with private equity on stake in healthcare marketing agency Klick — Financial Times -
• Why Beef Prices Have Hit a Record — The New York Times Business -

• While Working on the Set of ‘Entourage,’ She Came Up With an Idea for a Business — Wall Street Journal -
• UBS and Citi among nine banks fined $21.5mn in Singapore money-laundering case — Financial Times -
• Why Krispy Kreme and McDonald’s Broke Up — Wall Street Journal -
• Sandy Gall, Reporter Who Covered a Half-Century of Wars, Dies at 97 — The New York Times Business -
• Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next? — Financial Times -
• Dispute Over Golden Globes Heats Up — The New York Times Business -
• Burberry Got Too Fancy. This American Is Taking It Back to Its British Roots. — Wall Street Journal -

This topic examines broad societal and economic shifts, including environmental policy challenges like deforestation laws and pollution control, trends in cultural consumption such as exhibitions and festivals, and innovations in areas like transportation and finance, alongside shifts in consumer behavior and market competition and labor market concerns.

• The best exhibitions to see in London this weekend — Financial Times -
• Here’s one way to make the Tour de France less predictable — Financial Times -
• Lionesses defend Euros title with fortunes of women’s game in England on their shoulders — Financial Times -

• Could the Electric Hydrofoil Ferry Change the Way We Commute? — The New York Times Business -
• Videos Make #Paydayroutines Everybody’s Business — The New York Times Business -
• How to get children reading again — Financial Times -
• Brazil’s UN climate summit chief defends Petrobras oil expansion — Financial Times -
• Europe needs to shrug off fear and embrace stablecoins — Financial Times -
• Mondelez calls for EU to delay landmark deforestation law — Financial Times -
• German business warns army draft would deepen worker shortage — Financial Times -
• UK stores still stock throwaway vapes despite single-use ban — Financial Times -
• EU watchdog warns Ursula von der Leyen against rushing deregulation — Financial Times -
• China could give luxury titans a run for their money — Financial Times -
• Edinburgh festivals struggle to lure corporate sponsors after boycott — Financial Times -
• Hongkongers scrap Japan trips over comic book’s earthquake prophecy — Financial Times -
• End of the road for Delhi’s old cars as India fights air pollution — Financial Times -