A $23bn sale of ports by CK Hutchison has raised concerns in the logistics industry that the deal could hurt competition and disadvantage rivals by making the world’s biggest shipping company the top ...

The man behind the visor is Akio Toyoda, the 69-year-old grandson of Toyota’s founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, and the company’s most powerful executive since 2009. Several years before taking over the ...

Plus, the European Commission has finally given Bulgaria the green light to join the Eurozone in 2026. Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc ...

Donald Trump’s team is taking its US culture war across the Atlantic with implications for the western alliance ...

The fund claims SoftBank “coordinated” with Lex Greensill’s company at the expense of the bank’s investors, who lost $440mn through assets backed by Greensill Limited, a subsidiary of Greensill ...

Ministers are considering funding energy bill discounts for UK heat pump owners as they try to get more households to install the devices to help cut carbon emissions.

Top universities, good infrastructure and a relaxed lifestyle ensure South Africa’s start-up hub rivals Lagos and Nairobi ...

Apple’s artificial intelligence rollout in China is hitting a bit of a rough patch. And Wells Fargo got a huge gift from the Fed this week. Plus, meet the soon-to-be newest member of the Eurozone, ...

Zombie fires” smouldering under the snowpack in Canada since last winter have ignited as the weather heats up, contributing to an intense start to the wildfire season in large parts of Canada, ...

Despite past criticism by Scott Bessent and Stephen Miran, the debt strategy persists and is spreading internationally ...

Ladu has turned this seasonal threat into an opportunity. With the help of two loans worth $9,240 from the Rwanda-based microfinance start-up Inkomoko, he scaled up his business making canoes and has ...

Start-ups in other sectors have also struggled to achieve the scale fintechs have in Lagos. But Odhiambo says that is only to be expected and that financial service providers are the “enablers’ in a ...