Saudi Arabia charges record premium for its oil
World’s biggest crude exporter to ask Asian customers for around $20 a barrel on top of benchmark prices
Sales of used EVs surge in US as petrol prices pass $4 a gallon
Americans are buying second-hand electric vehicles even as the market for new vehicles slumps
Jan Morris by Sara Wheeler — ‘a woman different to any other’
A carefully measured biography grapples with the life of the fascinating, complicated and often exasperating writer, adventurer and transgender pioneer
Britain needs a plan to invest in defence
Repeated delays are worrying partners and risk losing key technologies
Chess: Sindarov, 20, heads for glory as Uzbek star stuns Candidates with 6/7
Puzzle: can you spot the 2026 Candidates brilliancy?
US stock futures rise on reports of Middle East ceasefire proposal
Proposal for 45-day ceasefire reported to have been shared by Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey ahead of Trump deadline
Trump is hastening Britain’s return to the EU
Economics, security and domestic politics all point the Starmer government towards Brussels
Finding faith, the power of fasting, Matthew Macfadyen – and other HTSI stories you clicked last week
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Jamie Dimon warns private credit losses will be larger than feared
JPMorgan chief raises alarm on weakening lending standards in annual shareholder letter
Should phones be allowed in restaurants?
A growing number of establishments are going on mute
FirstFT: US to unleash ‘hell’ if Iran doesn’t reopen Strait of Hormuz
Also in today’s newsletter: Private equity buyouts slump and Cuba’s solar tech lifeline
A food and drink guide to Ojai, California
In this valley oasis, Marina O’Loughlin finds the food superb, the bedtimes early and the locals determined to keep it that way
Fast fashion’s offcuts are fighting back
Squeezing money out of a legacy brand may be better than trying to build a new one
US employment: more sludge
Plus, guns and butter redux
Trump vows to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges unless it reopens strait
As war enters sixth week, the price of Brent crude rises slightly above $110 a barrel
FTAV’s further reading
Total portfolio investing; job simulators; Copilots; investment excitement; trade; faith; and fonts
Have markets already tightened the screw enough?
March’s hawkish communications in Europe have had the effect of tightening monetary policy
The best of TV and streaming this week
BBC drama ‘Babies’ evokes the grief of miscarriage; ‘The ’Burbs’ is an eighties comedy-horror reboot; petty disputes turn nasty in HBO’s ‘Neighbors’; five stars for medical drama ‘The Pitt’; a debut for the British ‘Saturday Night Live’; Jane Austen spin-off ‘The Other Bennet Sister’. Reviews by Reb
Transcript: Counting the costs of Trump’s immigration crackdown
Victoria Craig talks to Guy Chazan
Bank of England divided over how to tackle energy-induced inflation
After a rare unanimous vote to hold interest rates in March, conflicting approaches are likely at this month’s MPC meeting
Jones steps back from Downing St role as Romeo’s influence grows
Chief secretary to prime minister is less central to Starmer’s Number 10 operation after arrival of new head of civil service
Why this oil shock is different
Governments and central banks are out of policy ammunition to contain the economic fallout
Trump family-linked investment group backs spa company offering medical screening
XWell plans to roll out AI-powered infectious disease tool at airports during World Cup
EU warns capitals against turning energy crunch into fiscal crisis
Excessive spending to cushion soaring prices would have ‘serious fiscal implications’, says economy commissioner