US High School Economics class: US long-term unemployment hits 4-year high
Unemployment
Anthropic says Pentagon’s risk designation will have limited impact on its business
Chief executive Dario Amodei says defence department’s move will not affect the ‘vast majority’ of its customers
Asia’s big economies brace for Iran war energy shock
Some of the world’s biggest fuel importers rush to secure oil and gas supplies as Middle East conflict chokes flow
India’s energy conundrum as Middle East war hits supply
Also in this newsletter: Nepal votes for a new leader
Letter: University research must incentivise quality over quantity
From Mandy Hill, Managing Director, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Letter: Is the president’s approach a Baldrick cunning plan?
From Damien Morris, North Perth, WA, Australia
Letter: Starmer’s US stance — more Harold than Tony
From Nick Cunningham, London, EC2, UK
Letter: Am I the only person . . .
From Christopher Lavender,
Letter: Tesco’s doomsday dry run proves value of preparation
From Clive Linssen, Barcelona, Spain
Letter: How to stop a race to the bottom in livestock farming
From Bruce Couchman, Toronto, ON, Canada
Letter: Why family childcare is not counted in GDP figures
From Andy Thompson, Worcester Park, Surrey, UK
Letter: Congress blindsided
From Ed Houlihan, Retired US Navy Vietnam Veteran, Ridgewood, NJ, US
Trump controls Iran attack from golf club
Trump says Iran wants to ‘make a deal’ to end the war
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says the country is not asking for a ceasefire
Correction: Brent crude
Brent crude had risen 26 per cent from the start of the current war to $81 a barrel by March 4, not 12 per cent as wrongly stated in an article on March 5
FT Crossword: Number 18,311
Thousands flee Beirut after sweeping Israeli evacuation order
Israel orders area of hundreds of thousands of people cleared as war rages with militant group Hizbollah
Middle East war day 6 as it happened: Azerbaijan says it was struck by Iranian drone, US oil hits highest price since 2024
Trump says Tehran wants to ‘make a deal’, but Iran’s foreign minister says the country not asking for a ceasefire
Depleted oil reserve leaves US exposed as Iran war pushes up prices
Donald Trump has not fulfilled a vow to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was drained by Joe Biden
US considers tying Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to foreign investment pledges
Draft rule would require countries to invest in America in exchange for advanced semiconductors
Trump says he must be ‘involved’ in choosing Iran’s next leader
President says the US would not accept Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as supreme leader
UK police search journalist’s home in China spy probe
Labour suspends Joani Reid, the MP whose husband David Taylor has been arrested in the counterterrorism probe
Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease strains caused by Iran war
Three leading Middle East economies consider options as US-Israeli campaign against Tehran continues
FirstFT: Donald Trump has no plan for Iran war aftermath, says US senator
Also in today’s newsletter: China cuts growth target, and Europe-to-Asia air travel squeezed