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Omnicom Is Selling Bonds for the First Time Since 2024

Omnicom Group Inc. offered bonds in Europe and the US for the first time since 2024 on Wednesday, the advertising heavyweight’s initial offerings since completing …

Submit your questions: How should Europe prepare for a transatlantic divorce?

Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, on Thursday February 26 at 1pm (GMT)

Israeli army, settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron area of West Bank

Four Palestinians wounded in settler attack, while several others shot in raid by Israeli military south of Hebron.

A Green triumph would leave Labour red-faced

Breakthrough in Gorton and Denton would show Zack Polanski’s insurgent party is not a wasted vote in some cases

Key takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address

President Donald Trump used his State of Union address to talk up his successes & railed against Democrats.

Senegal prime minister decries Morocco’s jailing of fans after AFCON final

Morocco sentenced 18 Senegalese football fans last Thursday following disturbances at the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Louvre boss resigns months after €88mn jewel heist

Laurence des Cars quits in wake of theft that exposed poor security at Paris museum

Scientists finally solve the mystery of the horse whinny

Horses have a vocal trick no one fully understood until now. Scientists have discovered that when a horse whinnies, it produces two completely different sounds …

Mandelson's lawyers say he was arrested over 'baseless' claim he was a …

The peer's lawyers say there is no truth in the suggestion he was planning to leave the UK.

Chinese dance group's tour triggers bomb threat against Australian PM

The group was told to cancel its performances or explosives would be set off at Anthony Albanese's house.

Don't break up NewJeans and I'll forgo $18m payout, says ex-K-pop boss

Min Hee-jin has said she "can no longer bear to watch" the group get "torn apart".

Diageo Tumbles After New CEO Makes Clear There’s No Easy Fix

Diageo Plc’s shares slumped the most on record after new Chief Executive Officer Dave Lewis set out the scale of turnaround needed at the British …

European and UK Stocks Hit Records Powered by Banks and Miners

Microplastics found in 90% of prostate cancer tumors, study reveals

Researchers have detected microplastics in nearly all prostate cancer tumors examined in a new study. Tumor tissue contained about 2.5 times more plastic than nearby …

Japan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan by 2031

The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan's growing tensions with China.

Group expands legal claim over South West Water sewage pollution

Thousands more people across Devon and Cornwall could join case against water firm A group legal claim against South West Water alleging sewage pollution into …

German chancellor lands in Beijing for inaugural China trip

Friedrich Merz said it would be a mistake to "decouple" Germany from China shortly before boarding a plane to Beijing.

40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new …

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as "acts against nature".

I did it. I actually saw a Cetti’s warbler | Lev Parikian

Walthamstow Wetlands, London: They’re professional skulkers, loud but highly elusive. And yet there one is, out of the reeds, to be remembered for everIt’s weather …

Australia police make arrests over alleged murder of grandfather mistakenly kidnapped

Police have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.

US role as global talent hub in doubt amid Trump’s visa crackdown

Multinationals move workers abroad and consider setting up overseas bases as they struggle with immigration restrictions

Streetwise — Lloyd Blankfein’s memoir of his turbulent time at Goldman Sachs

The former chief delivers a sharp insider’s guide to the boom and bust era of financial services that took the shine off the investment bank

Inside Venice’s Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 75 years on

Opened to the public in 1951, the great art patron’s trove of modern masterpieces — housed in her Grand Canal palazzo — remains one of …