Ed Sheeran’s first concert since Macklemore was removed from his Loop Tour drew dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters outside Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. Demonstrators gathered near the stadium and a nearby subway station on Saturday, criticizing Macklemore’s removal and calling on Sheeran to take a stronger public position on the Israel-Gaza conflict. The controversy also followed…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UBS has become the latest bank to reap a windfall from the market turmoil unleashed by Donald Trump’s tariffs, as its traders helped power the Swiss lender to better than expected first-quarter profits. Revenues at…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British government sought to quell tumult in UK bond markets on Thursday by vowing to stick to its fiscal rules even as borrowing costs hit their highest level since the financial crisis. Darren Jones,…
Crowds will marvel at fireworks and toast champagne to greet 2025 on Tuesday, waving goodbye to a year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return, and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine. It is all but certain 2024 will go down as the hottest year on record, climate-fuelled disasters wreaking havoc…
