Rightwing media mogul rattles France’s literary scene
Writers flee Paris publishing house Grasset in protest at conservative owner Vincent Bolloré Source link
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Bank of Japan to postpone April rate rise amid Iran uncertainty
Read the BoJ’s April forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team Source link
FirstFT: Poland’s Tusk casts doubt on US defence pledge to Europe
Also in today’s newsletter: MPS weighs Generali stake sale and accountancy firms end job-for-life model Source link
EU must be ‘very patient’ with Hungary’s Magyar, says Tusk
Also in this newsletter: EU capitals fight over bloc’s seven-year budget Source link
Strategy’s teetering financial tower
A bitcoin price reprieve can’t erase the company’s contradictions Source link
Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says
Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in the operation to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market. Source link
Trump Announces Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon
new video loaded: Trump Announces Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon transcript Back transcript Trump Announces Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon President Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a three-week extension to a cease-fire. Hezbollah did not comment on the announcement. They’ve agreed to an additional three weeks of, I guess,…
Europe Mulls What Mutual Defense Looks Like Outside NATO
European Union nations have a little-known obligation to protect one another. Experts caution it is no replacement for NATO. Source link
In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Are Helping to Block an Assisted Dying Bill
A small group in the House of Lords has proposed hundreds of amendments that are helping stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill. Source link