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2021-06-24 17:48:02 A CDC advisory panel has found a 'likely association' between a rare heart inflammation and mRNA Covid-19 vaccines in adolescents, although it said that the benefits of the jabs far outweigh their risks.

⌫ Records of early Covid-19 cases in Wuhan were deleted from a US database at the request of Chinese scientists, American officials have confirmed.

The Bank of England has said that prices are increasing faster than it expected and inflation is likely to rise above 3% in the months ahead.

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2021-06-23 19:02:29 Morgan Stanley employees and clients who have not been vaccinated will be barred from entering the bank’s New York offices. (free-to-read) 

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked misery and economic damage around the world but it has also been a boon for the rich with an estimated 5.2m people becoming dollar millionaires last year. 

US and some European house prices set records as vast fiscal and monetary stimulus helped residential property markets shrug off the pandemic.

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2021-06-22 19:30:06 A hedge fund that bet against GameStop has now shut down. This is what it had to say to its investors. (Free-to-read)

Trade data from both the UK and EU suggest British exporters are losing out due to Brexit disruption.

The Biden administration is expected to announce that it will miss its target of vaccinating 70% of American adults by July 4, according to a White House official. Check out our vaccine tracker to see how your country is faring with Covid jabs.

As a bonus read, if you like cars, read our story about Aston Martin’s new vehicle: ‘[Its] latest model is so radical the Batmobile seems conservative in comparison.’

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2021-06-21 21:33:10 Cuba’s Covid-19 vaccine, Soberana 2, has shown 62% efficacy in late-stage trials, using just two out of the three recommended doses. The jab surpassed efficacy thresholds required for approval by regulators and health agencies worldwide. (free-to-read)

Armin Laschet, the frontrunner to win Germany's next federal election and succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, has shared his vision for the country with the FT in an exclusive interview.

'Xi Jinping really does need to find a new “China model” — distinct from the east Asian model — if the rise of China is to continue uninterrupted,’ says our columnist Gideon Rachman in his latest column about how the country broke the Asian model.

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2021-06-18 15:33:12 Is Elon Musk good or bad for the environment? Our journalists try to answer that question in our latest video. (free-to-watch)

FT analysis reveals that a rise in coronavirus cases in the UK has put 30- to 39-year-olds at greater risk from severe Covid-19 than from the blood clots associated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, casting doubt on official advice that this age group should still be offered an alternative jab.

When Cristiano Ronaldo replaced the Coca-Cola bottle in front of him with a water bottle during a press conference, sponsors were left rushing to limit the damage. What does the move mean for sports and sponsorship deals?

Iranian women have not seen their rights improved under Hassan Rouhani's reign. Much of the wider society is disillusioned by the president's handling of the country's battered economy. Read the full story.

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2021-06-17 18:06:40 Federal Reserve officials expect to start raising interest rates in 2023, earlier than previously forecast, sending a shiver through the markets. (free-to-read)

Pharmaceutical group CureVac revealed disappointing results from trials of its messenger RNA Covid-19 vaccine, damping hopes the jab could help meet the global need for effective inoculations.

'Mediocre' male managers are holding back the careers of some women in finance, a study has found.

A 24-year-old law degree dropout from south-west London who started a popular podcast about tech investing has raised $140m in new funds to back start-ups.

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2021-06-16 18:47:30 After talks today, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin vowed to overcome mistrust between ‘great powers’. The US president said world leaders had thanked him for holding the summit, which some analysts have criticised as handing Putin a diplomatic victory. (Free-to-read)

Regeneron’s antibody cocktail significantly reduces the risk of death among hospitalised Covid-19 patients whose own immune systems have failed to fight the virus, a large UK clinical trial has shown.

Boris Johnson’s former top adviser has published the prime minister’s private WhatsApp messages and launched a new attack on the UK’s health secretary.

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2021-06-15 19:56:59 The Biden-Putin meeting on Wednesday will be a bit different from past US-Russia encounters. Usually, the US sought to use summits with Russia to resolve war disputes, but in Geneva, the Biden administration will be focused on what it sees as Russia’s ‘harmful activities’ in the cybersphere. Here’s our free-to-read analysis about it.

The Big Four audit company PwC will add 100,000 people to its workforce over the next five years as part of a $12bn investment designed to capture a booming market for environmental, social and governance advice.

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 antibody treatment failed to meet its main targets in its latest trial, not being significantly more effective than placebo. The treatment, though, is separate from the company’s vaccines.

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2021-06-14 17:00:33 Netanyahu ousted Israel’s parliament has voted in a new government, ending the 12-year grip on power of rightwing stalwart and five-time premier Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s dethronement has been slow and grinding — but is it the end of Israel’s longest-serving leader? (free to read)

Joe Biden has challenged leaders of G7 countries to use their financial muscle to counter China’s rising global influence as he declared that western democracies were 'in a contest with autocrats'.

Prime minister Boris Johnson is set to approve a delay to the final easing of England’s lockdown restrictions on June 21, with the postponement kept to two weeks if the vaccination and infection data prove better than expected.

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2021-06-11 19:17:59 Leaders of the G7 economies have pledged 1bn Covid-19 vaccine doses for poorer countries as part of a plan to “vaccinate the world” by the end of 2022. The move is designed to address criticism that western governments have secured the bulk of life-saving Covid-19 vaccines to immunise their own populations. (free to read)

Rupert Murdoch has written down the value of The Sun newspapers to zero, acknowledging the tabloid brand that helped build his global media empire has become a worthless asset.

The private capital industry has grown to more than $7tn, thanks to demand for higher-returning but pricey and opaque strategies, spurring the likes of Schroders and JPMorgan to launch new divisions and sending others on the prowl for acquisitions.

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