Show time beckons for Donald Trump and investors. When the US president addresses a joint sitting of Congress on Tuesday evening, plenty of money will be riding on the so-called Trump trade for Wall Street. Sample the FT's top stories for a week.

President Muhammadu Buhari's five-week absence from Nigeria has triggered political jockeying within his ruling party as concerns grow about his health and capacity to lead. Sample the FT's top stories for a week. You select the topic, we deliver the news.

Twenty-two years after he seized power in a coup, Yahya Jammeh flew out of Gambia into exile in what is being seen as an important victory for democracy in west Africa. Sample the FT's top stories for a week. You select the topic, we deliver the news.

For an indication of just how stark is the choice at the US election, consider the wide range of Mexican peso trading strategies being considered in one trading room in Mexico City. Sample the FT's top stories for a week. You select the topic, we ...

If there is one area in which Britain indubitably maintains global reach, it is higher education. The latest international rankings, in which UK universities occupy five of the top 25 places, with Oxford topping the league table, confirm the ...

Samsung has sought to distance itself from reports of its Galaxy Note 7 devices catching fire in China, amid concerns that the troubles afflicting its new flagship smartphone have spread into the world's largest phone market. The South Korean consumer ...

More than 1m people have fled South Sudan, the UN has announced, as aid agencies warn that violence in the world's newest nation is expected to get worse. The figures bring South Sudan into the ranks of other war-ravaged countries such as Syria, ...

Necessity is the mother of invention and you must make the best of what you have. Amazon has achieved this with the Echo, an internet-connected speaker and digital assistant that rests on the kitchen counter of the family home: helpful, discreet ...

The beginning of September once again finds an embattled Apple heading into what is hyped as its most critical iPhone launch yet. In previous years, hand-wringing about innovation drying up in Cupertino (“It looks just like last year's model! All they ...

US president Barack Obama axed a meeting with Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte after the Filipino leader threatened to swear at him. Mr Obama was expected to confront Mr Duterte about the use of extrajudicial killings in the country's war on drugs.

US president Barack Obama axed a meeting with Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte after the Filipino leader threatened to swear at him. Mr Obama was expected to confront Mr Duterte about the use of extrajudicial killings in the country's war on drugs.

US president Barack Obama axed a meeting with Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte after the Filipino leader threatened to swear at him. Mr Obama was expected to confront Mr Duterte about the use of extrajudicial killings in the country's war on drugs.

Ghana's finance minister hopes to tap international capital markets for the fourth time in as many years, but dismissed concerns that government spending and borrowing ahead of elections increased the risk of the nation's debt becoming unsustainable.

Kenya has been newly classified a middle-income country after a statistical reassessment increased the size of its economy by 25 per cent. Anne Waiguru, planning minister, said on Tuesday that Kenya's gross domestic product stands at $53.3bn, up from ...

Kenya has been newly classified a middle-income country after a statistical reassessment increased the size of its economy by 25 per cent. Anne Waiguru, planning minister, said on Tuesday that Kenya's gross domestic product stands at $53.3bn, up from ...

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have pledged $300m in emergency aid for the three most affected countries in west Africa by the rapidly spreading Ebola virus. “The Ebola outbreak is a severe human, social and economic crisis that ...

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at its fastest rate in 30 years last year amid signs the world's oceans and forests might not be storing the planet-warming gas as readily as they have in the past. The rise in emissions of carbon dioxide, the ...

Apple's iWatch device is expected to take market share from devices such as the Fitbit and Jawbone. The impact of Apple's new fitness-tracking device is already being felt in the wearable technology market, even before its expected launch in California on ...

It would be unfair to say that Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, wants to print enough money to buy Holland. The €750bn or so expansion of the ECB's balance sheet that he indicated he would like – to take it back to its size of early 2012 ...

Federica Mogherini, the 41-year old Italian foreign minister, will have much to prove in her new job as EU foreign policy chief. Not only does she face criticism for her lack of experience, but her perceived dovish position on Russia has angered Baltic states.