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Bolsonaro defies coronavirus to rally against Congress

Brazilian president criticised for rubbing elbows with crowds while awaiting second virus test results




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Art world proceeds with caution as galleries start to reopen

Plus: Sotheby’s lays out risks; Ropac lends space to emerging artists; Cameroon artists fare well at 1-54




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Art inspired by Aboriginal identity and nuclear explosions

Yhonnie Scarce and Judy Watson talk about creating work with seductive surfaces and dark themes




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Mark Ruffalo plays diverging twins in I Know This Much Is True

Six-part series adapts Wally Lamb’s novel about family, loss and mental illness




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Saudi Aramco flotation to rely on local money

Foreign investor subscriptions less than 11% as data confirms scaled back ambitions




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Indonesia looks to set up sovereign wealth fund

Initiative would be modelled on Singapore’s Temasek with focus on start-ups




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Saudi Arabia renews push for $2tn Aramco valuation

State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target




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Qatar lines up bond deal as virus and oil crash hit economy

Bankers and investors expect rush of debt issues from the Gulf region




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Brazil’s pension reform bill set for crucial first vote

Proposal successfully passes committee stages on the way to plenary vote




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Brazilian football pays penalty as clubs resist reform

Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse




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Farmers’ protests pose challenge to Argentina’s new president

Alberto Fernández seeks to bolster state coffers with tax raid on country’s most powerful industry




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Saudi Aramco stretches away as top IPO after extra sale

Goldman exercises option to sell more stock, bringing total proceeds to $29bn




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NMC Health founder eyes a return to embattled group

77-year-old entrepreneur BR Shetty ‘looking to buy out Emirati partners’




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UK watchdog probes mystery of top NMC Health investors

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders




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Saudi Arabia launches oil price war after Russia deal collapse

Kingdom to raise crude production and offer deep discounts just as coronavirus hits demand




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NMC Health finds evidence of suspected fraud in its finances

Middle East-focused group’s discovery follows revelations over undisclosed debt




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Dubai vows to support Emirates as global airlines race for cash

Government to inject equity into state-owned carrier in latest intervention in aviation sector




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Saudi Arabia’s PIF takes 8.2% stake in cruise operator Carnival 

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic




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NMC administrators seek to assure UAE medical staff

Hospitals run by the former FTSE 100 company are tackling the coronavirus outbreak




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Coronavirus: Government support for small businesses — Your questions answered

Claer Barrett wants to hear readers’ experiences of accessing business interruption loans




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Half of SMEs in UK will run out of cash in 12 weeks, finds survey

Research by accountancy network reveals 7 in 10 respondents have lost half their revenue




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Live Q&A: ‘Bounce back loans’ for small businesses

Your chance to grill FT experts on the government’s rescue measures for small businesses




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PPE cottage industry comes to health workers’ rescue

Grassroots manufacturers overcome lack of machinery, materials and supply chain experience




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Small businesses locked out of government grant scheme

English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package




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How Covid-19 is escalating problem debt

Threat of redundancies and business failures means higher earners need help with their finances




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Rising High — a raucous German comedy of real estate fraud

Berlin’s property boom is the setting for Cüneyt Kaya’s film




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David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema is a riveting overview

The much-loved film critic traces how the nation’s film industry found its voice in a three-part series on BBC4




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On digital: 1917 / Jojo Rabbit

Sam Mendes’ powerfully immersive Great War drama; a camply cavorting Hitler in Nazi-era fable




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Infinite Football — documentary unveils a blueprint for a football revolution

Corneliu Porumboiu’s film introduces us to a man with big ideas for the beautiful game




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On digital: Little Women / Onward

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women comes up a little short; Pixar’s latest sends elf brother on a quest with half a dad




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Royal Mail seeks court order to block walkout

Postal group says strike ballot had ‘irregularities’ making it ‘null and void’




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AI sensors keep refineries ticking along

Advanced equipment can detect problems 75 days before they occur




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Eddie Stobart’s fate rests on private equity rescue deal

Isle of Man-based Dbay Advisors to charge 18% interest on emergency finance if approved




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Royal Mail warning on UK business triggers share slide

Postal services group says unit could slump to loss next year with revamp ‘behind schedule’




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Royal Mail: dead letter

Only when Royal Mail turns round its UK business will it get a more cheering message across




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Former Eddie Stobart boss tables rival rescue proposal

Andrew Tinkler’s TVFB plans emergency equity raising of up to £70m to cut group’s debt




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World’s largest caterer Compass scales back on signs of global weakness

Group to shrink operations in Europe, Japan, and Brazil




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Terra Firma’s Guy throws Hands in air like he really does care

Private equity epiphany; Royal Mail; CEO succession at HSBC




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Royal Mail staff to delay strike over coronavirus

Staff vote in favour of a walkout but union says they can help deliver supplies to elderly




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Donald Trump’s troubling coronavirus address

President’s travel ban will not calm markets or address the threat facing America




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The coronavirus: my part in its downfall

Here is the role that I intend to play in bringing the global pandemic to an end




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Covid-19 and the generational divide

My household’s Corona Protocol has provoked eye-rolling from my two teenage children  




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Donald Trump and the need to lead by example

The president should look to Roman history and Ireland on how to act in a crisis




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The wrong kind of American exceptionalism

Donald Trump’s ambivalence on coronavirus threatens both the US and its global power




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Let’s keep God out of this, shall we?  

Many see the epidemic as divine retribution for our sins




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Coronavirus and globalisation: the FT answered your questions

Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce talked to readers on the pandemic’s international impact




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The risk of a US double-dip depression is real

Reopening states to boost the economy despite the scientific evidence will do more damage than good




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Big Tech can no longer be allowed to police itself

Companies are able to fan the flames of fake news and also to remove it




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New realities confront a maturing internet

A two-decade old law is a poor fit with the digital world of today




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Election test for Macri’s promise to make Argentina ‘normal’ again

Legislative poll will be a referendum on the reformist president