The former Goldman chief executive on the crash, the criticism — and sparring with Bernie Sanders

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires

Korean electronics group draws on lessons from past epidemics to tackle coronavirus crisis

More than 20m lose their jobs in April as lockdowns choke world’s largest economy

Dutch and French trade ministers say Covid-19 has focused minds on global trade and climate change

Donald Trump has dashed hopes for an imminent peace deal with the Taliban that were intended to pave the way for the US to withdraw the last of its troops from Afghanistan. Jyotsna Singh discusses how this leaves the war torn country as it prepares for presidential elections at the end of the month, with Stephanie Findlay and Farhan Bokhari.

Contributors: Jyotsna Singh, Delhi reporter, Stephanie Findlay, South Asia correspondent, and Farhan Bokhari, Producers: Jyotsna Singh and Fiona Symon

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Allegations of high-level corruption have convulsed the Mediterranean island state of Malta and shocked the rest of Europe. Public anger has been unleashed by dramatic recent developments in the investigation into the killing of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb attack in October 2017. Ben Hall discusses the wider repercussions of the case with Josephine Cumbo and Michael Peel.

Contributors: Ben Hall, Europe editor, Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent, and Michael Peel, EU diplomatic correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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The former boss of Nissan and Renault has performed a stunning vanishing act. Earlier this week, he fled from his house in Tokyo and took a private jet to Lebanon, evading bail conditions, police, prosecutors and private detectives, and avoiding a trial on charges of financial misconduct. How did a man under constant surveillance and with one of the most recognisable faces in the country escape the Japanese authorities? Leo Lewis and Tom Braithwaite discuss the story.

Contributors: Tom Braithwaite, companies editor and Leo Lewis, Tokyo correspondent. Producer: Persis Love. Photo credit: Eric Piermont / AFP

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Growing a beard, praying in public and calling someone overseas. These are some of the 'offences' for which Uighur Muslims have been sent to internment camps in the Xinjiang region of China, according to a leaked document known as the Karakax list. Adrienne Klasa talks to the FT reporters who discovered the document, Christian Shepherd and Laura Pitel. Read the FT story here

Contributors: Adrienne Klasa, creative producer, Christian Shepherd, Beijing correspondent, and Laura Pitel, Turkey correspondent. Producers: Persis Love and Fiona Symon

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Western governments pledged trillions of dollars in stimulus measures to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. The FT’s global business columnist Rana Foroohar explains what it could mean for Wall Street and Main Street. Plus, Impossible Foods raises $500m in a round that will help the US-plant based burger group to see through the economic upheaval caused by the current crisis, and Joe Biden solidifies his status as the frontrunner to take on Donald Trump in November.

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Drugs traffickers hit by coronavirus-induced slowdown and seizures, says UN agency

The world needs to act now to avert the threat from antimicrobial resistance

Energy, water and other utility groups keep services going despite lockdowns and cuts

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

If lenders maintain support, the company’s balance sheet may not need an urgent fix

How markets are beginning to stir from their coronavirus-induced slumber

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and the number of deaths around the world

Near-unconditional cash transfers are the most efficient form of relief

The industry has been one of the hardest hit, with contracts cancelled, production halted and pleas for big bailouts

Oil and gas company in Texas given approval to use unmanned aircraft to inspect vital infrastructure

Airline calls shareholder vote on directors in latest escalation of dispute

Paper released by UK regulators homes in on tactic known as latency arbitrage

MEMX is hoping to disrupt the US equities market when it launches in July

Business being bought from Blackstone-led consortium has lost ground to Bloomberg

Hedge fund calls for court investigation into 2018 transfer of MyTheresa

Downfall of carmaker’s former boss sets up clash between country’s old guard and its reformists

ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral

Airline’s operations at London’s second biggest airport face brunt of 12,000 job cuts

Shareholders’ incentives can make them more long-termist than company managers

State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed

Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push

Shares rally this week on hopes that spread of pandemic may be easing

Rising prices and flat tax thresholds since 2015 mean more homes in London and Southeast are in the top band

Sharma signals tapering of scheme as Johnson prepares to announce road map out of lockdown

This is the first in a new FT Globetrotter series, in which correspondents and writers explore their local area up close. In Japan’s capital, despite the deserted shopping streets, nature is in full bloom

Survival of coastal city’s vibrant arts scene will depend on community ‘being on the front foot’

Coronavirus means many businesses face an uncertain future but the region’s fundamentals will aid recovery

Businesses shift their focus from scale to survival as a coronavirus-led downturn takes hold — but the region’s underlying growth prospects bode well for the recovery

Sensible and targeted state intervention can help capitalism to thrive post-crisis

£3.5bn worth of dividend payments cancelled this week 

She turned the agency into a diplomatic and moral force

Every major asset class has been disrupted

Energy sector leads US S&P 500 to 2.3% gain   

US stocks shake off loan loss warnings from country’s largest banks

Investors say ‘astounding’ number of unemployment claims in US had been priced into markets

Human rights are regressing worldwide and the UN’s ability to defend them is under attack

Company pledges two ships and two islands as collateral in upsized refinancing plan

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