FirstFT: Hamas releases remaining living and dead hostages — reports that Hamas has freed the last living Israeli hostages and will return bodies of deceased, in exchange for over 1,900 Palestinians held by Israel. Financial Times
FirstFT: Venezuela’s main opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize — María Corina Machado, despite being in hiding, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work defending democracy in Venezuela. Financial Times
FirstFT: China wants to ‘pull everybody else down’ — U.S. Treasury Secretary accuses China of using export controls on critical minerals to disadvantage other economies. Financial Times
Global power shift (Axios) — explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping global power dynamics, and how countries are jockeying in response. Axios
FirstFT: Qatar’s sovereign fund plans to deploy cash ‘aggressively’ — Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund signals more aggressive investments, particularly in technology, real estate and infrastructure