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11 art shows off the beaten track

Country manors, island villas, pine forests – you can see an exhibition anywhere this summer

If the US needs more revenue, it should overhaul its broken taxation system

Mentoring offers executives the chance to hear the truth even if they might not like it

New Delhi wants to extend holiday for foreign tech companies that supply equipment to local contract manufacturers

World’s biggest carmaker expects to sell more than 5mn hybrid electric vehicles this year

Russian retailer has become a key target for Kyiv as it aims to bring Putin’s war closer to home

Prime minister insists ‘keeping the public safe’ is his priority after campaigners raised concerns

Deal adds to spate of takeovers of London-listed companies after acquisitions of Schroders and Intertek

UK oil major has had several approaches for its North Sea assets, says chief

The impact extends far beyond jewellery retailers where demand for natural stones has fallen

Climate change; stablecoins; China; Trump/BBC; airport parking; trade policy; Bernard Arnault; and lightbulbs

Wealth management and insurance business in Hong Kong boosts Europe’s biggest lender

More thoughts on why it’s happening

Also in today’s newsletter: Spain’s migrant amnesty and Google’s finance machine

Morocco’s absolute ruler Mohammed VI turned Spain’s border into leverage over Madrid

AstraZeneca’s talks with Bristol Myers Squibb could create the world’s fourth-largest drugmaker by market value

But the country’s relative isolation from AI may not last

Victoria Craig talks to Aaron Kirchfeld and Katie Martin

Cecil Wright alleges billionaire went ‘behind its back’ to avoid paying €17.5mn commission on luxury vessel

Fifa’s regulatory functions must be separated from its commercial activities

Rights groups say Rome and Berlin have used similar policies to regularise the status of unauthorised immigrants

Set in a diner in small-town America, this tale of sexual betrayals returns to Sadler’s Wells, London with precision-tuned performances

Private credit, chip leases and data centre guarantees underpin a vast new model for AI spending

Corporate Britain is gaining confidence in Kemi Badenoch after a revolving door of shortlived Tory leaders