Held in cheque: corporate payouts and covid-19

Held in cheque: corporate payouts and covid-19

Even before the pandemic, companies were accused of returning too much money to shareholders. As a recession looms, dividends and share buy-backs should be cut—but not everywhere. Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is more widespread than ever, and each event makes a full recovery less likely. And the animals are out to play as humans are locked away.

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You say you want: Revisiting Iran’s revolution

You say you want: Revisiting Iran’s revolution

We examine how the echoes of Iran’s revolution, 40 years ago, still influence how the Islamic Republic deals with the West today. Harley Davidson has become entangled in the Trump administration’s tra...

11 Helmi 201924min

Princess unbridled: Thai politics

Princess unbridled: Thai politics

A Thai princess enters the running for prime minister—a development that reshuffles the country’s centres of power completely. Our obituaries editor chronicles the heartbreak of an Iraqi archaeologist...

8 Helmi 201919min

The Intelligence: Weapons redrawn

The Intelligence: Weapons redrawn

After America and Russia pull out out of a cold war-era weapons treaty, we examine the picture of global stability without it. Our China columnist visits with members of the Hui, a repressed Muslim mi...

7 Helmi 201919min

The Intelligence: Credible, but critical

The Intelligence: Credible, but critical

Today the Trump administration is expected to announce its nomination for head of the World Bank today. He’s a Treasury official with a sharply critical view of the institution and, to a degree, he’s ...

6 Helmi 201921min

The Intelligence: Don’t despair, America

The Intelligence: Don’t despair, America

Tonight President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address; we ask what he’ll be saying, and what the state of the union really is. Yesterday the jury began its deliberations in the trial of ...

5 Helmi 201920min

The Intelligence: A despot’s calculation

The Intelligence: A despot’s calculation

Internal and international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro brings Venezuela to the brink of change. As Facebook turns 15, it’s lurching from crisis to crisis—and still making money hand over fist...

4 Helmi 201918min

The Intelligence: Be careful on the way out

The Intelligence: Be careful on the way out

As progress appears to have been made in peace talks between America and the Taliban, the Senate urges the Trump administration not to rush for the door in Afghanistan. Origami might be pretty, but it...

1 Helmi 201922min

The Intelligence: Down and out in “iPhone City”

The Intelligence: Down and out in “iPhone City”

As trade talks with China continue in Washington, our correspondent takes a trip to China’s “iPhone City” to see how the country’s slowdown is affecting workers. In El Salvador, a social-media darling...

31 Tammi 201918min

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