Intel in slide: a chipmaker on the ropes
Layoffs, suspended dividends, a share price in free fall, a chief executive hustled out the door: Intel is in a bad way. But America needs a chipmaking champion, so what will save it? We examine a leg...
12 Dec 202425min
Bye, cell: inside a notorious Syrian prison
As Syrians awoke to a new era, thousands rushed to fling open the dark, filthy prisons where Bashar al-Assad locked up dissenters. Our correspondent followed along. The first of our two-part series on...
11 Dec 202420min
Bringing up Bibi: Netanyahu testifies
For five years the prospect of a criminal prosecution has loomed over Binyamin Netanyahu. Today he becomes the first Israeli prime minister to testify as a defendant. A shocking fraction of master’s d...
10 Dec 202423min
Peace from pieces: Syria after Assad
President Bashar al-Assad has been run out, his regime in tatters. As Syrians awaken to a new era, how can they put their broken country back together peacefully? Australia has passed a law that will ...
9 Dec 202426min
Ashes to Masses: Notre Dame’s stunning return
Many thought a five-year timeline was too ambitious. But even as France’s politics falls apart, it has managed to put the cathedral back together with aplomb. As an election takes place in Ghana, its ...
6 Dec 202424min
Michel shock: France’s government falls
An alliance of the far right and the left has sacked Prime Minister Michel Barnier; out goes his budget and the government. Can President Emmanuel Macron find a stable path between the political extre...
5 Dec 202420min
Dark side of the Yoon: South Korea’s chaos
The country’s increasingly unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, backed down six hours after his shocking move of imposing martial law. South Korea’s democracy has held firm—so far. Brazil’s gangsters h...
4 Dec 202420min
Talk to EU later: Georgia’s fiery protests
The country has been turning increasingly away from Europe and towards Russia—but a halt to EU-accession talks has sparked enormous demonstrations. Researchers know unequivocally that ultra-processed ...
3 Dec 202423min
