Since Meghan and Harry left for Canada last year, Prince Charles hasn’t seen his grandson, Archie.It sadly looks unlikely that Prince Philip will see his great-grandson ever again.For Prince Harry to allow this to happen shows precisely the kind of man he is.Despite Meghan Markle fans’ protestations, it’s widely accepted that throughout the process of…
We’ve recently seen Prince William and the royal establishment blamed for the feud between Harry and his brother.Basically, everyone has been blamed, except for one person.Meghan Markle. And the truth is, she’s the person behind the feud.Meghan Markle is responsible for any bad blood between Prince Harry and Prince William and the rest of the…
The BTS Army is always out in full force on social media.In recent weeks, however, their mission has been about more than promoting the band’s latest single.Here’s how the sizable fan army is using their social presence for the good of American democracy.The BTS Army just might save America.While the sizable, and worldwide, fan collective…
Freezing China out of the global payments system could have unthinkable consequencesPRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S sabre-rattling against corporate China has had a real but, so far, limited impact on relations between the world’s two biggest economies (see article). That could change if he decided to go all out and cut China off from the global payments…
Fewer romantic relationships will be forged at the water cooler. That is a shameEditor’s note: Some of our covid-19 coverage is free for readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. For more stories and our pandemic tracker, see our hubTHEIR EYES met across the office photocopier. At long last, each of them had found…
IN THE SHARP-ELBOWED world of business, the dividends that firms pay to their shareholders are often considered a bloodless topic. Compared with share prices, they rarely set pulses racing. Corporate-finance theory says that dividends are largely irrelevant to a company’s underlying value and its shareholders’ wealth—just as withdrawing cash from an ATM machine doesn’t make…
In its first six months as a public company it has shown unrivalled strength—and unusual weaknessIN DECEMBER, WHEN Saudi Aramco listed 1.5% of its shares on the Riyadh stock exchange, it became the world’s most valuable listed company, with a market capitalisation of $1.9trn or so. The state-backed oil behemoth’s bosses assured investors that low…
Ellen DeGeneres is one of the first talk show hosts to welcome back a live studio audience.She claims she’s doing so with “added safety measures.”But can someone tell her that hosting a live studio audience during a pandemic isn’t the flex that she thinks it is?Ellen DeGeneres clearly doesn’t care about other people.Given how many…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have both cashed in big-time on Harry’s royal connection.It’s their unique selling point. Without it, they’re just another two vacuous celebs in a state absolutely full of them.Their work will always be closely aligned to their royal status.When it comes to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, there is one thing…
In a few months the Chinese telecoms giant will run out of chips—and optionsTHANKS TO ITS high quality and low prices, Huawei’s telecoms gear is popular around the world. Not in America, where the Chinese giant is banished over (unsubstantiated) fears that it could be used by spies in Beijing to eavesdrop on Americans. But…