The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a bumper crop of corporate share sales as distressed companies look to shore up their balance sheets and opportunists tap the market to expand or snap up cheap deals. Globally, 201 companies have issued equity valued at $50m or more since March 1, generating... Read more

Neil Munshi, west Africa correspondent The French military said its forces in Mali had killed one of al-Qaeda’s most senior leaders in Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was one of the architects of a diffuse terror network that has left thousands dead and millions displaced across the western Sahel. French... Read more

Never has a summer holiday been more needed, or more complicated. As the peak vacation period approaches, potential travellers around the world are trying to perform complex assessments on the prospects of their holiday plans going ahead. On one hand is the travel industry, offering encouraging words and discounted... Read more

One of the world’s greatest galleries will throw open its doors again on Saturday, but in circumstances very different from the past. The Prado, home to masterpieces by Hieronymus Bosch, Diego Velázquez and Francisco Goya, will welcome visitors after its longest closure since the Spanish civil war, more than... Read more