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Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon Regulating cannabis: The right way to do drugs Hong Kong: Wounded society European banks: Borrowed time Travel in Africa: Let Africans fly The Mekong river: Damned if you do Arab investment, electricity, restrooms, batteries, citizenship, gas, dedicated subscriber, punk, collaboration: Letters to the editor Legalising cannabis: Reeferegulatory challenge New Hampshire and beyond: Trumped and Berned Bernie Sanders’ economic policy: A vote for what? Trump’s German roots: Kallstadt’s king The campaigns: Heard on the trail Libertarians: Live free, or try Climate change: Supreme emissions The defence budget: Mr Carter places his bets Lobsters: Shell shock Lexington: Rush-ing around Economic data in Argentina: An Augean stable Bello: A time to heal How the White House race looks from Cuba: The Havana primaries Latin American currencies: Border bazaar The Mekong: Requiem for a river China, North Korea and America: Between Punxsutawney and Pyongyang Tasmania charts a new course: Water into wine Tasmania’s forests: Saving the swift parrot Banyan: Of Yorkies and Great Danes Hong Kong-mainland relations: Over troubled water The fire-monkey stirs: Street violence and politics Corruption: Portrait of a purge Aviation in Africa: Departure delayed Saving Africa’s rhinos: Pooches v poachers The veil in west Africa: Banning the burqa Syria’s war: Assad on the offensive The Mosul dam: A watery time-bomb Corruption in Ukraine: Dear friends Smoking in France: Between a puff and a Kalashnikov Spanish politics: Back to the bullring Germany and refugees: Is the welcome culture legal? Russians in London: Government in exile Charlemagne: Special privileges Britain’s tax code: Spaghetti junction The Brexit debate: The budget that didn’t bark Intelligence oversight: Snoopers scolded The energy business: Switched off Problem-solving courts: Smart justice Sugar taxes: Do as I say, not as I chew Refugees: Marginal benefits Bagehot: Britain’s new ambassadors Marine conservation: Rejuvenating reefs Corals in the South China Sea: A thousand cuts Railways in America: Doing the locomotion France’s almighty bosses: In praise of the splits Twitter: Clunky Dorsey Corporate governance in Japan: Sharp elbows Foxconn: Pointed questions Indian business: Crossing the desert Turkish wine producers: Sour grapes Drone-racing: Whizz kids Schumpeter: Diversity fatigue Falling bank shares: A tempest of fear Buttonwood: Slaves of the markets Gold: A hedge against ignorance Deutsche Bank’s unappetising cocos: Discomforting brew Lesbians’ wage premium: Girl power Sri Lanka’s economy: Taxing times Free exchange: Optimising romance Merger and acquisition: Gravitational waves have been detected for the first time Livers, bacteria and alcohol: Bugs in the system Bacterial vision: Go towards the light Air quality: Something in the air tonight Infectious diseases: Passing through Marcel Proust as graphic novel: A second bite of the madeleine The art of the confidence game: Fool me once Johnson: Double-edged words Life in the ocean: 50 shades of grey whales The Holocaust in France: Dear father Obituary: Marvin Minsky: Mind and machine Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Defence budgets Markets