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本期文章: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon Hydrocarbons: The energy shock Wage growth: Cheques and imbalance The coronavirus: Covid-19’s rocky road Internet regulation: Who should police the web? Economies in Latin America: Building back best Letters to the editor: The London Stock Exchange, philanthropy, religion, urinating cows, Brazil, “like” Endemic covid-19: What lies ahead Medicine: Anatomy of a scandal Climate policy: The keeper Voters: Left march Free speech: Money talks Lexington: Dave Chappelle for gender realism Latin American economies: Post-pandemic pick up Bello: Under the volcano Techno-Utopianism: Seeing like a state Political dynasties (1): Duterte II: the sequel Political dynasties (2): Not horsing around Sri Lanka: No more Mr Rice Guy Banyan: Working-class hero The zero-covid policy: Protracted war Chaguan: How Xi’s China differs from Mao’s Nuclear diplomacy: The final countdown Iraq’s election: Vote first, fight later Dubai expo: The far-fetched pavilions Burkina Faso: The ghost of Thomas Sankara South Africa’s Afrikaans press: Ja to change Energy supplies: Uncomfortable truths Scandal in Austria: Viennese walks Eric Zemmour: France’s wannabe Trump Charlemagne: Polexit versus “dirty remain” Academic freedom: Two plus two make four Defence strategy: Master and commander Northern Ireland protocol: Back to the past Public finances in Northern Ireland: All talk and no trouser Demography: Spinster nation Welsh politics: How red is my valley? Online censorship: Walls of silence Journalism in Russia: Speaking for the dead The energy business: Playing for time Electricity grids: An undersea change Health technology: Girls uninterrupted Indian business: The longest layover Bartleby: How to run better meetings Schumpeter: Silicon Valley’s quiet reinventor Labour costs: The pandemic pay rise Wages in Germany: Hard bargains Kristalina Georgieva: The International Monetary Bank Inflation in America: Rental resurgence Financial crime: The shell games go on Chinese bonds: Xi’s premium Credit cards and censorship: Plastic policemen Buttonwood: Passive aggressive Free exchange: Instrumental research Asteroids: An embassy to the Trojans Planetary defence: Nudge, nudge Position-specific isotope analysis: How to C where you are going Evolution: Snakes alive! Avoiding anaphylaxis: Fishing for allergens Technology, business and society: The ascent of the machine Spy fiction: Against the tide Evolution: Creature comforts Contemporary ballet: Dante andante Johnson: Stress tests Economic data, commodities and markets American politics: The last frontier Obituary: A.Q. Khan: Bombmaker Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)