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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Open-source intelligence: The people’s panopticon Chipmaking: A self-solving problem Democracy in Africa: Zambia’s crucial election Regulating cryptocurrencies: Unstablecoins Developing vaccines: Vaxelerando Letters to the editor: On life sentences, Syria, germs, eggcorns Open-source intelligence: Trainspotting, with nukes Homelessness: Gimme shelter A political litmus test in Ohio: The party of Biden Andrew Cuomo: Fall from grace Ghost guns: Taking aim at phantom firearms Lexington: The great American carnival Bolivia’s woes: Fraud, coup or prologue? The legacy of immigration: You say pirozhki, I say empanada Climate change: Moving story Human-animal conflict: Snakes in the city The Tokyo Olympics: That 2021 feeling Covid-19 in Myanmar: The second horseman Banyan: Flagging enthusiasm Xinjiang’s economy: Controlled growth Lebanon: Into the abyss Iran: Off to an interesting start Elections in Zambia: Victory by default Abandoned refugees: Rationed out Spain’s economy: A doleful plight Belarus: Forget the border Turkey: Up in smoke Chechnya: The wolf’s return Charlemagne: The black-cod theory of integration Britain’s boat people: Get back to where you once belonged Olympic funding: Fortune and glory Crime in the countryside: Crops and robbers The labour market: Farewell to furlough Scotland: Guid money after bad Bagehot: The great reversal The UN’s refugee convention at 70: Well-founded fears Semiconductors: Veni, Nvidia, Vici Carmakers and semiconductors: Pinned by chips European industry: A green and level field Bartleby: The new monarchs Schumpeter: India’s other A-lister A crypto stress test: The disaster scenario Policing crypto: Here comes the sheriff Perishable e-money: Temporary income hypothesis China’s capital markets: Evergrave Free exchange: Something ventured Cells and how to run them: Layers of power Combating future viruses: Predict and survive A non-binary burial: Antiquated thinking Ancient geometry: No need for a protractor Automatic goods handling: Heave-ho! Sport: The pursuit of greatness The Berlin Wall: An underground operation Horological history: A matter of time Johnson: The terms that bind Elif Shafak’s new novel: Star-crossed lovers Economic data, commodities and markets Tackling climate change: Green goals Frenchy Cannoli: The weed of paradise Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)