Description:

本期文章: Business this week Politics this week KAL’s cartoon The global economy: Dashed hopes China’s tech-bashing: Get poor quickly Tunisia: Relighting a beacon of democracy Biological origami: Proteinotopia The Philippines: How not to deal with China Letters to the editor: On China, Eswatini, climate change, Afghanistan, the Olympics 20 years of BRICs: A mixed-up slowdown The unvaccinated: Beyond the pandemic blame game Attitudes to the vaccine: Hesitancy in numbers The infrastructure bill: It’s a deal American forces in the Middle East: Eyeing the exits Cocktails-to-go: Fancy a Fauci Pouchy? Lexington: Insurrection revisionism Peru: A gallop into the unknown Argentina: Gender-setters Continental defence: Eyes in the ice Race relations in Singapore: Imperfect harmony South Korea’s cultural exports: Striding the universe Politics in the Philippines: Preparing for posterity Samoa’s new government: Slow ride to FAST rule Banyan: Seven-headed scandal Nuclear weapons: Xi’s shells? Hong Kong’s national-security law: Tough justice Chaguan: The politics of floods Tunisia: Arab democracy’s fading star Jordan: Being boring has its advantages Israel: Letting Pegasus fly Nigeria’s cuisine: Locust beans are back War in Tigray: Down from the mountains The south of France: California dreaming Albania: Unimpeded flows the Vjosa Dry bars of Ireland: Filling in the craics Afghans in Turkey: Point of no return Charlemagne: Meet the proverbial voters Northern Ireland’s segregated schools: Pick and mix Catholic culture: Loose and lacy Cricket: Bowl fast and break things Trade: Doing a disservice Covid-19: Taking liberties London’s flooding: Live by the river Bagehot: The new normal Protests and covid-19: It’s catching Bartleby: Jargon abhors a vacuum Big tech: Faceworld Big agriculture: Field day Chinese capitalism: Marxism v markets Retail investing: Robinhood and the merry mob Fossil fuels: Fired up Inflation in Turkey: Pick a number Plumbing the depths: Real bond yields fall Bankruptcy in China: Sympathy for the debtor Nigerian fintech: Out of the slump Buttonwood: Pulling tight Free exchange: Establishing the cause of death Proteins and nucleic acids: Chains and reactions Aircraft engines: Back to prop swinging How science works: Methods and madness Screening for disease: The nose knows Creativity and identity: A sculptor’s world Leïla Slimani’s new novel: Land and freedom China’s grand strategy: Seeking world domination The Congo-Océan Railway: Blood on the tracks Economic data, commodities and markets Infrastructure: Old town road Steven Weinberg: Nature’s laws Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)