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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Cyber-security: Broadbandits The Biden-Putin summit: Worth the air miles Corporate governance: The benefits of foresight Iraq: Peace gives a chance Northern Ireland: Protocol problems Letters to the editor: On gold and bitcoin, buses, air conditioning, greenwashing, China Cybersecurity: Over there in the shadows Joe Biden’s legislative agenda: Look at Joe not go Pipeline politics: Keystone chimera Southern Baptists: A house divided Joe Biden and antitrust: Yes they Khan The Golden State’s budget: Gavin Newsom’s wild ride State governors: Checking and balancing Lexington: And in the blue corner Migration: A destination in its own right Venezuela and Iran: Gunboat diplomacy Bello: Latin America’s silent tragedy Moving to Mexico: The Latin American dream Politics in India: The Modi blues Politics in South Korea: Sausage party Covid-19 in Singapore: Fever cabins Elections in Mongolia: One-horse race Banyan: Wet winds of change Hong Kong’s media: No news is bad news Tit-for-tat struggles: Try this for size Chaguan: Is China serious about the climate? Iraq: Thirsting for change Israel: New man in charge Elections in Ethiopia: Abiy’s coronation Africa’s orbital ambitions: Taking off The Biden-Putin summit: A whiff of détente Albania: Pyramid scheme Climate politics in Germany: Grant me greenery, but not yet Charlemagne: The EU: Made in America Brexit and Northern Ireland: Border trouble Policing: Aftermath of a murder Diversity and inclusion: Stonewalling Horse breeding: Neigh laughing matter Covid-19: The British warning Retail parks: Clicks and mortar Military reserves: Not your dad’s army Bagehot: The two cultures, revisited Poverty: Rich slum, poor slum Protecting biodiversity: The other environmental emergency Sensors and sensibility: The new web of life DNA analysis: Cracking the code Crowdsourced science: The wisdom of crowds Ecosystem modelling: Simulating everything De-extinction: Back from the dead The role of policy: Bridging the gap Sources and acknowledgments SoftBank: The empire of Son Cosmetics: Down and up in lipstick valley The ownership of India Inc: Short circuit Bartleby: Timing is everything Schumpeter: Track and minefield The world economy: The jabs and the jab-nots Housing in America: A prettier picture Buttonwood: Chasing the dragon Risky debt in America: The junk heap Cyber-heists: The new bank robbers Free exchange: Stay of execution Uncrewed aerial vehicles: Drones off the leash Why Betelgeuse dimmed: Astronomy Coelacanths: Curiouser and curiouser Covid drugs: Antibody of evidence Microecology: A midsummer bug hunt America’s pandemic: On both its houses Revenge fantasies: Victim, complex Carlos Ghosn and Nissan: Car trouble A library burns: The fire this time Johnson: Only translate Economic data, commodities and markets Computer hardware: Pay to play Edward de Bono: Sideways on Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)