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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Tech competition: The dust-up South-East Asia: The battle for China’s backyard Innovation: How to make sparks fly Big men, big money: Fixing Africa’s pricey politics The trouble with duty-free: Call of duty Letters to the editor: On genocide, bitcoin, loneliness, model aircraft, daredevils, music China and South-East Asia: Tea and tributaries Biden’s nuclear dilemma: Nukes of hazard The toll of covid-19: It contains multitudes Immigration reform returns: Go big or go home Quietly fixing health care: To smooth a cliff Testing in schools: Stop writing The Texas model: Snow business Lexington: Teach first Haiti: Hoping against hope Cuba: Reggaeton rebellion Bello: Victory for the old politics China and Asia: Life in the doghouse Minority rights in Indonesia: Breaking cover Housing in South Korea: Get me a flat—or else Banyan: Toolmasters Politics in Hong Kong: Time for some holistic love Wolves: Reviled to revered Chaguan: Build it and they will go Pricey politics: The gilded path to power Israeli politics: Abu Yair wants your support Russia and Turkey: The odd couple France: Uphill struggle in the snow Germany: Secret snips Charlemagne: Underground abortions Bagehot: An impossible job Covid-19: How life sciences came to the rescue Opening up: Pencil it in Scotland: Feuding nationalists Class and ideology: Minecraft Bank debt: A scary scenario After Brexit: Counting the cost Pig farming: This little piggy didn’t go to market Home-schooling: Kitchen-table classrooms Technology and competition: Collusion and collisions Duty-free retail: Continental drift Loss of Sneadership: McKinsey casts off its managing partner Bartleby: Foot-in-mouth disease Schumpeter: Headsets at dawn Carbon trading (1): Coming into its own Carbon trading (2): Cleaning up Brazil’s economy: Petrol problems Cryptocurrencies: UnTethered Buttonwood: Jumping the skew America’s labour market: Not having it all Carbon abatement: Giving up carbs Free exchange: Regression to the memes Covid and genetics: A mixed blessing Geoengineering: Floating a trial balloon A video-call from Mars: Mission accomplished Electricity transmission: Look, no wires! Clean energy: Toothpaste in your tank Ocean ecology: Meet the new boss Covid, cinema and censorship: The siege of Bollywood The online life: More of a rat Spies and lies: No regrets Commodity-traders: Black-gold rush Johnson: The human touch Economic data, commodities and markets Covid-19 mutations: It’s a family affair George Shultz: The secret persuader Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)