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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Decarbonising America: America’s better future Italy: Another chance Capital-raising on Wall Street: Spactacular India’s jobs market: Many hands, light work Fighting jihadists: Macron’s African mission On nuclear weapons, J.B. Priestley, China, covid-19, protests, Moore’s law, sheds: Letters to the editor Decarbonising America: The switch A perfect storm: Light a candle for the kids Impeachment: Marred but at largio Talk radio: Tower of babble Andrew Cuomo and the pandemic: Under pressure Baltimore’s homes: Rescued charm The ideas of the far right: Deadly inspirations Lexington: John Kerry, eco-warrior Mexico’s president: The transformer Women in Mexico: Tampon tempest Bello: A case of mistaken identity India’s labour market: 200m jobs short New Caledonia: Les Kanaks en marche Lockdown in the Philippines: Suffer the little children The coup in Myanmar: General strike Banyan: The swing to the sultans The vaccine roll-out: Sinovacillate Pirated films: Winter is coming Chaguan: How to kill a democracy France’s forever war: Which way out? The International Criminal Court: The case against the prosecutor Tree trade: Coconut shy Angola’s economy: Oil, toil and spoils Iranian politics: The agitator The United Arab Emirates: Hope and despair Italy and Europe: Whatever it takes Catalonia votes: Variations on a nationalist theme France: Protection plates Russia’s propaganda war: Sympathy for the devil Charlemagne: Dirty politics Cutting carbon: Big on clean energy Solar power: Here comes the sun The politics of culture: Bonfire of the insanities Growing cannabis: Pot luck Covid-19: Here we go Financial technology: Silicon wallet Bagehot: Starmer stuck Jobs at The Economist: We’re hiring Touch and covid-19: You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling Mobility in China: Trafficking dreams Intel: Hard reboot The record industry: Musical shares Carmaking: ICEy conditions ahead Glencore: Pit stop Danone: Culture wars Online shopping: South Korea’s baby Amazon Bartleby: Back for good, or bad Schumpeter: Red in tooth and clawback Capital markets: SPAC invasion SPACs in Silicon Valley: Rain for the rainmakers Great expectations: Economic forecasters are pencilling in heady growth rates Stock exchanges: Advantage Amsterdam Digital currencies: Token gestures Trade: In search of a cure Buttonwood: Jumping ship Free exchange: Radiant energy Gender medicine: Arrested development Palaeontology: Very, very long in the tooth Electric sailing: Of batteries and boats Sleep research: The interpretation of dreams Tackling climate change: The race to zero Britain’s past and present: The sun never sets Foreigners in Berlin: Unreal city British fiction: Still lives Korean listening habits: Exit music Economic data, commodities and markets Monarchy and genetics: The reign in Spain Chick Corea: Music without limits Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)