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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Arms control: Who will go nuclear next? Europe’s lockdown: Shot in the foot World trade: The folly of Buy American The Palestinians: Time for Abbas to go America in Asia: Free not to choose Letters to the editor: On Donald Trump, Lincolnshire, Switzerland, Erasmus Nuclear proliferation: Who’s next? The Biden administration: Ctrl+Z Vaccinations: Access denied Pickleball: The new, old thing Impeachment 2.0: Getting away with it Trans women in prisons: Prisoners’ dilemma Off-piste skiing: Lifts-off Lexington: QAnon and other delusions Ecuador: A worrying windfall Colombia: Bootleg bonanza Asia and America: Relief tinged with scepticism Mongolia: Snowflake surrender Japanese politics: Suga slumps Organised crime: Ice lord Banyan: Hard to account for Trade-union reform: Precariat unite! African students: School’s out Chaguan: Becoming more Chinese The Palestinians: To the polls Morocco: Sex, lies and videotape African diets: Feast and famine Mining in Africa: A tale of two billionaires Europe’s vaccine rows: Shots fired Vaccinations in France: Pasteur’s lament Italy: Going, going… Germany: Wheezing Turkey: A cult leader gets 1,000 years in jail Charlemagne: Eastern Europe’s brain gain Scotland: Searching for the exit Language: Learning the drill Trade deals: Nice work Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Madness at the border Hong Kong: Give me your wealthy Halting infections: Dirty stop outs Space plans: Unst, we have a problem Bagehot: Party of colour Risk-taking: Last of the daredevils Family firms: Mittelstand-off Sverige AB and China: Stockholm syndrome Big tech’s banner year: Apple’s quarterly sales exceed $100bn for the first time Online media: Big tech down under Middle Eastern commerce: Abrahamic profits Starbucks: Espresso lane Oil-services firms: Will baby drill? Job titles: Hail to the “chiefs” Bartleby: You’ll often walk alone Schumpeter: The state bird of Washington, DC China’s property market: The great escape Belt-tightening: Acting less big Buy American: Building block Market mania: Will the GameStop? Buttonwood: Time warp Indian banking: Can cannot be kicked further Free exchange: The fight over fifteen Competition and innovation: TV’s tech wars Television audio: In your face Cell cultures as pet food: Try it on the dog Immigration: The best of both worlds Johnson: Stress tests Geography and history: Heave-ho Music in space: We are the world Economic data, commodities and markets Air pollution: Midnight sky Hank Aaron: Hammering through Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)