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Articles in this issue: The world this week KAL’s cartoon Letters to the editor: On Eastern Airlines, families, coal, potholes, Bob Dylan Foreign policy after Brexit: Britain’s place in the world Investing in infrastructure: Infrastruggles Covid-19: The tunnel gets darker Digital government: Online onslaught The online boom: The future of global e-commerce Britain and the world: Amazing journey? Fiscal stimulus: A hairy moment The opioid epidemic: Looking the other way Presidential power: All the president’s pardons The Zoom tax: Start spreading the dues America’s population: The great slowdown Lexington: Play it again, Lamar US-Mexico relations: Insecure Canadian cuisine: No source for soy Vaccination in Argentina: Sputnik’s orbit Chilean wine: Label your libation with loving lustre Digitising government in Japan: Update required The Durand Line: A big beautiful wall The rat trade in South-East Asia: Hamper scamper Muslims in Sri Lanka: Unwanted, dead or alive Banyan: Dazed and Confucius Economic development: The fruits of growth Jailed for virus vlogging: A witness silenced Chaguan: Folk dances and labour camps Conflict in the Horn: The widening war Saudi Arabia: Wheels of injustice Repression in Uganda: An undemocratic vote Israeli politics: Sa’ar wars: a New Hope Algeria: Home at last Germany after Merkel: Tough act to follow The Brexit deal: How was it for EU? Russia’s secret police: Caught with their pants down Charlemagne: Canning’s law The Brexit deal (1): Britain’s Swiss role The Brexit deal (2): No longer in Rome The Brexit deal (3): The Irish Sea widens Covid-19 vaccines: Now for the rocket boosters How it happened: When the music stopped Human rights: No time to give up The future of e-commerce: The great mall of China Online competition: Mo money, Ma problems Telecommunications: The $90bn prize fight Podcasting: Sound investments Bartleby: Tough breaks The infrastructure infatuation: In the works America’s jobs market: Speed limits Free exchange: A bug problem Covid-19: Variations on a theme Toxicology: Double indemnity Recycling: From Clochemerle to a compost heap After the pandemic: The big picture Ethiopian music: The beat goes on Johnson: Nice weather we’re having Economic data, markets and commodities Forecasting 2021: Stars in their eyes Barry Lopez: Man and mystery Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)