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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Democracy contains the seeds of its own recovery: The resilience of democracy Covid-19’s corporate winners and losers: What doesn’t kill you Ethiopia: Preventing war crimes Fiscal stimulus: The right kind of discipline Covid-19 and school exams: Papers, please Agriculture in Britain: Ploughing its own furrow Letters to the editor: On covid testing, Germany, women's suffrage, free speech, rock stars, Singapore, trains, bitcoin Democracy in India: Subcontinental drift The covid-19 vaccines: Grabbing a cold one The virus and the heartland: View from the ICU Team Biden: In transit The other transition: Miss gender Obscure laws: Panic attacks Lexington: The end of the embarrassment Venezuela: They’re going to win, by a lot Diego Maradona: Divine and damned Bello: The future of bolsonarismo Rule of law in South Korea: Prosecution complex Sri Lanka’s Tamils: The war within Crime in Singapore: A city reels India and Pakistan: Shell game Banyan: Hurly-barley China studies: Barriers to Sinology Television entertainment: Loaded questions Chaguan: Patriotism before profit American policy in the Middle East: You’re sanctioned! Israel and Saudi Arabia: The not-so-secret alliance Uganda’s election: Bullets before the ballot Nigeria: It’s all in the script Migration from west Africa: Africa’s do-or-die boat people The Sweden Democrats: On their way in Swedish gang violence: Segregated cities Sicily and EU cash: No cosying up to Cosa Nostra France and Germany: War of words Poland: Disco populism Charlemagne: Newtonian Europe Public spending: A combustible mix Potholes: Revolutionary roads Covid-19 vaccines: Emergency exit Farming after Brexit: Fresh fields and pastures new Bagehot: Sunak’s secret self Exams and covid-19: Testing, testing Live events: The roar of the crowd Publishing: Book-binding Shopping frenzies: Fade from black The attention economy: You’ve been botted Diversity consulting: All inclusive Bartleby: Winter is coming Schumpeter: The climate centurion Christine Lagarde: Culture shock Janet Yellen: Something for everyone Buttonwood: Home-schooled Stimulus in America: A clash over cash Personal debt in China: Overdue action Money transfers: Intrepid banking Free exchange: An unbalanced debate The coronavirus pandemic: Another covid-19 vaccine joins the party Sterilising medical instruments: Sunlight is the best disinfectant Palaeontology: Nursery days Children’s car seats: Berth control The death of Arecibo: Si monumentum requiris respicite The underworld of empire: Brothers in arms Historical fiction: Cops and plotters Creatures of the deep: Thar she blew Lives of the composers: Too beautiful Johnson: Average Joe Economic data, markets and commodities Covid-19 and lockdowns: Second act Jan Morris: Unaltered states Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)