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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Financial markets: When the ride ends The Ukraine crisis: Minsky moment Green investing: A dirty secret Democracy in India: Festive but fraying Radical research: Healthy curiosity Letters: On Ukraine’s gas pipelines, the Cuban missile crisis, George McGovern, police alternatives, culture, Boris Johnson Uttar Pradesh: The other midterms Germany: Olaf Scholz wakes up Bosnia: Shaky state Election in Castile and León: The few, the proud Turkey’s arms exports: Drones of their own France’s youth vote: From Le Pen to Mélenchon Charlemagne: Bunfight! Law and order: What’s going on here, then? Northern Irish politics: Dashed promises The cost-of-living crisis: Bare necessities Boris Johnson: Taming the circus Nuclear power: Hualong, farewell The court system: Justice delayed Bagehot: The rise of unpopulism America and Iran: The endgame Israel: The surveillance state Educating girls: Back with a bump The African Union: Older and less wise Congressional redistricting: Another round of election-rigging Touro synagogue: Another exodus? TikTok nuns: Sister act Voters’ allegiance: Signs of less Trumpy times What’s for dinner?: Street food Carjacking: Crime and no punishment Lexington: Messing up, Biden-style Brazil and China: A lopsided romance Mexico: A deadly profession Bello: The week that changed a culture Democracy in India: The ailing body politic Street hawkers in Bangkok: Sidewalk ballet Property prices in New Zealand: Quarter-acre heartbreaker The Philippine presidential election: Blood feuds South Korean exports: Explosive growth Banyan: Of the ages Advising Xi Jinping: Thinker-in-chief Covid-19 and the elderly: Injecting urgency Chaguan: China’s complicated Olympic mood Geopolitics: How Russia revived NATO Television: To the victors, the scraps? Industrial technology: Automation Inc Chipmaking: Fabs with benefits Earn as you go: How long can America Inc’s profits keep rising? Consumer health care: Slumber party Bartleby: Toxic sludge Schumpeter: Does Masa have his trunks on? Financial markets: What goes up Financing hydrocarbons: Fossil hunters Buttonwood: The reset button Inflation in Asia: Rice restraint Debt relief: How to default on China Free exchange: The curtain falls Logistics (1): The bots taking over the warehouse Logistics (2): Autonomous deliveries Botany: Deafened Neurology: Standing ovation Inside Houellebecq’s France: Light in the void Modern Chinese literature: Never-ending stories Contemporary art: Heart in mouth Radical history: Small voices, big ideas Gumshoes of yore: Avenger in a raincoat Johnson: Escape from La La land Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Bias in sport: Who will judge the judges? Lata Mangeshkar: India’s nightingale Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)