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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon The invasion of Ukraine: The horror ahead The world economy: A new age of economic conflict Inflation: War and price France’s presidential election: Macron, and on Climate change: Mind the gap Letters to the editor: On Vladimir Putin, Canada, vaccines, roadkill, Wordle Fearful symmetry: A tragedy and a catastrophe Sanctions: The economic weapon A new geopolitics: The post-post-cold-war world The refugee crisis: Exodus, again France’s presidential election: Macron’s moment Rome’s mayor: A colossal task Romans in Holland: Imperial invaders Charlemagne: The watershed Scottish nationalism: Peak Nat Attitudes to refugees: Form an orderly queue Special education: SEND help Sanctions on Russia: Economic warpath Marriage: Indecent proposals Islam in Britain: Trojan Horse rides again Bagehot: The rise and fall of Londongrad South Africa: The parallel state Education and the market: Class struggle The most dangerous regions on earth: Sahel General engineering: Egypt tries to reshape its cities Data-cable diplomacy: Message in a bottleneck Political pageantry: State of the presidency Fuel tax: Pumping up the votes Little Odessa and Ukraine Village: Togetherness Carbon emissions: Seeing footprints in the air Climate control: Inside outside leave me alone Puberty blockers: Don’t mess with sex in Texas Lexington: The end of the delusion Brazil: South America’s rust belt Venezuela: Parks and wrecking Bolivia: Honk for impunity China-watching: Offshore Beijing Homosexuality in Singapore: Crime and no punishment South Korea’s presidential election: Unedifying Cotton-picking: Liberty bale Banyan: Mood change China and Lithuania: Bullying a Balt Diplomacy in China: Going rogue Chaguan: China learns to love imperialism Jobs at The Economist: We’re hiring a China-focused data journalist Energy in Europe: Out of Russia’s shadow The Ukraine war and business: The exodus The defence industry: Advancing on all fronts Tesla in Germany: A lesson in business German Bartleby: Company or cult? Schumpeter: A gamble too far Chinese property: The other crisis Inflation: The world economy at war Emerging markets: Shock, stocks and barrels The cost to foreign banks: Nyet interest South Korea’s economy: Kindred Seoul Buttonwood: Signal failure Free exchange: From fortress to rubble Climate change: Act now or pay later Powering remote islands: High-water mark Science, diplomacy and war: Russia’s scientific partnerships Covid-19: Origin stories American politics: Tail wags donkey American fauna: A wing and a prayer World in a dish: Black earth rising Afghan fiction: Behind the veil Back Story: The action of the tiger Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Russian asset prices: The bear’s market Cristina Calderón: Last of the line Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)