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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon China’s risky year: What China gets wrong The war in Ukraine: Get off the fence Pakistan: Mismanaged democracy France’s presidential election: Don’t panic Standards in British politics: Partygate, the final episode On Ukraine, logistics in Africa, food banks, tacos, initials, energy: Letters to the editor Russia and Ukraine: Warsaw’s mayor explains how his city is coping with a 17% increase in its population The war in Ukraine: A country that comes together Economic costs: The builder’s bill The French presidential election: Macron v Le Pen, again Finland and NATO: Stretching the border Russian-speakers in Germany: Truth and lies Spain’s far right: Vox populi Charlemagne: The boomer bulwark Partygate: Waiting for Boris Prisons: Victorian values Covid and children: No small problem A historical problem solved: Problem solved Academic pensions: An education Vanity plates: Baby you can drive M1 car Film: Censors and sensibility Bagehot: An expert runs out of road A truce in Yemen: Hope against hope for a lasting peace Israel: Keep your cool Financing terrorism: Following the money Ethiopia’s civil war: Horror heaped on horror South Africa: Marmageddon Taxation in America: In praise of the IRS Student loans: Keep the change New York City subway shooting: Brooklyn subway shooting Covering local news: Enter the startups Abortion: What happens after Roe Lexington: The heart of Texas Catholicism: Losing their religion Canada’s budget: Going for growth Pakistani politics: A new Sharif in town Sovereign default: Going for broke Ukraine, Russia and mountaineering: No Everest for the wicked Myanmar’s refugee crisis: Sold down the river Architecture in Japan: Metabolism, digested Banyan: Disagree to agree Covid-19: Locked down, fed up Language: Lingua no thank ya Chaguan: China sees no universal values Geopolitics: Friends like these The geography of innovation: A new atlas Russian sanctions: The ordnance in the arsenal The Russia remainers: Reputation v revenue Bartleby: How to sign off an email Hybrid dealmaking: Screening transactions Schumpeter: The TikTok of frocks Tech in China: Xi’s incubator state Consumer prices: Pervasive problems Emerging economies: Default settings Working in finance: Talent wars Buttonwood: Satoshi-alism Free exchange: Guns and butter Tracking shipping: Who’s who on the ocean blue Particle physics: A hint of excitement? Medical technology: Heat treatment Personalised medicine: An ounce of prevention Turmoil in Hong Kong: Indelible or invisible? War economies: Battle of the bonds Contemporary art: Watery depths World in a dish: The garden path Speculative fiction: Worlds elsewhere Back Story: Once upon a time Indicators: Economic data, commodities and markets Climate change and voting: Feeling the heat Obituary: Highly methodical madness Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)