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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon The winter war Little steps, many lives Sapped of vitality The French exception How to save the Rainbow Nation On public registries in the EU, homelessness, lay-offs, pensioners, Northfield, Bagehot Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff on how to end war in Ukraine Two health experts say China’s haste to re-open risks needless death and disruption Aaron Friedberg says the West should abandon efforts to integrate a hostile, revisionist China A fateful winter Restraint under fire “Anyone who underestimates Russia is headed for defeat” Survival of the blitzed Missing multitudes Unbeloved Berlin The job-share taoiseachs Two-speed nation Cash and carry votes? The strange case of Britain’s demise Declinism and data Railing against the system Royal rumble Picket lines and poké Mr Musk’s moderation Crimes of fashion Chop chop Or else Smoke and mirrors The hunted A bitter life for all Trouble down at the kraal Big brother will see you now The elusive looters Of lions and pride The agony of Peronism East Asia’s big beasts don’t get on Dying tongues BTS takes on Kim Jong Un At the coal face Brawling on the roof of the world On their own No worse than the flu? Lives on the lines Xi Jinping’s covid retreat Unsteady start Meltdown alert A Taj of class Log off-ice Silicon Wall Street Cutback Christmas Paper traits Terminal velocity First-world problems Chained Fed rest Going Dutch No time to chill Stormy skies Modern Nixons Cool it! A fair COP? Period pains A study of ophidian clitorises suggests snakes are highly sexed Beautiful world, there are you Twilight of empire Halfway home The naked truth Economic data, commodities and markets What caused the demise of Boeing’s 747 airliner? How to design a perfect World Cup To breach a wall Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)