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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s cover How to worry wisely about AI Waiting for the order On the brink Climate, crime and the conflict trap The prize of size Great wheels from China On economics and business, the rice crisis, cyberwar, drought, cycling in London, the Beatles Kaja Kallas says Ukraine is giving the free world a masterclass on cyber-defence The world needs an international agency for artificial intelligence, say two AI experts THE AGE OF PSEUDOCOGNITION Waiting for D-Day Enter the dummies Financial indigestion Only the first round beckons Germany’s turbocharged minister Empty chairs, quieter playgrounds Thistle hurt Picture perfect? Beep prepared Bread and circuses Less jam tomorrow Wot’s up wiv Ingerlund? Now what? Rulings have consequences What a Kei-motion Of arms and harms Postal piety Counting Christians Detroit is working again Sliding towards civil war Synonyms for sweeteners Wanderers in the desert Time we stop Out of gas and good ideas Fumbling the future Two wheels good Enough Mirziyoyev The big man of land reform Welcome to ChatCCP The lessons of Kong Yiji Spiky relations What “de-risking” China means Why are civil wars lasting longer? All change An electric shock New kings of the road Cars and Chinese characters Tech wars Hands off the wheel Troublesome tensions Direct drive Changing lanes The too-big four Apple branches out Ahead of the pack What makes a good office perk? Close to the edge Faster, please Meet the new co-pilot The Mona Lisa effect Storm damage Waiting for ever Cautious pioneers Of price and yen The last technocrat How generative models could go wrong What comes next? With a little help from his friends At a loss for words On the scent Lessons unlearnt I melt with you Economic data, commodities and markets Rainy-day funds needed Why are eastern European countries banning Ukrainian produce? Why is Sudan on the brink of civil war, again? The look of an era Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)