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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Management in the 2020s: Meet the new boss The presidential election: State of the Democrats The economic fallout in Hong Kong: Three strikes Congo and Malawi: A tale of two elections Investing in rail: High speed ahead Letters to the editor: On the Holocaust, #MeToo, diplomacy, Russia, mosques, Portugal, sporting metaphors The Democratic race: Iowa and after Headhunters: Take me to a leader Donald Trump’s record: What he did, not what he said New Hampshire’s turn: Waiting for Bernie Testing and college admissions: What’s SAT Government architecture: Column inches Public transport: In a jam Lexington: Trump unbound Ecuador: The future of the undoing project Colombia: Wine whinge Venezuela: Rum raisin’ Bello: A new war of religion Law and order in India: Pish cosh Shrimp-farming in Asia: Brain v prawn Gambling in Japan: The chips are down Pakistani prisoners in Saudi Arabia: Junk bondage Banyan: The ministries of truth The Wuhan virus: Under observation Hong Kong and the mainland: Keep out Chaguan: A people’s war Congo: Not much to celebrate Kenya: Après Moi Mixed marriages: Conscious coupling Malawi: Let’s do this again Yemen and Iran: The Houthi model of government Germany: The splintering states Turkey: The new Turks Ireland: The worrying rise of Sinn Fein Russia: The vagaries of memory Norway: Ecowarriors bankrolled by oil Charlemagne: The parable of the plug EU-UK negotiations: There may be trouble ahead Aristocrats’ jobs: Courting fame Rail: Return of the fat controller Urban infrastructure: Euston, we have a solution Nuclear weapons: Critical condition Slavery and universities: Ties that bind Bagehot: Cummings v the blob Coronavirus: Run, don’t walk China’s Belt and Road: Return to centre The belt: Tighten up a notch The road: A long game Of belts and roads: What’s in a name? The digital Silk Road: The future stage The future: Wanted: new maps Sources and acknowledgments USA Inc: Goldilocks and the three bears Fast and furious: Tesla gains $60bn in market value in a week Technology C-suites: Time for an update Bartleby: I am Number 0.6 Business in India: Buy and sell tax-and-spend Goldmining: Golden retrievers Schumpeter: Ace in a hole Hong Kong’s economy: A train of troubles China’s economy: Viral injections Contagion effects: What the coronavirus means for financial markets Financial markets: Knocking off work ICE bids for eBay: Making an offer Banking in India: Small change Buttonwood: Two tribes Free exchange: Progress of a sort Agriculture: Farming with Tom, Dick and Harry Oncology: The topography of tumours Neuroscience: Lost in the city French cinema: Sounding the alarm Literature and beyond: Marriage story Trade secrets: As you sow Indian fiction: Tales of a city War and its aftermath: The inferno Economic data, commodities and markets Music and moods: Sad songs say so much Homero Gómez: Logger turned saviour Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)