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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon A united Ireland: Could it really happen? Germany: Bad heir day Disease and growth: Viral slowdown The wrong person for the Fed: Shel-no Property in America: The real-estate racket Letters to the editor: On housing A united Ireland: Is some revelation at hand? The economics of migration: Delayed reaction Political revenge: Department of Selective Justice Mayor Pete’s progress: Seeking an edge, edge Ethical landmines: Watch your step Trumpenomics: Vin-dictive Lexington: Mike Bloomberg’s moment Canadian health care: Justin Trudeau’s drug problem El Salvador: Bukele up Bello: “What is Peronism?” Social conservatism in the Philippines: Papal power Duterte v America: A treaty for a visa Ethnic tensions in Kazakhstan: Fire and fury Elections in Delhi: Capital loss Banyan: Belt and roadblock The virus and the economy: Business in paralysis The virus and politics: The hard men Chaguan: Death of an everyman Diplomacy: Frustrated are the peacemakers Qatar: Tamim the gloriously tolerant Religious politics in Israel: Shabbat riders Kenya: I shot the DJ The International Criminal Court: A day of reckoning nears Germany’s government: Trouble at the top Kosovo: A new start Russia: Show trials France: The emoji wars Charlemagne: Making Europe boring again Northern Ireland: Blessed are the merciful Competition policy: Ripping into the rip-off merchants Reshuffle: Number 11’s new incumbent Restitution of cultural artefacts: Spears and spires Politics: Leftward ho! Growth: Keeping down with the trends Public toilets: Spending a penny Public transport: Omnibus no longer Bagehot: The perils of Lennonism Covid-19: Curbing the Asian contagion Covid-19 and trade: A deadly disease disrupts Armsmakers in the Middle East: From muskets to missiles Restaurants: Chasing Ronald Remote advertising: Hoarding cash Elliott v SoftBank: Singer-Son time Bartleby: Teenage picks Business education: MBAs with Chinese characteristics Schumpeter: The Qualcommunist manifesto Real estate in America: Tearing down the house The International Monetary Fund: Structural adjustment The World Bank: The Goldberg variations Sustainability-linked debt: Green paper African currencies: Value judgments Buttonwood: Eyeing the storm Free exchange: Trickle-up economics Metabolites and you: Shed-loads of chemicals Climate change: Goodish news Solar physics: Hot topics Animal behaviour: Lake-bed properties Power from the people: Too much of a good thing The Academy Awards: Creepy crawlies Johnson: Original sins Tom Stoppard’s new play: Laughter in the dark Economic data, commodities and markets Behavioural finance: Price and prejudice Li Wenliang: The man who knew Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)