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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The pandemic: The right medicine for the world economy American politics: Joe Biden redux The war in Syria: An ally in need Britain’s budget: Be bold, Boris African democracy: How to beat the Big Men Letters to the editor: On telecoms, Ireland, Singapore, America, bananas, Brazil, oil Covid-19: New world curriculum After Super Tuesday: Look at Joe go News from China: Quid pro quo Lori Lightfoot: Policing poverty Donald Trump’s record: The toolkit Household budgets: The price is wrong Lexington: Legends of the slaughter Feminism in Mexico: The violet tide Crime in Latin America: Special victims Surfing in Brazil: The big break Bello: Happily after Evo? Malaysia’s new government: Beset at its birth Regulation in Bangladesh: Rules are made to be broken Elections in Tajikistan: United in unity The war in Afghanistan: Peace with Afghan characteristics Politics in Sri Lanka: Brotherly shove Banyan: Flu jabs Women and covid-19: The mask slips Uighurs: From slammer to serfdom Chaguan: Total incredulity Syria’s war: The battle for Idlib Israeli politics: In limbo Democracy in Africa: Generation game Refugees: You shall not pass The euro area: A series of unfortunate events Ireland: Shape-shifters Slovakia’s election: A different kind of populism France: Aux powerpoints, citoyens! Charlemagne: Minority Report: Brussels edition The budget and the bond markets: Neither shaken nor stirred Coronavirus preppers: Apocalypse soon Brexit negotiations: Seconds away, round two Politicians and civil servants: Priti difficult Hydrology: Putting the wiggles back in rivers Retail: The high street’s escape route Bagehot: A man of the world Abortion: From backstreet to mail-order Jack Welch: Captain of industry Technology mergers: Xeroxing HP Bartleby: A woman’s work Private equity: Locusts of attention Go north, young woman: The glass-ceiling index Telemedicine in China: The smartphone will see you now Schumpeter: Plan V The world economy: Sneezy money Asset prices: Motion sickness Buttonwood: Penthouse to pavement Liquidity in bond markets: Match point American banks: When the bucks stop Catastrophe finance: A pussyfooting cat bond Free exchange: Material losses Military technology: The rise of the ray gun Wildfires: Animal heat Satellite communications: A call from the heavens Evolution: Which is really the weaker sex? Inequality, revisited: A modern Marx New American theatre: Notes from the underground Baltic literature: The farmer’s tale Irish fiction: A life in parts Economic data, commodities and markets Coronavirus statistics: Tracking the stealthy killer Ernesto Cardenal: Building Utopia Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)