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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The world economy: Goodbye globalisation The EU’s bad crisis: On the blink Escaping the lockdown: First, do no harm Unemployment: Reopen and shut Hydropower in Asia: Water torture Letters to the editor: On reopening schools, golf, religion, St Helena, underpants Europe under strain: Searching for meaning Globalisation: Torn apart Business resilience: Hanging together Welfare and work: The jobless market Social mobility: Is zipcode destiny? Donald Trump’s taxes: On the money Irish pubs: Craics in the business model The rule of law: Friends with benefits Lexington: Mike Pompeo’s followership Bolivia: In limbo Venezuela: Bay of piglets Bello: Looking back on the Shining Path The Mekong: Torrent to trickle Sino-Indian border disputes: High dudgeon Covid-19 in South Korea: A catchy beat Sexual mores in Taiwan: Philanderers hold their breath Banyan: Soldiers everywhere Mental health: Picking up the pieces Tibet: The lost boy Chaguan: Keeping it local Covid-19 in Africa: The long game Elections in Africa: We don’t need no observation Ethiopia: Democracy delayed Syria: Family feud Saudi television: Series of changes France leaves lockdown: Free at last Controlling covid-19: The Swedish way North Macedonia: Lies, damned lies… Naval strategy: Northern fights Charlemagne: Real life and postcard views Britain’s international reputation: How others see us Toothache in a pandemic: Say cheese! Immigration: Who cares? The economy: Acute to chronic Public Health England: Carry on covid Schools: Pencils down Trade unions: A whiff of smoke-filled rooms Crime and covid-19: Covid nostra Bankruptcies: Chapter 11’s new chapter Profits seeping: America’s profit warning Bankruptcies in Europe: Buying time Chinese brands: Upping the Anta Bartleby: Teachable moment Austerity in Silicon Valley: The next garage Schumpeter: The gathering swarm The global economy: A good kind of bubble Turkey in trouble: A host of difficulties Geopolitics and capital markets: Feuding over funds European Central Bank: Lane speaking Free exchange: The great levelling Award Bad times: The widespread damage from climate change Health data and privacy: Looking without looking Protecting great apes from covid-19: Maintaining other species’ barriers Wirelessly charging electric cars: It’s time to cut the cord Industrial standards: Shear, veer, cheer Disinformation and democracy: The rhythm of struggle British fiction: Down to Brixton Johnson: What’s that again? Home Entertainment: Catch up on the finest French television dramas Home Entertainment: Design your own board game Perspectives: Confinement has always been part of human life Economic data, commodities and markets Travel and covid-19: The covid network Eavan Boland: Visions in the ordinary Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)