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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Climate change and the pandemic: Seize the moment After lockdowns: The cure and the disease Uncle Sam v Huawei: Chip wars Malaysia: No bail-outs without representation Big pharma: Back in from the cold Letters to the editor: On solitude, investors, electric cars, Yemen, Labour, Einstein, three points Covid and the climate: Flattening the other curve Never let a crisis go to waste: A trillion-dollar question Taxing carbon: The contentious and correct option Emissions: If a tree falls The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: Handcuffing an institution Civil rights: Attention-deficit disorder Congressional elections: Exit, pursued by a centrist? Dechurching: The Sunday slump Francis Collins: Jesus is not his vaccine The extreme right: A boog’s life Lexington: Joe Biden’s good pandemic Mexico: Betting on black Women’s health: Birth pangs Bello: In the valley of the shadow of death India’s economy: Lockdown and out Malaysian politics: Muhyiddin’s mess Japanese politics: Unscathed but scathing Power-sharing in Afghanistan: Titles all round Australia’s trade with China: Barley barney and beef beef Cruise ships in the Philippines: Floating confinement Banyan: Sixty-somethings in a sack Arms control: Be afraid, America Coal-fired power: Brown elephants Chaguan: Critical condition Egypt’s economy: Riders wanted Iran’s bourse: A bizarre bazaar Israel and the Palestinians: Nice while it lasted Félicien Kabuga: The man who wasn’t there The African School of Economics: Lessons from Leonard Russia and covid-19: The anatomy of lies Bailing out Europe: Not quite Hamiltonian Tourism: We aren’t off to sunny Spain Indigenous rights: Sami difference Charlemagne: The wizards of Luxembourg Peak London: The wheel turns Grand houses: A palace of one’s own Transport: The great land grab Health care: Now for the recovery Government finances: Not so burdensome Politics: The pandemic goes partisan Covid-19 and global poverty: The great reversal Chip wars: Immaculate misconceptions SoftBank: Born again Indian capitalism: Elephants in the room Walmart: A nimble beast Bartleby: Zoomers, zeros and Gen Z Schumpeter: Closing time Sovereign-wealth funds: Raid on the piggy banks The World Trade Organisation: Trading places Buttonwood: Darcy and debt All work and no play: Economic recovery Banking in Africa: Borrower beware Free exchange: The land down under Energy transitions: Not-so-slow burn Controlling covid-19: To each according to his need Covid-19 in the young: Suffer the little children Photovoltaics: Solar’s new power Solidarity in reading: The lives of others Instagram: The camera always lies Crime fiction: Ice-cold cases American history: The ballad of Malcolm and Martin Home Entertainment: Discover trio sonatas Home Entertainment: Travel in confinement Economic data, commodities and markets Forecasting covid-19: A terrible toll Little Richard: Gonna have some fun tonight Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)