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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Huawei and the world economy: Trade without trust Covid-19 and schools: Let them learn Poland’s presidential election: A narrow, nasty win Oil and the Arab world: There will be pain Banks and the economy: A window on America Letters to the editor: On resilience, advertising, maritime quarantine, Joe Biden, zoonotics, covid-19, deforestation, Boris Johnson, bubbles, the Stone Roses Huawei and 5G: The European theatre Germany’s China policy: Out of date Protests in Russia’s Far East: An unlikely local hero Poland’s election: Narrow minds, narrow win France: Accent grave Italy: Parting the waters Charlemagne: How Ireland gets its way Work-life balance: Union slack Government help for startups: The joy of equity Brexit: The nameless one approaches Armed forces: Culture war Government and covid-19: How the levers came off Household finances: Run to the banks Bagehot: Dance of the lemons The Arab world: Twilight of the petrostates South Africa: Measuring the poverty pandemic Burkina Faso: Rhyme and punishment Pineapples and prohibition: Dry, the beloved country Operation Warp Speed: America First-Aid The virus: Here it goes again Schools: Classroom cops SCOTUS: The centre can hold Nomenclature: Skin in the name Lexington: A family separation Chile: Gimme shelter Mexico: Banda does not play on Drugs and vigilantes: Myanmar vice Australia and the monarchy: Crown duels Malaysian politics: A 70-minister mandate Singapore’s election: Gluttons for punishment Banyan: Shah of India Hong Kong’s companies: The darkness behind Satellite navigation: BeiDou begins Floods: A deluge of doubts School closures: A class apart Schools in poor countries: Won’t know much about history Unwanted fossil fuels: The bottom of the barrel Entertainment (1): Ad nauseam Entertainment (2): Off his rocker? Sino-American tech mistrust: At the end of a rainbow I’ll have semiconductors with that: Analog devices buys Maxim Integrated for $20bn Cyber-security: The other virus threat Bartleby: A question of judgment Schumpeter: When bits bite Wall Street: A banking drama, in three acts China’s economy: Low and mighty The Big Mac index: Patty power Corporate taxes: Digital divide Insurance: A premium on change Buttonwood: Lotus esprit Free exchange: Housing was the business cycle Chipmaking: The incredible shrinking machine Environmental science: Pining for water A new comet: Comet NEOWISE lights up northern skies Navigation: Crystal clear The socioeconomics of sewage: Class acts The theory of relativity: Cycling tricks The future of journalism: Invisible men Craft and commerce: Shifting plates Science and politics: Trial and error Musical high jinks: Played for laughs Economic data, commodities and markets Resource economics: Capital pains Ennio Morricone: Man on a mission Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)