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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Human rights: Torment of the Uyghurs The American election: Grading Trumponomics Covid-19: Going full circuit Transgender rights: A question of sport Tech investing and the Vision Fund: A vision in hindsight Letters to the editor: On the debates, Germany, energy, Colombia, trade, Dominic Cummings Ruling Thailand: Battle royal An interview with Russia’s opposition leader: The man who lived Turkey: Wear a different chain Berlin’s new airport: It’s built, but will they fly? Feminism in France: Like a fish needs a bicyclette Charlemagne: Learning to love the c-word The second wave: Back into the storm The business of biography: Aide memoir Defence policy: Global swarming Trade policy: Getting hormonal Mixed martial arts: Class conflict Babies and covid-19: Hard labour Pearson: Marks for effort Bagehot: Mad, bad and dangerous Mali after the coup: We were soldiers once Congo’s cobalt: The ugly rush Iran’s armed forces: After the embargo Dubai: Old is gold Ethiopian Jews: From Gondar to Jerusalem Trumponomics: Watered with liberal tears Amy Coney Barrett: Hearing test New York and covid-19: Pikuach nefesh Elections in Maine: Shaken Collins Far-right extremism: Making the world glow Lexington: The audacity of Jaime Harrison Bolivia: A consequential contest Colombia: VAT half-empty Bello: The girl who hated soup Sexual politics in South Korea: Cradle to desk The Aboriginal flag: Take down or cough up Politics in Kyrgyzstan: From prison to power in a week Corruption in Bangladesh: Land of land-grabs Banyan: Suharto with a saw Xinjiang: Orphaned by the state Chaguan: Claiming covid as a win Covid-19 and liberty: No vaccine for cruelty SoftBank: What Masa does next Aerospace: Not boxing clever Bartleby: Stop all the clocks Chinese IPOs in America: Red capitalism Farm equipment: Fertile ground 5G handsets: The iPhone gets up to snuff Retail: Turning a corner Schumpeter: Bad news China’s economy: The real deal Wall Street: The calm after the storm Government debt: Relief efforts Personal finance: The saver’s dilemma From acute to chronic: The IMF’s new forecasts Buttonwood: Persian version Free exchange: Winning bids Transgender athletes: Scrum down Submarine communications: Good vibrations Gut microbes: Germ lines Ecology: Not so deserted Physics: Max machs Award: British Science Journalist of the Year American history: The road to Camelot Egyptology: Pyramid schemes Johnson: Wine and bottles British fiction: Secrets and lies Art and punishment: Body and soul Economic data, commodities and markets Formula 1: Man v machine Mohammad Reza Shajarian: The bird of freedom Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)