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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon America’s election: When every vote counts War in the Horn: Ethiopia is poised to unravel Financial markets: Fixing the plumbing Secularism and Islam: Voltaire’s heirs Alternative 5G technology: Open sesame Letters to the editor: On nature, the Arctic, John Kennedy, Covid-19, Taiwan, culture, capitalists, Berlin, Albanians Covid-19 in Europe: The relapse Russia: Putin’s new model army Terrorism in Europe: Oh Vienna Belarus: Staying put Spain: Us Gallegos Alcohol in Sweden: The state’s grip on grape and grain Charlemagne: Baldrick’s Europe Populism: Look who’s back Remembrance Day: Over the top Scotland and defence: Should auld acquaintance be forgot The economy: The fright before Christmas Education: New tricks Bagehot: Captain Foresight Conflict in Ethiopia: Abiy’s call to arms Bobi Wine: Sing it loud Tanzania and Ivory Coast: Setting a bad example Debt in the Middle East: Not flattening the curve Robert Fisk: Rage on the page The presidential race: Hello, 46 Congress: Spell unbroken Polling error redux: Whiffing twice Election lawsuits: Courting the presidency Governorships and ballot initiatives: The covid races Lexington: Trump and Trumpism Canada: Northern light Brazil: Bundles in the jungle Bello: It’s hard to do good Elections in Myanmar: False start Music in South Korea: Hot for trot Banyan: Islands of liberality Economic policy: Circling back Chaguan: How China sees America Global hipsters: Flat-white world The outlook for corporate America: Still ailing Xiaomi: Mi time The turkey glut: Gobble, gobble? Video games: The games are only just beginning Bartleby: Questionable behaviour Schumpeter: Mickey v Masa Treasuries: The bonds that bind Buttonwood: Our currency, your problem Regulators v Ant Group: Ant agonises The world economy: Winter is here Lebanon’s financial mess: The final unravelling Free exchange: Turning inward Superbatteries: What do you get when you cross a hare with a tortoise? Covid-19: Teed up Manipulating magnetism: Out of left field Think again: Female stone-age hunters Colour in art: Paint it black Renaissance art: Take me to church China and the second world war: Lest they forget The Western mind: Value judgments Martin Amis’s new book: In my life Economic data, commodities and markets Covid-19 super-spreading: Power of inequality Sean Connery: Screen Scot Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)