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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon American politics: Trump’s legacy The pandemic: Who gets the jab? Cryptocurrencies: If you can’t beat them Encyclopedias: Diderot’s dream Dealing with China: Advantage, Beijing Democracy in Africa: Time out Letters to the editor: On military deception, Singapore, Christian Democrats, big tech, Cuba, accents, banking Vaccinating the world: The great task Transatlantic relations: Putting it back together again Spain’s government: Frenemies on the left Gibraltar: Between a rock and a softer place Greece: Laptops at the ready The Dutch monarchy: Bruised Oranges Charlemagne: The clown ceiling Covid-19: Racing the virus Losing digital privacy rights: Chlorinated Facebook EU citizens: Remainers Political attitudes: That sinking feeling Refugees: Locked out Fishing rights: Coming up empty Bagehot: Patience wins South Africa: Bourgeois blues Egypt’s trade with Africa: Monkey business War and sport: A shot at peace The Gulf: The Arabs get back in line Syrian refugees: Here to stay, however miserable The Republican Party: After the insurrection Georgia’s run-off elections: So sweet and clear American policy and the Uyghurs: Working on the chain gang Abortion in Latin America: Green wave, blue breakwater Bother in Barbados: Rum punch and the pandemic Private schools in India: Permanently excluded Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan: Five different ways to applaud Banyan: Cosmic wobbles Islam in Japan: Hiji hajis Hong Kong: Cut down in the primary Female comedians: A woman walks into a bar Chaguan: Winners and losers Wikipedia at 20: The other tech giant A hundred years of bright ideas: The liberation of light Solar power: Gradually, then all at once... Information technology: Cosmos, meet commerce Lasers: Outshining the sun Advancing science: New enlightenments Deutschland AG in China: Riding high America v China Inc: NYSE knowing you Carmaking: A Stellantis is born Rekindling corporate nuptials: An M&A revival Oil exploration: Thanks, but no thanks Corporate charity: Giving and taking Bartleby: Network effects Schumpeter: The game goes on The markets in 2021: Melting up Buttonwood: The lion sleeps tonight Bitcoin zooms: Crypto-conversion Divining water risk: An expanding pool China’s stockmarket: Bring out your dead The world economy: Covid-10trn Free exchange: Social studies The future of armed conflict: Warfare’s worldwide web The origin of dogs: Woof! Woof! Oceanic cartography: Full fathom five Traditional medicine: Treating forgotten killers The Richard Casement internship Authenticating art: Computer says no The Cultural Revolution: Changing the guards Arctic explorers: Northern exposure The Troubles: Close quarters British fiction: Memory lane Economic data, commodities and markets Wikipedia: A rich-world Wikipeak Agitu Gudeta: The milk of human kindness Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)