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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The mid-terms: America divided Germany: Angela’s exit America and Iran: Talk to Tehran Stockmarkets: Red October Doing Business rankings: Red in tooth, claw and tape Britain’s budget: The end of austerity? On Pik Botha, the City, China, Singapore, India, John Cockerill, airlines: Letters The Democrats: Kick-starting the donkey Closing arguments (1): Caravan of copycats Closing arguments (2): The bargaining stage Predicting the House race: The surf forecast Political rhetoric and violence: In your lifetime, during your days Housing in California: The 1970s revival Lexington: The Trump cult The new president: Brazil hearts Jair Bolsonaro, for now Bello: The termination of the toucans Mexico City’s new airport: Up in the air again Caribbean courts: London or local? Politics in Sri Lanka: Back to the bad old days Japan’s pampered pets: A dog’s life Foreigners in South Korea: Land of the pure Extremism in Pakistan: Standing up to bigotry Cambodia’s garment industry: Needling Hun Sen Tall order: The world's biggest statue New Caledonia: Pacific gyre Banyan: Gay hitch glitch Biotechnology: Movie stars and soyabeans Endangered species: Only in emergency Chaguan: Latin lessons America and Iran: Turning the screws Israel and the Gulf: The new normal? Iraqi politics: More money, same problems The war in Yemen: Time for a truce Re-education in Ethiopia: Abiy’s law Miracle-Gro for economies: How does your garden grow? Germany: This is the end Migration (1): Greece: A small piece of hell Migration (2): Italy: A cold coming they had of it Ireland: Statesman beats celebrities The European Parliament: Shock treatment The budget: Autumn harvest Taxing the tech titans: Feeling lucky? Brexit: Norway now or never Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Thanks for the miracle Social housing in Northern Ireland: Building blocs Wealth and mortality: Death comes to all The disappearing coastline: Britannia ruled by waves Bagehot: Explaining Brexit Anti-Semitism: The mourning that never ends Streaming-video wars: Game of phones Bartleby: Better by design China’s tech ambitions: Chip shot General Electric: Culp’s ability Mining in Guinea: Life on Mars Information technology: IBM’s rebel yell Ride-hailing in India: Bloody defeat Schumpeter: The tech sell-off The American economy: What goes up The China-America trade war: Lights, camera, imports! Buttonwood: Sunrise in Tokyo Monetary policy in India: Flame war Ubernomics: A hard bargain International aid: Gaining currency Red tape: Doing BRICness Leveraged loans: Load bearing Free exchange: A hard place Marine technology of the future: In need of a clean up Marine technology of the past: Pitching in Making trains run on time: Stand clear of the doors Entomology: Go with the flow Astronomy: Kepler, RIP The fate of the West: The old ways Death and glory: All he surveyed Political fiction: Ghosts at the feast War reporting: In the widows’ basement Sex scandals of yore: He said, she said, she won Johnson: Too much winning The American electorate: All politics is identity politics Anthea Bell: Through a glass, brightly Economic data, markets and commodities Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)