Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon The failed coup in Turkey: Erdogan’s revenge Britain’s “industrial strategy”: Open for business? The politics of Thailand: The generals who hide behind the throne Methane leaks: Tunnel vision Big economic ideas: Breakthroughs and brickbats On Kurdistan, immigration, executive pay, the passive voice, China: Letters to the editor Turmoil in Turkey: After the coup, the counter-coup Turkey and the world: Running out of friends The Republican convention: Donning the mantle On the trail: Cleveland special Paul Ryan’s agenda: Better than what? Roger Ailes: Kingmaker no more Policing after Baton Rouge: Ambushed and anguished Michael Elliott: The Fab One Immigration economics: Wages of Mariel Lexington: At his majesty’s pleasure Canada’s internal trade: The great provincial obstacle course Cuba’s economy: Caribbean contagion El Salvador: Reconsidering the price of peace Bello: Lessons from a liberal swashbuckler Politics in Thailand: Twilight of the king Crimes against women: Can the licence to kill be revoked? Dissent in Laos: Radio silence South Korea’s DIYers: Bangsta style Hong Kong police: The force is with who? The South China Sea: My nationalism, and don’t you forget it Israel and the Arab world: The enemy of my enemies Syrian refugees in Jordan: From haven to hell Lebanese cronyism: Hire power City slickers on the farm: Africa’s real land grab Smoking: Plains packaging Nigeria’s currency: If you love it... Another attack in France: Madness and terror Russia’s Olympian drug habit: Tamper proof Italy’s upstart party: The Five Star question Charlemagne: Parliament plot The government’s “industrial strategy”: A change of gear Foreign takeovers: Fear and favour London buses: Parting the red sea Universities and Brexit: A first-class mess Pushy parents: How to make children do homework Labour and the north: Tyne and Weary Bagehot: In the map room with Theresa May Stress: What makes us stronger Workplace stress: Fuss and bother Methane leaks: A dirty little secret The industrial internet of things: The great convergence SoftBank and ARM: Everything under the Son Niche media: Fight club Corporate earnings: Of populism and profits Consumer products: His and hers Schumpeter: Silicon Valley 1.0 African banks: Subprime savannah Buttonwood: Vanishing workers The Big Mac index: Patty-purchasing parity Postal Savings Bank of China: A red-letter IPO The 1MDB affair: Thick and fast Free exchange: Putsch and pull Information asymmetry: Secrets and agents The 21st International AIDS Conference: Rallying the troops Data storage: Atoms and the voids Medical technology: All sewn up Chinese politics: The people's pope South-East Asian history: Striving for unity South Africa: Time of death Australian fiction: The way of the world American photography: Exposed Obituary: Johnny Barnes and Datta Phuge: Clothed with happiness Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index GDP forecasts for 2016 Markets