Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT) Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL's cartoon Globalisation and politics: The new political divide Abenomics: Overhyped, underappreciated Russian dirty tricks: Doping and hacking The parable of Yahoo: From dotcom hero to zero Air pollution: Cleaning up the data On Republicans, Pokémon, blood-testing, Brazil, John Cleese, Italian banks: Letters to the editor Globalisation and politics: Drawbridges up The Democratic convention: Bridging the torrent On the trail: Philly special Putin, Trump and the DNC: Signal and noise The PGA championship: Who’ll win? Southern living: From crop to pop Political parties: Defining realignment Lexington: Able Kaine Brazil’s Olympics: Not yet medal contenders Bello: Cash in bin liners, please Defending South Korea: Of missiles and melons Politics in Indonesia: Look who’s back Murder in Japan: Still safe Terror in Afghanistan: Unwelcome guests Young aborigines: Australia’s Abu Ghraib Politics in Taiwan: A series of unfortunate events Flood control: Disgorging Jiang Zemin: Jiang of Jiang Hall Online media: Stop the virtual presses Zimbabwe’s president: Comrade Bob besieged South Africa’s local elections: Young rivals Nigeria’s struggling states: Running out of road The Arab League: A new low The Saudi bombardment of Yemen: Worse than the Russians Water in the West Bank: Nor yet a drop to drink France’s response to terrorism: Loss of faith How Germans handle terror: Pure reason A shock for NATO: Defend me maybe Catholic youth in Poland: Cross purposes Charlemagne: Correspondence club The impact of free trade: Collateral damage Northern Ireland after Brexit: Frontier spirit Women in politics: The struggle continues Commuter hell: Going south Brexit and public services: Somebody call a doctor Drug-testing at music festivals: Cocaine or concrete? Bagehot: Rage against the dying of the light Pope Francis: Hearts, minds and souls Verizon buys Yahoo: Does it ad up? Rare diseases: Fixing fate Corporate governance: Change, or else Telecoms: Hans free Electric cars in China: Charging ahead Companies’ green strategies: In the thicket of it Schumpeter: Not-so-clever contracts Japan’s economy: Three-piece dream suit Buttonwood: Putting it all on red The Federal Reserve: Staying its hand Road taxes in Europe: Not easy being green Private share sales: Trading places Free exchange: A hire power Financial stability: Minsky’s moment Printed electronics: On a roll Air pollution: Breathtaking The ancient atmosphere: Time capsules American foreign policy: Playing it long The Olympic games: Fanfare American fiction: Mean girls Jazz in the 21st century: Playing outside the box Johnson: Liberal blues Obituary: Geoffrey Hill: The discomfort of words Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Merchandise trade Markets