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 Technology in China: China’s tech trailblazers After the Arab spring: The ruining of Egypt Energy policy: Hinkley Pointless Vietnam’s economy: The other Asian tiger International adoption: Babies without borders On Thailand, Stuttgart, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, human rights, China, the sea: Letters to the editor Arab youth: Look forward in anger The presidential race: Trump in the dumps Partisan politics: In plain words Voting restrictions: Back in the booth Convention bounces: Up, then down Wilderness living: The last big frontier The NYPD: Goodbye to Bratton Lexington: Gridlock Central Venezuela: Army rations The Petrobras scandal: Defendant-in-chief Cannabis in Colombia: Weeds of peace Myanmar’s economy: Miles to go Sri Lanka’s missing people: Refusing to give up hope India’s economy: One nation, one tax Canine couture in Taiwan: Furry fashionable Japan and the last commute: Peak death Japan and the last commute: Award The Cultural Revolution: Unlikely hero Tibetan culture: And the policemen danced Egypt’s economy: State of denial The war in Syria: Kerry talks while Aleppo burns The roasting of the Middle East: Infertile Crescent South Africa: The Zuma effect Gabon: Trying to get past oil Media freedom in Turkey: Sultanic verses Turks in Germany: Old faultlines Land transfers: Peak diplomacy Anti-Mafia: Dead dogs and dirty tricks Britain and Europe: The start of the break-up Charlemagne: Au revoir, l’Europe Charlemagne: Award Nuclear power: When the facts change... Chinese investment: Not so gung-ho The Bank of England: Treating the hangover The UK Independence Party: Kippers flounder Archaeology: The last crusade Bagehot: The sage of Birmingham International adoption: Home alone Ride-hailing in China: Uber gives app China’s mobile internet: WeChat’s world Tobacco regulation: No logo Bosses’ salaries in Japan: Pay check The chocolate industry: Cocoa nuts Schumpeter: Look before you leap Asia’s next tiger: Good afternoon, Vietnam Buttonwood: The second big shift European banks: Still stressed out Property taxes: Home bias Japan’s economy: Levitation speed Free exchange: The desperation of independents Tariffs and wages: An inconvenient iota of truth Anti-submarine warfare: Seek, but shall ye find? Lithium-air batteries: Their time has come Artificial neurons: You’ve got a nerve The right to die: What is unbearable? Fiction: Life and afterlife Elite black America: A world apart Geopolitics: East, West home is best European arts: Two men of one mind Paths well travelled: Trails and error Classical music: He’s the piano man Obituary: Luc Hoffmann: For birds and for wilderness Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index The Economist poll of forecasters, August averages Markets