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 Ageing: Cheating death War against crime in the Philippines: A harvest of lead Trump’s plan for the economy: Scrimping on sense South Africa: Time to govern Preventing child-abuse: First, save the children On Britain, globalisation, Hinkley Point, laws, landmines, Donald Trump, Brexit: Letters to the editor Longevity: Adding ages Hillary Clinton: Inevitable once more Purchasing power: More bang for your buck Merit scholarships: TOPSy-turvy Dietary inequality: Bitter fruits America’s foreign bases: Go home, Yankee Lexington: Dollars in the wind Argentina’s economy: It’s cold outside Rio’s Olympics: More with less Canada’s Senate and Supreme Court: Look to the rainbow Philippine politics: From plan to execution Thai politics: How not to solve a crisis Kashmir: Reviving the cause Gay rights in Indonesia: Under pressure Women’s education in Afghanistan: Liberation through segregation The judicial system: Suppress and support Youthful nationalists: The East is pink New rivalries on a contested continent: Asia’s scramble for Africa Ethiopia’s football follies: Full time? Zambia’s elections: A test case for democracy Iraq’s Yazidis: Freedom on hold Libya and the West: Piling in Migration within the EU: Europe’s scapegoat The time in Spain: Out of sync with the sun... Tensions in Crimea: The cruellest month Renewable energy: It’s not easy being green Charlemagne: Small but not too beautiful The Labour Party: The metamorphosis Schools: Grammatical error Football geography: A country of two halves The “term funding scheme”: When cuts are not enough Fatter people: Counting calories Thinner pets: Subwoofers Bagehot: This sceptic isle Paedophilia: Shedding light on the dark field The other side of Warren Buffett: Don’t Buff it up Airlines and technology: All systems stop PSA Group: Peugeot rallies Walmart buys Jet.com: Boxed-in unicorn The Berlusconis’ shrinking empire: Things fall apart Live-streaming: Amateur’s hour The tourism industry: Nothing to see here Schumpeter: Revenge of the nerds Europe’s disappearing cash: Emptying the tills Buttonwood: Back in fashion Pensions: No love, actuary The leisure economy: Surfing to success Recruitment and inequality: Pandora’s box Financial crime: The final bill Free exchange: The problematic proposal Fiscal multipliers: Where does the buck stop? Hybrid cars: At last, the 48 show Anthropology: No hard feelings Graphene-based electronics: Bugs in the system American memoirs: Promises, promises America in the 1970s: That’s rich New fiction: Irish charm World music: Humanity’s heartbeat Johnson: Would that it were so simple Obituary: Qusai Abtini: From child to man Interactive indicators Output, prices and jobs Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates The Economist commodity-price index Holiday blues Markets