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Europe

42 Terrorism in Germany

43 The scandal of L’Arche

44 Tech in Serbia

44 Austria’s Jews

45 Italy’s troubled steel plant

Britain

46 The £18bn research

question

47 Eurovision desperation

48 BagehotKeir Starmer

dares to be dull

International

49 Restricting free speech

at work

Business

51 Tech’s biggest pinch-point

52 Unbedevilling Prada

53 How hath Berkshire done?

53 Inside Facebook

54 Bartleby Rank and

rancour

55 America Inc’s bamboo

ceiling

55 Tar sands and shale beds

56 SchumpeterKing of

Disneyland

Finance & economics

57 Bull market gored

58 Marching orders in China

59 ButtonwoodBeating the

bond index is easy

60 American frugality

60 Valuing data

61 The EU’s new trade

enforcer

61 Bank bosses in Europe

62 Free exchangeIncentives

toinnovate

Science & technology

63 The heart’s digital twin

64 Training elite marines

65 The Moon and Mars

65 Defending delivery drones

66 The world’s oldest story

Books & arts

67 Cromwell’s fate

68 Ugandan photography

69 Lincoln’s oratory

70 JohnsonThe bilingual

dividend

Economic & financial indicators

72 Statisticson 42 economies

Graphic detail

73 HowfootballreflectsEngland’sdemographicdivisions

Obituary

74 Katherine Johnson, a pioneer in more ways than one