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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
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67 Cromwell’s fate
68 Ugandan photography
69 Lincoln’s oratory
70 JohnsonThe bilingual
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Economic & financial indicators
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Graphic detail
73 HowfootballreflectsEngland’sdemographicdivisions
Obituary
74 Katherine Johnson, a pioneer in more ways than one