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Europe

50 Turkey’s Russia problem

51 The French economy

52 The pope’s secret decrees

52 Spain’s opposition

53 Smuggling greenhouse

gases

54 Charlemagne The

free-rider continent

Britain

55 New trade diplomacy

56 Nigel Farage v net zero

58 BagehotTories and nhs

Business

59 China’s techno-

dependencies

61 Sea Group at sea

62 BartlebyDirty work

63 Private equity and the

press

63 Icahn’s v McDonald’s

64 vwand Porsche part ways

66 SchumpeterGazprom

and war

Finance&economics

67 The fallout from Ukraine

68 Chinese-American trade

69 The imf’s woes

70 India’s gold rush

71 Generali’s future

71 Inflation in Turkey

72 ButtonwoodThe sun rises

for the yen

73 Free exchangeSaving

globalisation

Science&technology

74 The future of robots

75 Brain organoids

76 Intergenerational memory

76 Gathering lithium

77 Eyewitnesses' reliability

Culture

78 Murals in Mexico

79 ANobel-prizewinning

novel

80 Home Entertainment

Vampires of yore

80 Nixon’s watchdog

81 Refugees and reportage

Economic&financialindicators

84 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphicdetail

85 Are some countries faking their covid-19 death counts?

Obituary

86 P.J. O’Rourke, scourge of liberals everywhere

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