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Europe

37 Ukraine’s elections

38 Protests in Moscow

38 Kosovo’s prime minister

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39 Berlin’s Jewish Museum

40 Malta and abortion

40 Tour de France

41 CharlemagneThe

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Britain

42 The new government

43 No-deal forecasts

44 Bagehot Lonely at the top

International

45 Designing parliamentary

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Business

47 Greening American

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48 Tech in the crosshairs

49 BartlebyThe curse of

efficiency

50 Lego v Barbie in China

50 Germany’s no-frills

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51 Schumpeter The plastics

business

Finance & economics

52 Europe’s bright spots

53 Currencies, trade and

Trump

54 Land of the tax-free

54 Profiting from robo-advice

55 ButtonwoodThe

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56 Pricing live music

56 The perils of fine print

57 Free exchangeCulture

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Science & technology

58 Heatwaves and climate

59 Living tree stumps

60 Flat lenses

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63 Fact and fiction on film

64 A hero of the resistance

65 Islam in America

65 Kipling in Vermont

66 Gaia meets AI

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68 Statisticson 42 economies

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69 Yieldcurvesandeconomicgrowth across the rich world

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70 Li Peng, the butcher of Beijing