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Johnny Depp believes he's a victim of it. Dawn French feels "imaginatively restricted" by it. John Cleese is doing a documentary on it. Jon Stewart thinks it doesn't even exist. Yes, it's time to look at cancel culture and the war over academic freedom.

Europe's flagging vaccination rates have prompted a substantial rethink as the northern winter approaches. Infections are at an all-time high in several countries and lockdowns have returned. But not for everybody.

This week we're returning to Europe to take the temperature of the Polish–Belarusian border dispute and test EU member states on their commitment to the 'ever closer union'.

Wednesday marked the first anniversary of Ethiopia's civil war. Given the sparse reporting of the Tigray War, the casual observer would be forgiven for assuming things had quietened down. This last week has revealed the opposite: the Tigrayans are advancing on the capital.

Virginia goes to the polls next week in a test case for Biden's America. Meanwhile, trench warfare on Capitol hill has stripped the federal economic plan of its lofty ambitions.

This week we're visiting Africa to take stock of a rocky transition, a long-forgotten civil war, and the fate of the continent's last ruling king. And last but not least, a piece from Kinshasha that repudiates some memorable Pink Floyd lines...

In lieu of the right old mess at the International Monetary Fund, this week we'll take up the mantle of crunching numbers and suggesting economic policy.

This week, people in lab coats all around the world held their breaths as the Nobel prizes were awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature. Peace and economic sciences are to follow. Let's see what the biggest brains in the world have been worrying away…

It's been a good week to be a logistician and a bad one to be a parcel, container ship, coal importer, or British driver. All across the globe we are starting to see links breaking in the supply chain. This week, we cover three halting routes.

We're back in New York this week for the 76th United Nations General Assembly. Ideally we'd dedicate this entire edition to Brazil's gaffe-ridden attempt to reset its image on the international stage but we'll have to save that for a rainy day.

A pair of cases in Beijing and Washington reveal the uneven path the #MeToo movement treads across the world. This week we look to Zhou Xiaoxuan and Simone Biles, just two women among the legion demanding to be heard.