Week XVI, letter I: Palm Sunday killings in Ukraine. A new clampdown in Hungary & The jig is up for Gadalias and Saulos. + Why is the U.S. trying so hard to find new sources of critical minerals? & new music from Barker.

Week XV, letter II: The trade-war era on pause. A new government in Berlin. & It looks dry on the far side of the moon. + Why are U.S. law enforcement and military forces converging? & new music from Dean Wareham.

Week XV, letter I: Stocks keep falling around the world. Shuffling the deck in Serbia. & Bombs keep falling in Ukraine. + Why are big Chinese banks raising the enormous sum of US$72 billion in new capital? & new music from DJ Python.