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The two main candidates in this yearâs election were born in the 1940s. Most countries that still have political figures lingering from that era are dictatorships. What has made Americaâs cohort so determined to cling to power for so long? econ.st/3LazLnt
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The Balkans threaten to become âthe worldâs next flashpointâ, a quarter of a century after conflict there last dominated the headlines, argue George Robertson and Andi Hoxhaj in a guest essay econ.st/3VRrt90
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The 81-year-old president refused to countenance the possibility that his presence at the top of the ticket had become a liability for down-ballot Democrats, as polls suggest econ.st/3WcGoMz
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To outsiders, and indeed many in the country, Indian cinema is all about âmasalaâ movies. But these big-budget, action-packed melodramas belie Indiaâs diverse cinematic output econ.st/4d1V5Yv
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NATOâs leaders may soon include Donald Trump, who is odds-on to win Americaâs presidential election in November, and Marine Le Pen, the soft-on-Russia French populist. Western democracies must act fast to confront these dangers econ.st/3xMp6fK
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Human intelligence is getting harder, costlier and riskier. Yet it remains essential. An agent is able to read the mood in the corridors of the Kremlin, a computer cannot econ.st/3RUcU3o
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Whatever the outcome of Franceâs snap election, âthe EUâs economic rules will serve as a safeguard against domestic political extremismâ, writes Pascal Cagni. In a guest essay, the business envoy explains why foreign investors need not panic econ.st/4boXJpX
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Swipe to learn more âĄď¸ Britain has woken up to a historic landslide victory for Labour, just five years after voters handed the party its worst defeat in almost a century. Discover the figures behind the extraordinary result here: econ.st/3W7j8zs
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Technology has been integral to intelligence gathering for more than a century. What is different today is that digital technology has seeped into every corner of life econ.st/3Wa73JG
Illustration: Claire Merchlinsky
In its 30 years Amazon has been astonishingly successful. But the companyâs fourth decade will be harder going than its third econ.st/45TQaGt
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