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Hormuz, heat and shattered homes

Iran squeezes oil routes as Colombia digs out and Europe sweats through record heat

The past half-day mixed hard power, hard weather and harder rubble. Oil traders watched the Gulf, rescue teams searched Colombian ruins, and European governments discovered that heat alerts do not cool hospitals.

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China's revival of its free-trade-zone bond market and the FCC's proposed ban on Chinese data-center components represent incremental adjustments in economic policy and de-risking strategies from both sides.

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