Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese association football player (born 1985)

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Kyiv, Hormuz and 90% certainty

Trump strains alliances as Russia batters Ukraine and El Niño warnings jolt governments

The last half-day brought a familiar mix of hard power and hard weather. Russia fired one of its largest barrages at Ukraine, the Gulf truce frayed again, and the UN warned that a strong El Niño may soon add heat, floods and drought to already stretched governments.

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The EU's formal adoption of outbound investment screening and China's explicit expansion of its counter-sanctions to target compliance with such rules create a binding legal conflict for firms, moving from policy debate to operational crisis.