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Real Madrid Presidential Election Heats Up as Riquelme Challenges Pérez with 'Members' City' Vision
Enrique Riquelme and Florentino Pérez officially launched their campaigns for the Real Madrid presidency on Wednesday, offering starkly contrasting visions for the club's future ahead of the June 7 election.

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215 votes and coal smoke

Trump absorbs war-powers rebuke as Lebanon truce frays and Washington revives coal

Washington spent the night arguing over how much war a president can wage without Congress, while a Lebanon ceasefire began looking fragile almost immediately. Elsewhere, a damaged Dreamliner embarrassed Lufthansa, Germany tried to cut its care bill, Anthropic asked rivals to slow down, and Marjane Satrapi's death drew tributes across Europe.

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Zelenskyy open letter to Putin
Zelenskyy requests a direct meeting and ceasefire in an open letter, while Putin states Trump's proposals can serve as a basis for an agreement.

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China and the West: decoupling

The EU's formal adoption of a mandatory outbound investment screening mechanism, combined with China's operational enforcement of its blocking statutes, creates an immediate and binding conflict-of-laws trap for multinational firms.

Real Madrid Presidential Election Heats Up as Riquelme Challenges Pérez with 'Members' City' Vision