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            <title><![CDATA[Patel Says FBI Headquarters to ‘Permanently Close’ With Move]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-26/patel-says-fbi-headquarters-to-permanently-close-with-move</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:16:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s ‘Napkin’ Trade Deals Are Worry for SE Asia, Analyst Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ishika Mookerjee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 02:56:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Pick for Singapore Envoy Has Rough Confirmation Hearing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:16:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Issues ‘Worldwide Caution’ for Americans After Attack on Iran]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Happens if Harvard Cuts Down on Foreign Students?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-31/singapore-students-eyeing-us-universities-unnerved-by-trump-s-harvard-fight</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 01:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Banners on the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to divert billions in grant dollars away from Harvard University and give those funds to trade schools across the US, escalating his clash with the elite institution.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New York Mayor Adams Says He Had ‘Productive’ Meeting With Trump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Sultan, Bullet Trains and Swifties: Singapore’s Most Read Stories of 2024]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-12-21/from-johor-sultan-ibrahim-to-taylor-swift-singapore-s-top-read-stories-of-2024</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Container ships and bulk carriers behind the Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino offshore from Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Singapore must be prepared for a more challenging trade environment going forward regardless of who wins the US presidential election in November as the city-state seeks a place in what its top trade official described as a supply chain &quot;new order.&quot; Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore Braces for Shockwaves as Trump-Harris Tussle Goes to the Wire]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-02/us-election-singapore-braces-for-shockwaves-ahead-of-trump-harris-vote</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Facebook Cofounder Saverin Gives $15 Million to Singapore School]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-22/facebook-cofounder-saverin-gives-15-million-to-singapore-school</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Cheng]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Eduardo Saverin, co-founder and partner of B Capital Group, attends the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. The festival runs through Nov. 16.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spain Breaks EU Ranks With Sudden Call to Drop China EV Tariffs]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/spain-s-sanchez-says-eu-should-reconsider-china-ev-tariff-plan</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Faries]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:10:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedro Sanchez, center, in Shanghai on Sept. 10. Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore’s Biggest Traffic Headache Is Poised to Get Busier]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-24/singapore-malaysia-economic-zone-plans-could-reduce-border-travel-traffic</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Forest City development, in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. The shipping market has normalized after two years of exceptionally high freight rates, when supply snarls and and a shortage of vessels allowed Maersk and its peers to charge higher prices for their services and pocket record profits.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emboldened Trump Puts Taiwan and Europe on Edge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-China Take Step Forward on Defense Chiefs “Positive” Meeting]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-01/shangri-la-dialogue-china-us-defense-chiefs-meeting-in-singapore-raises-hopes</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Dong Jun, China&apos;s defense minister, inspects an honor guard in Singapore, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Dong is visiting Singapore from May 29 to June 3 to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, according to a social media post published by China&apos;s Ministry of Defense.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Strikes Targets in Iraq, Syria Over Deadly Bombing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Faries]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 01:11:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Houthis Launch Missiles, Drone Barrage in New Red Sea Attack]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Faries]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 02:55:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Strikes Targets in Iraq After Drone Attack Injures Troops]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Faries]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 03:57:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Signals Support for UN Resolution to Boost Aid for Gaza]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/us-signals-support-for-un-resolution-seeking-to-bolster-gaza-aid</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Augusta Saraiva]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:25:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike near the Kuwaiti hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron called for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas on Thursday in order to allow hostages out and aid to be brought in.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Military Attacks Two Syrian Facilities It Says Are Linked to Iran]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Martin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Embraces Mug Shot Seen Around the World]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-25/trump-embraces-mug-shot-seen-around-the-world</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Faries]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:06:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Donald Trump at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering at the Fulton County jail on Aug. 24. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[King’s Endorsement Ends Deadlock in Thailand]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Faries]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A poster featuring former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ahead of his arrival, Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thaksin, who faced three guilty sentences for corruption cases handed down in absentia, was ordered by the Supreme Court today to serve a total of eight years in jail. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg</media:description>
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