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Photographer: DAENG MANSUR/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singapore to Discuss Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Issues With US]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/singapore-to-discuss-pharmaceutical-supply-chain-issues-with-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/singapore-to-discuss-pharmaceutical-supply-chain-issues-with-us</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hegseth Berates Media as Questions Linger Over Iran Strike]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/hegseth-berates-media-as-questions-linger-on-iran-strike-impact</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/hegseth-berates-media-as-questions-linger-on-iran-strike-impact</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:52:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id9JmwXtf_9o/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id9JmwXtf_9o/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Braces for Iran’s Response After US Strikes Signal New Era]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/world-braces-for-iran-s-response-after-us-strikes-signal-new-era</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/world-braces-for-iran-s-response-after-us-strikes-signal-new-era</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:32:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iU9UNXj.lnLo/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iU9UNXj.lnLo/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal, Not Bombs, Seen as Only Way to End Iranian Nuclear Threat]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/deal-not-bombs-seen-as-only-way-to-end-iranian-nuclear-threat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/deal-not-bombs-seen-as-only-way-to-end-iranian-nuclear-threat</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalia Drozdiak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:37:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJ6RsvB2wqK4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJ6RsvB2wqK4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Foreign ministers attend a working lunch in Geneva on June 20.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel Disregards Trump With Major Attack on Iran Nuclear Sites]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/israel-disregards-trump-with-major-attack-on-iran-nuclear-sites</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/israel-disregards-trump-with-major-attack-on-iran-nuclear-sites</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:32:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG3O_p5e3uFc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG3O_p5e3uFc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Donald Trump, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC, on April 7.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Sees Unwinding of Global Trade Surge Ahead of Trump Tariffs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/imf-sees-unwinding-of-global-trade-surge-ahead-of-trump-tariffs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/imf-sees-unwinding-of-global-trade-surge-ahead-of-trump-tariffs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:59:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA6TqfOfE8cY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA6TqfOfE8cY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Loaded container ships at Felixstowe port in Felixstowe, UK, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The UK doesn’t plan to use a get-out clause to override her fiscal rules, even as the US tariff war roiled global markets, forcing down the pound and UK gilts.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank Lifts Ban on Nuclear Power, Considers Upstream Gas]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-11/world-bank-lifts-ban-on-nuclear-power-considers-upstream-gas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-11/world-bank-lifts-ban-on-nuclear-power-considers-upstream-gas</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:29:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idRrzkASnPHc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idRrzkASnPHc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ajay Banga</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Statecraft Tunes in Xi, Turns on Musk]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-05/trump-s-statecraft-tunes-in-xi-turns-on-musk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-05/trump-s-statecraft-tunes-in-xi-turns-on-musk</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:48:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan Says India’s Actions Boost Nuclear Risk in Future]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/pakistan-says-india-moves-boost-nuclear-risk-in-future-conflict</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/pakistan-says-india-moves-boost-nuclear-risk-in-future-conflict</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:45:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iExaI6Xpmnjs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iExaI6Xpmnjs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on June 3. Photographer: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Hands Putin Win With Retreat From Ukraine Peace Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/trump-hands-putin-a-win-with-retreat-from-ukraine-peace-talks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/trump-hands-putin-a-win-with-retreat-from-ukraine-peace-talks</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 20:50:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq2SoeMK959E/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq2SoeMK959E/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>This combination photo shows President Donald Trump in a business roundtable, May 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo) AP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Targets Junta-Linked Militia in Myanmar Over ‘Scam Compounds’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/us-targets-junta-linked-militia-in-myanmar-over-scam-compounds-mabj7k76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/us-targets-junta-linked-militia-in-myanmar-over-scam-compounds-mabj7k76</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 16:44:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9xk7b3PW8wo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9xk7b3PW8wo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Karen Border Guard Force, a Myanmar ethnic armed group with ties to the junta, speaks to reporters in Myawaddy, Myanmar, on Feb. 17, 2025. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Approves Up to $350 Million in Ukraine F-16 Training, Support]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/us-approves-up-to-350-million-in-ukraine-f-16-training-support</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/us-approves-up-to-350-million-in-ukraine-f-16-training-support</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 21:12:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan to Boost US Imports and Investments, Finance Chief Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/pakistan-to-boost-us-imports-and-investments-finance-chief-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/pakistan-to-boost-us-imports-and-investments-finance-chief-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:51:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i49A.wzk4pok/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i49A.wzk4pok/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Muhammad Aurangzeb Photographer: Farooq Naeem/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Says Global Economy Slowing on Trade ‘Reboot’ But Avoiding Recession]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/imf-says-global-economy-slowing-on-trade-reboot-but-avoiding-recession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/imf-says-global-economy-slowing-on-trade-reboot-but-avoiding-recession</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBaYtfChdCzY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBaYtfChdCzY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A sign advertising the International Monetary Fund World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 17.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF Chief Says Tariff Uncertainty Risks Drag on Global Growth]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-31/imf-chief-says-tariff-uncertainty-risks-drag-on-global-growth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-31/imf-chief-says-tariff-uncertainty-risks-drag-on-global-growth</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:20:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1nCcjJiIf4U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1nCcjJiIf4U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at a press briefing during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. The International Monetary Fund lowered its global growth forecast for next year and warned of accelerating risks from wars to trade protectionism, even as it credited central banks for taming inflation without sending nations into recession.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IMF, World Bank Brace for Trump’s ‘America First’ Makeover]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-31/imf-and-world-bank-brace-for-trump-s-america-first-makeover</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-31/imf-and-world-bank-brace-for-trump-s-america-first-makeover</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:38:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqg8j6Ky7fAE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqg8j6Ky7fAE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The World Bank Group headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. World Bank President Malpass said he hasn&apos;t considered resigning and isn&apos;t under pressure from member countries to do so, after critics slammed him for dodging questions on whether he accepted the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is driving global warming.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank May Drop Ban on Funding Nuclear Power, President Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/world-bank-may-drop-ban-on-funding-nuclear-power-banga-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/world-bank-may-drop-ban-on-funding-nuclear-power-banga-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:03:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifNers1UJw8A/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifNers1UJw8A/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ajay Banga, president of the World Bank Group, during an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 20, 2025. The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place in Washington DC from April 21 to April 26.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Envoy Meets With Hamas on Hostages in Rare Contact]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/trump-envoy-meets-with-hamas-on-hostages-in-rare-direct-contact</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/trump-envoy-meets-with-hamas-on-hostages-in-rare-direct-contact</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Skylar Woodhouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:08:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iW4ea5Era61E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iW4ea5Era61E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Financial Development Corporation, Adam Boehler (L), flanked by US Special Envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Richard Grenel, speaks during a press conference with Kosovo Prime Minister in Pristina, on September 21, 2020. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP) (Photo by ARMEND NIMANI/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US to Sell Israel $7.4 Billion Worth of Bombs, Hellfire Missiles]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/us-to-sell-israel-7-4-billion-worth-of-bombs-hellfire-missiles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/us-to-sell-israel-7-4-billion-worth-of-bombs-hellfire-missiles</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramsey Al-Rikabi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:33:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUK8dJe3iNOs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUK8dJe3iNOs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump, right, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel&apos;s prime minister, during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Trump insisted Egypt and Jordan will take in Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, dismissing the countries&apos; refusal to accept people from the war-shattered territory.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>