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        <title><![CDATA[Fran Wang]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Local UK Elections Could Decide Starmer’s Fate]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/how-will-uk-local-elections-on-may-7-work-what-s-at-stake-for-keir-starmer</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Morales]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 14:59:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens’ Polanski Says Economic Plan Would Bring Down UK Debt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Scott]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:41:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Protracted Iran War Could Push UK Into Recession, NIESR Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Gets Pat on the Back From Moody’s Even as Debt Load Swells]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Isobel Finkel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Hit Brakes on Fiscal Stimulus as Economy Holds Up Amid War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:10:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer, Jetten Meet Energy Leaders as War Disrupts Supplies]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Priscila Azevedo Rocha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten during a meeting in London on April 14.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Signs Drone Interceptor Deal With Cambridge Aerospace]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Bergen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:31:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Warns Russian Subs to Stay Away After Month-Long Incursion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Morales]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:04:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Issues Supply Chain Rules Targeting Foreign Disruption]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:22:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Communist Journal Issues a Rare Call to Curb Trade Surplus]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Gantry cranes and shipping containers at a port in Shenzhen, China, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. US and Chinese trade negotiators are slated to meet in mid-March, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling a planned summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is pushing ahead despite American strikes against Iran.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cheaper Chinese Goods Set to Ease Iran Effect on UK Inflation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Irina Anghel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Aid for Energy Bills Could Pay for Itself, Deutsche Bank Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Wang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Starts Year With Fastest Rise in Spending Since 2022]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:55:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rayner Says Labour ‘Running Out of Time’ in Starmer Critique]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Scott]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:26:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Consumption Start to Year Seen as Worst Outside Covid]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Squeezes State Firms More Than Ever to Ease Budget Strains]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Exports Soared 22% Before Middle East War Broke Out]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Embraces Thrift With Vow to Stem Wasteful Budget Spending]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Lan Fo’an, China’s finance minister, in Beijing, March 6.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Annual Economic Plan Highlights Tech Push, Market Stability]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:34:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Shuns Bold Stimulus in Move From Trump-Induced Crisis Mode]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:09:58 GMT</pubDate>
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