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            <title><![CDATA[QXO Won’t Raise Its Offer for GMS After Report of Home Depot Bid]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB’s Vujcic Warns of Inflation Dangers From Deglobalization]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Restless’ Starmer Says New Cabinet Must Get On With Change]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Confirms UK to End Sunak’s Rwanda Deportation Policy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 12:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Concerned by EU’s Shift to Right as France Calls Vote]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, during the launch of the party&apos;s general election manifesto in Manchester, UK, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. Labour looks set to reiterate key pledges including a cap on corporation tax at the current rate of 25%, and a commitment not to increase income tax, national insurance or VAT.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tory, Labour Campaigns Hit the Road in Battle of the Buses]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:31:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer and Sunak Trade Jibes as Rivals Zone In on Target Voters]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 17:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Keir Starmer delivers a campaign speech in Lancing, southern England on May 27.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Invokes 1970s UK Sitcom to Mock National Service Plan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 10:45:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Port Talbot to Cut Thousands of Jobs as Tata Shuts Down Blast Furnaces]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Spence]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OnlyFans Owner Got $338 Million Dividend as 2022 Profit Soared]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A neon OnlyFans Ltd. sign in the window of the company&apos;s offices in London, UK, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2022. OnlyFans executives have mapped out a plan to become more transparent and highlight less-explicit content at a time when the company’s home country is finalizing strict new online safety laws.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mason Greenwood Will Not Play Again for Manchester United]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:04:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>England and Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood arrives to Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on November 21, 2022 for a preliminary hearing on charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. - The 21-year-old was first arrested in January over allegations relating to a young woman after images and videos were posted online. All three charges relate to the same complainant. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FIFA President Says Women Need to ‘Convince Us Men’ on Equality]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Manchester United CEO to Make Decision on Mason Greenwood Return]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Asad Zulfiqar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Manchester United footballer, Mason Greenwood leaves Manchester&apos;s Minshull Street Crown Court on the first day of his trial on November 21, 2022 in Manchester, England. Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood appeared in court, charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. (Photo by Cameron Smith/Getty Images) Photographer: Cameron Smith/Getty Images Europe</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Rail Strikes Are Set to Extend Into Late Summer]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:52:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s an Ambient Superconductor and Why the Buzz About LK-99?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Asad Zulfiqar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:05:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>HEFEI, CHINA - MAY 29: A technician debugs China&apos;s &apos;artificial sun&apos;, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), on May 29, 2023 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Yazi/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Tells Automakers Labour Sticking to 2030 Curb on Petrol Cars]]></title>
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                <media:description>Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour party, at a speech on energy policy at Nova Innovation Ltd. in Edinburgh, UK, on Monday, June 19, 2023. The UK&apos;s main opposition Labour Party vowed to cut energy bills, create jobs and provide more secure electricity if it wins the next general election, as Starmer tries to attract support ahead of a vote expected next year.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Rail Strike Returns Saturday as Pay Dispute Drags On]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:34:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Travelers walk along a platform during a strike by railway workers from the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), at Paddington station in London, UK, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. A wave of strikes on Britain&apos;s rail network and the London Underground will cost bars and restaurants in the UK capital some £210 million ($270 million) in lost revenue, according to an estimate from trade group UK Hospitality.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The UK Is at Least Half a Decade From Making 1 Million Cars Again]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK’s Health Crisis Heading for 1 Million Delayed Appointments]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Asad Zulfiqar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:52:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Junior doctors on a picket line outside University College Hosptial in London on July 13.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[London’s Bars, Restaurants Face $270 Million Hit From Strikes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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