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            <title><![CDATA[EU Is Drafting Plans to Defend Its Borders as US Support Wavers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Richer European Countries Question Multi-Trillion Budget Talks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:56:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Chief Warns Leaders Bloc Will Lose Way by Following Trump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Leaders Seek More Energy Help After Measures Fall Short]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:17:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Warns Trade Deal With US at Risk Over Effort to Strengthen It]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:44:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Targets Deal on Carbon Market Overhaul in First Quarter 2027]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:19:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Orban’s Exit Gives the EU a Chance to Change — If It Wants To]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzanne Lynch]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Seeks to Defuse Squabble With Turkey Over Von der Leyen Gaffe]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Selcan Hacaoglu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:02:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Warns Balkan Hopefuls That Reforms Are Needed to Access Funds]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:18:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finance Chiefs Get Short Shrift From Bessent’s Other Priorities]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Valero]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 15 in Washington.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Members Say Iran Conflict Poses Risk to Global Economy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:12:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF to Resume Formal Engagement With Venezuelan Government]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorgelina Do Rosario]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mythos AI Sparks Fear and Confusion Among Global Finance Elite]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF About to Restore Venezuela Relations, Spain’s Cuerpo Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:25:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Officials to Meet Hungary’s Next Leader as Orban Skips Summit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Hungary&apos;s Incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar at a news conference following his election victory in Budapest on April 13.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Argentina to Reach IMF Staff Agreement as Early as This Week]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:39:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Moves Toward Resuming Venezuela Ties With Members’ Poll]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorgelina Do Rosario]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Talks Advance to Let Ukraine Buy UK Arms via €90 Billion Loan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:35:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Says Stagflation Risk Lingers Despite Iran Ceasefire]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:04:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IEA’s Birol Tells EU to Consider Breaking Power-Gas Price Link]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewa Krukowska]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:38:26 GMT</pubDate>
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