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            <title><![CDATA[William Hill Closes 200 Betting Shops, Blames UK Tax Rises]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:53:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A William Hill betting shop in London, UK, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. 888 Holdings Plc’s William Hill, the UK’s second-biggest bookmaker, will pay a settlement of £19.2 million ($23.6 million) for social responsibility and money laundering failures, amid a push to clean up the country’s gambling industry.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Is the Place I Call Home, Yet It’s Somewhere I’ve Never Been]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For many in the Iranian diaspora, the war has intensified a familiar tension: feeling deeply tied to a land they haven’t visited.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Melinda French Gates on the Hardest Part of Change]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On Leaders with Francine Lacqua, the philanthropist and Pivotal founder speaks about power, privilege and knowing when to walk away.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Urges End to Hostilities in Call With Iran’s Pezeshkian]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 6: Smoke rising from a recent airstrike on March 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[London Sees Luxury Car Sales Slump as Tax Hikes Hit Rich]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Labour government’s changes have dented high-end car sales]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Nimmo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Patients Gain Weight Faster Coming Off Obesity Drugs Than After a Diet]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The New Psychedelics: One Dose, Eight Hours, a Therapist on Standby]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Biotech firms developing magic-mushroom-based treatments are trying to shed their countercultural image and recast mood-altering compounds as medicine.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-26/psilocybin-aims-for-mainstream-as-a-psychedelic-treatment-for-depression</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Furlong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Camel Milk May Be Coming to a Store Near You]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The potential gut-health benefits of camel milk are driving demand]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luxury Handbag Designer Anya Hindmarch Has Blunt Leadership Advice]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“If you aren’t running a business by gut right now, you are in trouble,” the veteran designer and retailer says.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:30:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Relief Turns to Anger as UK Hotels, Pubs Feel Budget Pain Again]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Standring]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asda’s Struggles Persist With Falling Sales, IT Upgrade Setbacks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Boohoo Sidesteps Frasers Over New Management Incentive Plan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Casinos Evoke, Entain Warn of Hit to Profit From Tax Hike]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:59:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BMW, Mercedes Cars Are Cut From UK Disability Support Program]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HPV Research Bolsters Case for Vaccine in Misinformation Battle]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[JD Sports Warns on Profit as UK Consumer Confidence Tumbles]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rose Henderson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Small Business Under Pressure as Budget Fears Bite]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[England to Get Access to Long-Acting HIV Prevention Drug]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ahmadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jaguar Land Rover Bailout Shows Rising Cost of Cybercrime]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Gallagher]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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