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			<title><![CDATA[ Fed rate hike reflects new world of sticky inflation, faster growth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:05:25 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Trump renewed his attacks on the Fed after it hiked its benchmark interest rate.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Macron and Carney to hold talks on strengthening Canada-France economic and defense ties]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:48:46 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Longtime AP Florida politics reporter Brendan Farrington dies at 60]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:18:43 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Brendan Farrington has died at 60]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bolivia's Congress approves $1.9 billion IMF deal, triggering threats of unrest]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:14:48 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[In a key victory, Bolivia&rsquo;s conservative government has secured lawmakers&rsquo; backing for a major international loan as unions threaten fresh protests]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:03:15 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trump to announce all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:45:04 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is set to announce that all 50 states will join a program to provide most favored nation pricing for some Medicaid drugs]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:52 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[For years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:49:23 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Russia's wartime economy faces long-term erosion from debt and military spending]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:20:58 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The frictions in Russia&rsquo;s wartime economy are growing, as massive military spending balloons the budget deficit]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Japan's central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 1.25%]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:06:46 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Japan&rsquo;s central bank has raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year-high]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Africa's urban waste crisis is choking neighborhoods]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:22:14 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Johannesburg is struggling with a deepening waste crisis marked by unreliable collections, rapidly shrinking landfill space and a rise in illegal dumping]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:14:15 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Anthropic has announced that its AI model, Claude, is significantly aiding in the development of building its successor]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/trump-administration-allows-inadvertent-killing-endangered-species-136540887]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:00:26 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A sweeping US sanctions bill offers Ukraine new leverage on Russia, but enforcement looms]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/sweeping-us-sanctions-bill-offers-ukraine-new-leverage-136545602]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:22:53 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Ukraine believes Russia will only negotiate seriously if the war becomes too costly]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Why the Federal Reserve is lifting rates now, and what it means]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/federal-reserve-lifting-rates-now-means-136537359]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:36:26 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[About six weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh announced that a divided central bank was keeping its key interest rate unchanged]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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                <media:keywords>16</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Prenatal appointments and no place to pump: Navigating pregnancy and postpartum needs at work]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/prenatal-appointments-place-pump-navigating-pregnancy-postpartum-work-136533368]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:51:51 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Pregnancy and new parenthood can raise complicated issues for women in the workplace]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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                <media:keywords>17</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Struggling US home buyers, and market, face new hurdles as mortgage rates near 7%]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/struggling-us-home-buyers-market-face-new-hurdles-136522428]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:37:26 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac's latest snapshot of mortgage rates is due out later Thursday and expected to show that the average rate for a 30-year mortgage rose again this week, moving closer to 7%]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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                <media:keywords>18</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ The king and AI: UK monarch Charles meets artificial intelligence leaders as safety concerns swirl]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/king-ai-uk-monarch-charles-meets-artificial-intelligence-136519414]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:28:51 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[King Charles III has urged AI leaders to keep artificial intelligence under control and beneficial for people and the planet]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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                <media:keywords>19</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ US futures climb after Fed takes a hawkish turn on inflation]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/asian-stocks-mixed-after-wall-street-slips-feds-136518104]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:41:44 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[U.S. futures are climbing as Wall Street looks to rebound after closing lower following the Federal Reserve&rsquo;s first interest rate hike in three years]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ France hosts Lebanon security talks to discuss post-UN mission plans]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/leaders-lebanon-france-jordan-discuss-struggling-lebanese-military-136517866]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:47:07 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Leaders from Lebanon, France and Jordan have met in Paris to support Lebanon's struggling military]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Artists, promoters and venues have their own kind of power on troubled tours like Ed Sheeran's]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/artists-promoters-venues-kind-power-troubled-tours-ed-136517176]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:02:21 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour faces chaos after four supporting acts quit in solidarity with Macklemore]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ LA news helicopter crashed in birthplace (and, arguably, epicenter) of 'eye-in-the-sky' reporting]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/la-news-helicopter-crashed-birthplace-arguably-epicenter-eye-136516939]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:46:23 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Los Angeles has been a city viewed from above by news helicopters for nearly seven decades]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/openai-flags-new-ai-behavior-track-model-misalignment-136516393]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:14:13 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[OpenAI has disclosed six reports on unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models]]></description>
                    <category>Business</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Argentine judge orders halt to Falklands oil project as tensions with Britain rise]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/argentine-judge-orders-halt-falklands-oil-project-tensions-136514569]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:37:22 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[An Argentine judge has ordered British and Israeli companies to stop developing an oilfield off the British-controlled Falkland Islands]]></description>
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