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The Bank of Russia acted quickly to shield the nation’s $1.5 trillion economy from sweeping sanctions that hit key banks, pushed the ruble to a record low and left President Vladimir Putin unable to access much of his war chest of more than $640 billion.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Pomp and Political Flattery Help Sway Trump on NATO Unity]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/royal-pomp-and-political-flattery-help-sway-trump-on-nato-unity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/royal-pomp-and-political-flattery-help-sway-trump-on-nato-unity</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Palasciano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:05:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2QVddM5K4TY/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2QVddM5K4TY/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rutte Exposed as Flatterer-in-Chief in Private Message to Trump]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/trump-discloses-flattering-private-message-from-nato-chief-rutte</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/trump-discloses-flattering-private-message-from-nato-chief-rutte</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:11:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i353UPxyR0xc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i353UPxyR0xc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Secretary general of NATO Mark Rutte during a news conference ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague on June 23.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Struggles to Stay Relevant as US Hits Iran]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-23/europe-struggles-to-stay-relevant-as-us-hits-iran</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-23/europe-struggles-to-stay-relevant-as-us-hits-iran</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:28:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipcFZ..MX0J8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipcFZ..MX0J8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Snub to G-7 Bodes Ill for NATO Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US president’s early departure highlighted his contempt for the forum, once a place where like-minded allies would discuss international crises]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-17/trump-s-snub-to-g-7-bodes-ill-for-nato-summit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-17/trump-s-snub-to-g-7-bodes-ill-for-nato-summit</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:04:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilGQ9H1cS3sM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilGQ9H1cS3sM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Donald Trump departs following a group photo during the G7 Leaders&apos; Summit in Canada on June 16. Photographer: Pool/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk Blinks First in MAGA Cockfight With Trump]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-06/musk-blinks-first-in-maga-cockfight-with-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-06/musk-blinks-first-in-maga-cockfight-with-trump</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:05:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijLdaQ0BxUpw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijLdaQ0BxUpw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak before departing the White House on March 14. Photographer: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The G-7 Just Isn’t What It Used to Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fifty years after the first gathering of leading industrial nations, the Group of Seven is seeing its political and economic ambitions languish. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/can-the-g-7-survive-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/can-the-g-7-survive-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:00:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFh462wMI7zM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFh462wMI7zM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Steps Back From Ukraine Peace Process]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-20/after-putin-call-trump-seems-keen-to-hand-off-ukraine-peace-process</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-20/after-putin-call-trump-seems-keen-to-hand-off-ukraine-peace-process</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 09:59:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipev55bGoiDE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipev55bGoiDE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rescue workers attens the site of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on April 24. Photographer: Genya Savilov/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dangers of Trump’s Quick-Fix Deals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-12/the-dangers-of-donald-trump-s-quick-fix-deals-in-middle-east-ukraine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-12/the-dangers-of-donald-trump-s-quick-fix-deals-in-middle-east-ukraine</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 09:59:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3qP5aLLfP.Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3qP5aLLfP.Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy talk before the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, in a photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, on April 26. Photographer: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP Photo</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter a US-Born Pope to Wield Vatican’s Power]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-09/enter-a-us-born-pope-to-wield-vatican-s-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-09/enter-a-us-born-pope-to-wield-vatican-s-power</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 10:04:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaVGJ0SBYpD8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaVGJ0SBYpD8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on May 8. Photographer: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope’s Death Sets Off a Contest for Influence]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-22/pope-francis-death-sets-off-a-contest-for-influence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-22/pope-francis-death-sets-off-a-contest-for-influence</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:08:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSg7g47kUoFQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSg7g47kUoFQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mourners attend a rosary prayer in Saint Peter&apos;s Square on the day of Pope Francis&apos; death in Vatican City, on Monday, April 21, 2025. Pope Francis had been hospitalized in Rome in mid-February with bronchitis, which progressed to pneumonia in both lungs. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Three Women Who Want to Reshape the European Union]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, France’s Marine Le Pen and Germany’s Alice Weidel embody a movement that has emerged from the fringes.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/meloni-le-pen-and-weidel-forge-different-paths-for-europe-s-right-wing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/meloni-le-pen-and-weidel-forge-different-paths-for-europe-s-right-wing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:00:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRlpaxYzmO60/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRlpaxYzmO60/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk’s Political Activism Has Triggered a Growing Backlash]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-10/starlink-joins-tesla-in-feeling-the-backlash-to-musk-s-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-10/starlink-joins-tesla-in-feeling-the-backlash-to-musk-s-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:09:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iICcYkSt6wvc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iICcYkSt6wvc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Protesters rally against Elon Musk&apos;s actions in the Trump administration at a Tesla showroom in New York, US, on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Elon Musk is facing the most direct legal challenge to date over the role he’s assumed in the US government, with Democratic state officials and federal employees claiming that President Donald Trump has unconstitutionally delegated vast powers to the billionaire. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Carve-Up That Leaves Ukraine Sidelined]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-13/trump-s-putin-chats-risk-a-ukraine-carve-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-13/trump-s-putin-chats-risk-a-ukraine-carve-up</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:01:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVdnMQgrlsXE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVdnMQgrlsXE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pete Hegseth, left, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels, on Feb. 13. Photographer: SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza Is Next to Feel Trump’s Disruptive Gaze]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-05/gaza-is-next-to-feel-trump-s-disruptive-gaze</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-05/gaza-is-next-to-feel-trump-s-disruptive-gaze</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:59:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilVFPD8Xi2f8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilVFPD8Xi2f8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings during the ceasefire, in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The European Union will reactivate its border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, allowing injured individuals to leave Gaza and receive medical care. Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Critics From Bogota to the Arctic Buckle Under US Power]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/from-bogota-to-the-arctic-trump-sees-economic-might-makes-right</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/from-bogota-to-the-arctic-trump-sees-economic-might-makes-right</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:33:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0CW89sdyfqo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i0CW89sdyfqo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain a suspect during a targeted enforcement operation in Lyons, Illinois, on Jan. 26. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Trump Doctrine to Bend the World to His Will]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-27/a-trump-doctrine-to-bend-the-world-to-his-will</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-27/a-trump-doctrine-to-bend-the-world-to-his-will</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:59:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTedEijf4kC4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTedEijf4kC4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The statue of the Danish-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede overlooks Nuuk, Greenland. Photographer: EMIL HELMS/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One by One, World Leaders in Davos Fall in Line in Trump Era]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-23/one-by-one-world-leaders-in-davos-fall-in-line-in-trump-era</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-23/one-by-one-world-leaders-in-davos-fall-in-line-in-trump-era</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flavia Krause-Jackson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:25:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ix0EKYpwmQXQ/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ix0EKYpwmQXQ/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item></channel></rss>