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]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8da936d0-15a1-4384-8894-ecead6f96920</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8da936d0-15a1-4384-8894-ecead6f96920</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:29:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is this dotcom bust 2.0?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wall Street stocks tumble as investors fret over US economic slowdown]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a171e643-4266-4864-a0a5-cefd32ed28ef</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a171e643-4266-4864-a0a5-cefd32ed28ef</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syrian government agrees deal to integrate Kurdish forces]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agreement will bring a bigger swath of fractured nation under the control of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s administration ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a0de90e2-b91f-4c62-9c67-bd2f4cb0d708</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a0de90e2-b91f-4c62-9c67-bd2f4cb0d708</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:00:31 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