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            <title><![CDATA[KKR Explores Sale of Flora for as Much as $10 Billion, FT Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:36:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apollo Buys Forvia’s Auto Interiors Unit for €1.82 Billion]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Companies Increasingly Favor Asia Over US Investments]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:58:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Among States Pushing EU to Tax Energy Windfall Profits]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:49:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German AfD Party Labeled Right-Wing Extremist by Western Region]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:43:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz Rejects ‘Doomsayers’ Ahead of Decisive Year for Germany]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Summons Russian Envoy Over Surge in Cyberattacks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Says Warship Order Intact Despite ‘Massive Delays’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:36:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>This general view shows the entrance to the headquarters of The Damen Shipyards Group at Gorinchem on February 12, 2020. Dutch prosecutors said on April 25, 2025, that they had brought criminal charges against the country&apos;s largest shipbuilder, including in relation to breaking sanctions against Russia. Based in Gorinchem near the port of Rotterdam, Damen Shipyards is being probed for bribery, forgery and money laundering, the Public Prosecutions Service (OM) said. (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Far-Right Lawmaker’s Staffer Jailed for China Spying]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:25:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Maximilian Krah arrives at the higher regional court in Dresden, Germany.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[German AfD Lawmaker Stripped of Immunity in Corruption Probe]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:49:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz Offers to Help Swiss Reduce ‘Exorbitant’ Trump Trade Tariff]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Karin Keller-Sutter and Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Sept. 2. Photographer: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany and France Postpone FCAS Fighter Decision to End of Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukrainian Suspect in Nord Stream Sabotage Arrested in Italy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:36:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz’s Conservative Bloc Slips Behind Far Right in New Survey]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:16:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Grants Record Citizenships With Big Increase in Russians]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Court Blocks Asylum Seeker Rejection in Blow to Merz]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>German police check vehicles arriving at a temporary border checkpoint in Frankfurt.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz Heads to Paris, Warsaw After Bumpy Start as Chancellor]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 05:46:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German AfD Party Categorized as Extremist by Security Agency]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 09:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>AfD supporters watch during the Alternative for Germany (AfD) general election campaign launch in Halle, Germany, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Germany is holding a national election on Feb. 23.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Landmark Spending Bill Faces Final Hurdle: What to Watch]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Friedrich Merz casts his ballot in the Bundestag on March 18.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Lawmakers Vote on Landmark Spending Bill: What to Watch]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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