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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include Russo-American Ukraine talks, the Munich Security Conference, and Taiwanese rhetoric.</p><p>This episode was released on February 18, 2025.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include crackdowns on the Sicilian mafia, trade wars, and military campaigns Gaza and Congo.</p><p>This episode was released on February 11, 2025.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include crackdowns on the Sicilian mafia, trade wars, and military campaigns Gaza and Congo.</p><p>This episode was released on February 11, 2025.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:keywords>Sicilian Mafia, Trade Wars, Gaza, DRC</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include the second Trump Administration's negotiations with Benjamin Netanyahu, South Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. </p><p><br>This episode was released on February 4, 2025.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include the second Trump Administration's negotiations with Benjamin Netanyahu, South Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. </p><p><br>This episode was released on February 4, 2025.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In the first episode of the New Year, key topics include an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Congolese rebels, and the Ukraine war.</p><p>This episode was released on January 21, 2025.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include the  Hong Kong free speech trials, Venezuelan political detainees, and Ugandan jailed politicians.</p><p>This episode was released on November 21, 2024.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include German elections, Chinese J-35 stealth fighter jets, Nigerian political prisoners, and antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam.</p><p>This episode was released on November 12, 2024.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include German elections, Chinese J-35 stealth fighter jets, Nigerian political prisoners, and antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam.</p><p>This episode was released on November 12, 2024.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include Spanish flooding, North Korean ICBMs, and UNRWA.</p><p>This episode was released on November 5, 2024.</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include Georgian elections, North Korean soldiers in Kursk, Hezbollah leadership, and Japanese elections.</p><p>This episode was released on October 26, 2024.</p>]]>
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