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Media	Title	Date/Source
	World Bank's new president skips China's Belt and Road for Africa trip David Malpass, fresh from a senior Trump administration post at the U.S. Treasury Department, is instead making his first foreign trip as the World Bank’s leader to sub-Saharan Africa to highlight his vision for the bank’s poverty reduction and development agenda.	Fri, Apr 26, 2019
	Spain’s Socialists win the election, but need to find allies BACK LAST May when he filed the censure motion that brought him into office, Pedro Sánchez brushed off demands for an immediate election.	Mon, Apr 29, 2019
	Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó calls for uprising against Nicolás Maduro Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s opposition leader, called for an uprising against the government of Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday and indicated he had military support.	Tue, Apr 30, 2019
	Nations using oil as a weapon threatens OPEC: Iran oil minister GENEVA (Reuters) - Any country using oil as a weapon could cause the collapse of oil producer group OPEC, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Wednesday, according to SHANA, the news outlet of the oil ministry.	Wed, May 1, 2019
	Dalio Says Something Like MMT Is Coming, Whether We Like It Or Not Central banking as we know it is on the way out, and it’s “inevitable” that something like modern monetary theory will replace it, billionaire investor Ray Dalio said.	Thu, May 2, 2019
	Facebook Building Cryptocurrency-Based Payments System Facebook Inc is recruiting dozens of financial firms and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency-based payments system on the back of its gigantic social network.	Thu, May 2, 2019
	China says it’s still preparing for US trade talks — but won’t give details after new Trump threats China said Monday its negotiators are still preparing to travel to the U.S. for trade talks this week despite President Donald Trump threatening Beijing with increased tariffs.	Sun, May 5, 2019
	Where now for the rules that rocked European finance? Helping small and medium companies access capital markets was at the heart of Mifid II but more than 16 months on, bankers and regulators are worrying that Europe’s flagship securities-industry overhaul has become more of a problem than a solution.	Tue, May 7, 2019
	America raises tariffs on China, and the stakes in a trade war MEETING IN WASHINGTON, Chinese and American trade negotiators made it through dinner without hurling the plates at each other. But there was no truce on the menu.	Fri, May 10, 2019
	China Retaliates Against the U.S. With Its Own Higher Tariffs BEIJING — China moved to retaliate against the United States, announcing plans on Monday to raise tariffs on a wide range of American goods.	Mon, May 13, 2019