<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Brief · World</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app</link><description>Smart. Short. Worth your time.</description><item><title>Xi Pushes Belt and Road at SCO Summit</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/xi-pushes-belt-and-road-at-sco-summit-33666.html</link><pubDate>2026-09-02T06:38:16+00:00</pubDate><description>Xi Jinping pitched more Belt and Road financing in Bishkek. Debt-trap warnings from client nations grew louder.</description></item><item><title>Bessent launches &#x27;Operation Economic Outcast&#x27; against Iran</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/bessent-launches-operation-economic-outcast-against-iran-29646.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-24T22:32:17+00:00</pubDate><description>The Treasury Secretary calls it &#x27;economic asphyxiation&#x27; — and warns any nation still doing business with Tehran to expect the same treatment.</description></item><item><title>US, Israel, Syria, Turkey seal secret nuclear removal deal</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/us-israel-syria-turkey-seal-secret-nuclear-removal-deal-21973.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-11T04:06:52+00:00</pubDate><description>Negotiations spanning months secured an IAEA-led plan to extract uranium material from a covert Syrian site — before it fell into the wrong hands.</description></item><item><title>UEFA Demands Accountability After FIFA Quietly Drops Privatization Plan</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/uefa-demands-accountability-after-fifa-quietly-drops-privatization-plan-17018.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T10:57:09+00:00</pubDate><description>European soccer&#x27;s governing body welcomed FIFA&#x27;s reversal — then immediately called for heads to roll over a secretive deal that nearly sold off the World Cup.</description></item><item><title>CONCACAF Calls for Full Review of Infantino&#x27;s Presidency</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/concacaf-calls-for-full-review-of-infantino-s-presidency-17016.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T10:56:36+00:00</pubDate><description>FIFA&#x27;s private-equity grab for the World Cup collapsed in days. Now the confederations want accountability — not just a retreat.</description></item><item><title>FIFA Kills Private-Investment Plan for 2030 World Cup</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/fifa-kills-private-investment-plan-for-2030-world-cup-17014.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T10:54:20+00:00</pubDate><description>The governing body pulled the plug on FIFA Forward Enterprise after the proposal split confederations. UEFA led the opposition.</description></item><item><title>FIFA Backs Down: World Cup Privatization Plan Scrapped</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/fifa-backs-down-world-cup-privatization-plan-scrapped-16908.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T06:53:12+00:00</pubDate><description>CONCACAF&#x27;s 41 member federations — including Mexico — united against FIFA&#x27;s Forward Enterprise scheme, and won. The world&#x27;s biggest sporting event stays out of private hands.</description></item><item><title>FIFA&#x27;s Infantino Faces &#x27;Blackmail&#x27; Charge Over World Cup Deal</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/fifa-s-infantino-faces-blackmail-charge-over-world-cup-deal-16906.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T06:52:43+00:00</pubDate><description>Norway&#x27;s football chief calls Infantino&#x27;s September deadline for approving a blockbuster rights sale outright &#x27;blackmail&#x27; — and says his reelection bid is now damaged goods.</description></item><item><title>Court Keeps Ex-Governor&#x27;s Accounts Frozen</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/court-keeps-ex-governor-s-accounts-frozen-16899.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T06:50:42+00:00</pubDate><description>A federal tribunal in Mexico reversed a lower-court ruling that had unblocked the bank accounts of former Tamaulipas governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca. He now lives in Texas while federal investigations continue.</description></item><item><title>Milei&#x27;s Central Bank reform gains allies in Congress</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/milei-s-central-bank-reform-gains-allies-in-congress-16578.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-01T23:16:00+00:00</pubDate><description>Argentina&#x27;s ruling coalition is confident it has the votes to pass a landmark overhaul of the BCRA — banning it from financing the Treasury and anchoring monetary independence in law.</description></item><item><title>UEFA Declares War on Infantino After Private-Capital Retreat</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/uefa-declares-war-on-infantino-after-private-capital-retreat-16573.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-01T23:11:25+00:00</pubDate><description>Europe&#x27;s football body pulled back Infantino&#x27;s plan to sell World Cup rights — then said the crisis is far from over.</description></item><item><title>Gaza Roadmap Stalls on Hamas Disarmament</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/gaza-roadmap-stalls-on-hamas-disarmament-16536.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-01T22:57:56+00:00</pubDate><description>Trump&#x27;s Board of Peace unveiled a 15-point plan. Hamas is already trying to gut its core requirement.</description></item><item><title>Slovenia&#x27;s New PM Pivots Hard Right — Trump-Style</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/slovenia-s-new-pm-pivots-hard-right-trump-style-16532.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-01T22:55:09+00:00</pubDate><description>Janez Janša is back for a fourth term. He&#x27;s already reversing anti-Israel policies, cutting red tape, and calling for mass deportation of irregular migrants.</description></item><item><title>Milei moves to lock in fiscal discipline by law</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/milei-moves-to-lock-in-fiscal-discipline-by-law-16502.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-01T22:46:25+00:00</pubDate><description>Argentina&#x27;s president sent Congress a sweeping package — a &#x27;fiscal shackle,&#x27; a revamped central bank, and deregulated capital and insurance markets — designed to make deficit spending structurally impossible.</description></item><item><title>Trump floats Venezuela as 51st state — but not yet</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/trump-floats-venezuela-as-51st-state-but-not-yet-16499.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-01T22:45:18+00:00</pubDate><description>The president shared a Truth Social map of Venezuela draped in the Stars and Stripes. He says the country isn&#x27;t &#x27;ready&#x27; for elections — but calls interim leader Delcy Rodríguez&#x27;s work &#x27;fantastic.&#x27;</description></item></channel></rss>