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  "id": 15393537,
  "title": "UAE signs agreement to hold 2029 World Bank and IMF meetings in Abu Dhabi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/uae-signs-agreement-to-hold-2029-world-bank-and-imf-meetings-in-abu",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:18:24.000Z",
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    "name": "The National Business",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2026/10/18/uae-signs-agreement-to-hold-2029-world-bank-and-imf-meetings-in-abu-dhabi/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The UAE has formally signed the agreement to host the 2029 annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Abu Dhabi. The deal signed at the conclusion of the IMF and the WB 2026 annual meetings in Thailand, is a mark of growing international confidence in the UAE’s economic and financial ecosystem, the UAE Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Sunday. The formal pact to…",
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        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "UAE signs agreement to hold 2029 World Bank and IMF meetings in Abu Dhabi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/uae-signs-agreement-to-hold-2029-world-bank-and-imf-meetings-in-abu-15397734",
        "published": "2026-10-18T10:18:24.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dhaka Tribune Business",
        "title": "Al-Arafah Islami Bank executes Murabaha agreement with JP Morgan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/al-arafah-islami-bank-executes-murabaha-agreement-with-jp-morgan",
        "published": "2026-10-18T10:19:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Arabian Business",
        "title": "Abu Dhabi to host 2029 IMF and World Bank meetings as UAE signs agreement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/abu-dhabi-to-host-2029-imf-and-world-bank-meetings-as-uae-signs",
        "published": "2026-10-18T12:00:47.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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