{
  "id": 14679100,
  "title": "US wants to ‘compete’ in Central Asia, ambassador says ahead of Rubio visit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/us-wants-to-compete-in-central-asia-ambassador-says-ahead-of-rubio-14679100",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T11:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3371033/us-wants-compete-central-asia-ambassador-says-ahead-rubio-visit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US wants to “compete” in resource-rich Central Asia, a senior American official has said as Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to head to a region of growing Chinese influence. In New Delhi on Thursday, US ambassador to India Sergio Gor said this weekend’s C5+1 ministerial meeting between the five Central Asian countries and the US in Uzbekistan would be an opportunity to “showcase…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US wants to ‘compete’ in Central Asia, ambassador says ahead of Rubio visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/us-wants-to-compete-in-central-asia-ambassador-says-ahead-of-rubio",
        "published": "2026-10-15T11:04:00.000Z"
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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."
}