{
  "id": 14899179,
  "title": "Leap Second Effectively Scrapped",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/leap-second-effectively-scrapped",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:09:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101600154/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--The international body overseeing global measurement standards on Thursday approved the effective abolition of the leap second. The gap between Earth's rotation and atomic clocks, which are highly precise, will be allowed to widen to as much as 3,600 seconds, or an hour, from May 2027. According to Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and...",
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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."
}