{
  "id": 15649581,
  "title": "China’s flag carrier scrambles to fly stranded passengers out of fuel-starved Cuba",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/chinas-flag-carrier-scrambles-to-fly-stranded-passengers-out-of-fuel",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T19:44:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3371426/chinas-flag-carrier-scrambles-fly-stranded-passengers-out-fuel-starved-cuba"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dozens of Air China passengers stranded in Cuba by successive cancellations were due to fly out on an extra flight on Monday, as a US oil embargo deepens the island’s energy crisis. The disruption has hit one of Cuba’s last direct air links to Europe, the Chinese carrier’s twice-weekly route between Beijing and Havana via Madrid. Air China added flight CA590 for travellers whose regular CA866…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China’s flag carrier scrambles to fly stranded passengers out of fuel-starved Cuba",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/chinas-flag-carrier-scrambles-to-fly-stranded-passengers-out-of-fuel-15652042",
        "published": "2026-10-19T19:44:08.000Z"
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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."
}