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  "id": 1623916,
  "title": "US Navy destroyer left without power for 4 days in South China Sea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-navy-destroyer-left-without-power-for-4-days-in-south-china-sea-1623916",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:49:37.000Z",
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  "summary": "The incident involving the USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, last month was caused by an engineering failure.",
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        "title": "US Navy destroyer left without power for 4 days in South China Sea",
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