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  "id": 17264136,
  "title": "Oil tops $114 as traders brace for Iran escalation after US midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/oil-tops-114-as-traders-brace-for-iran-escalation-after-us-midterms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:20:54.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/oil-tops-114-traders-brace-iran-escalation-after-us-midterms"
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  "summary": "On Friday, BP posted its highest profits in 18 years as a result of the Iran conflict, which has driven up oil and gas margins.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Oil jumps 2%, settles at 6-month highs on fears of escalation in Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/oil-jumps-2-settles-at-6-month-highs-on-fears-of-escalation-in-iran",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:26:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Oil jumps 2%, settles at 6-month highs on fears of escalation in Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/oil-jumps-2-settles-at-6-month-highs-on-fears-of-escalation-in-iran-17279117",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:52:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Oil jumps 2%, settles at 6-month highs on fears of escalation in Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/oil-jumps-2-settles-at-6-month-highs-on-fears-of-escalation-in-iran",
        "published": "2026-10-31T00:36:15.000Z"
      }
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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."
}