{
  "id": 1728815,
  "title": "COVID-19 pandemic-born children begin their school journey on Sunday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/covid-19-pandemic-born-children-begin-their-school-journey-on-sunday",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T14:13:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663850/saudi-arabia/covid-19-pandemic-born-children-begin-their-school-journey-on-sunday"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "RIYADH — More than four million male and female students across all three educational levels in Saudi Arabia will return to their classrooms on Sunday, Aug. 23 to mark the beginning of the new academic year. However, the education departments in Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, and Taif are excluded from this return schedule. The actual start of classes in these four departments will take place with the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}