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  "id": 1853612,
  "title": "THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/thursday-aug-20-2026-1853612",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-08-19T03:12:03.000Z",
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    "name": "The Korea Times",
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  "summary": "1597-First Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East 1741-Alaska is first sighted by a Russian expedition led by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1905-Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen forms the first chapter of Tongmenghui, a union of secret societies determined to bring down the Qing dynasty 1939-General Zhukov leads a Soviet offensive against the Japanese invasion in Mongolia…",
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        "title": "THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/thursday-aug-20-2026",
        "published": "2026-08-19T03:02:02.000Z"
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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."
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