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  "id": 19795221,
  "title": "Microsoft outage drags past 15 hours, hitting SA companies hard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-drags-past-15-hours-hitting-sa-companies-hard",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T11:01:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/microsoft-outage-15-hours-south-africa/288402/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South African organisations woke up to dead inboxes as Microsoft struggled to restore Outlook, Teams and Copilot.",
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "What happened overnight with the Microsoft global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-happened-overnight-with-the-microsoft-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-13T07:18:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Microsoft outage hits companies and governments worldwide as it struggles to restore services",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-hits-companies-and-governments-worldwide-as-it",
        "published": "2026-11-13T07:50:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Microsoft outage affects communication channels of Air India, Akasa, IndiGo airlines; advisories issued",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-affects-communication-channels-of-air-india-akasa",
        "published": "2026-11-13T08:14:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Microsoft outage hits companies, governments worldwide as it struggles to fix issue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-hits-companies-governments-worldwide-as-it-struggles",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:10:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Microsoft outage hits companies and governments worldwide as it struggles to restore services",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-hits-companies-and-governments-worldwide-as-it-19785343",
        "published": "2026-11-13T09:21:44.000Z"
      }
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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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