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  "id": 20012139,
  "title": "Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage-20012139",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T16:11:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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  "summary": "Microsoft has said its service has been fully restored after a massive outage that saw widespread disruption to governments, businesses and public services around the world. The technology company said on Saturday, November 14, 2026, it had restored service to the remaining customers affected by one of the worst IT failures in years. On its […]",
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        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Microsoft blames failed server health checks—not hackers—for global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-blames-failed-server-health-checks-not-hackers-for-global",
        "published": "2026-11-13T15:26:53.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Computerworld",
        "title": "Microsoft 365 services slowly come back online after global outage",
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        "published": "2026-11-13T20:35:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "Microsoft services almost restored after 24 hours of outage",
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        "title": "Microsoft says all Microsoft 365 products are operational, ending an outage that disrupted governments, traders, hospitals, and businesses around the world (Bloomberg)",
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        "published": "2026-11-14T08:03:46.000Z"
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        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Microsoft services fully restored after global outage",
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        "published": "2026-11-14T11:16:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Microsoft says global outage fully resolved after disrupting services in over 70 countries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-global-outage-fully-resolved-after-disrupting-services",
        "published": "2026-11-14T12:04:20.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Microsoft services fully restored after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-14T12:11:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/microsoft-says-services-fully-restored-after-global-outage",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:23:56.000Z"
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