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  "id": 2071519,
  "title": "WORLD IN BRIEF:US debt tops $40trn, Liberia charges ex-VP Taylor, US’s longest-serving prisoner dies at 101 and other stories",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/world-in-brief-us-debt-tops-40trn-liberia-charges-ex-vp-taylor-uss",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T04:39:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/world/article/world-in-briefus-debt-tops-40trn-liberia-charges-ex-vp-taylor-uss-longest-serving-prisoner-dies-at-101-and-other-stories/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US debt crosses $40trn as borrowing surges under Trump US government debt has crossed the $40 trillion mark for the read more WORLD IN BRIEF:US debt tops $40trn, Liberia charges ex-VP Taylor, US’s longest-serving prisoner dies at 101 and other stories",
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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."
}