{
  "id": 2143591,
  "title": "'Business as usual': UAE schools to open as planned despite missile alert",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/business-as-usual-uae-schools-to-open-as-planned-despite-missile-alert-2143591",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:06:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/08/20/business-as-usual-uae-schools-to-open-as-planned-despite-missile-alerts/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Schools in the UAE are all set to welcome pupils for the 2026-27 academic year, with principals saying there are no changes to opening arrangements despite the missile alert this week. As campuses prepare to open their gates to more than a million pupils on August 31, school leaders said that no new guidance had been issued and that there were no changes to plans for the start of the new academic…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "'Business as usual': UAE schools to open as planned despite missile alert",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/business-as-usual-uae-schools-to-open-as-planned-despite-missile-alert",
        "published": "2026-08-20T13:06:54.000Z"
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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."
}