{
  "id": 2985614,
  "title": "US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/us-territories-hit-out-at-trump-plan-to-explore-deep-sea-mining-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:51:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/us-territories-hit-out-at-trump-plan-to-explore-deep-sea-mining-in-the-pacific"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A US government plan to lease out millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories in the Pacific, as the Trump administration remains locked in a race with China for control of critical ocean minerals. On Tuesday, the Marine Mineral Administration (MMA), an agency under the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}