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  "id": 4060922,
  "title": "Trump says US has deal with Venezuela for control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-says-us-has-deal-with-venezuela-for-control-of-65-billion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T23:41:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3365672/trump-says-us-has-deal-venezuela-control-65-billion-barrels-oil-reserves"
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  "summary": "President Donald Trump on Friday said the US has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves. Trump in a social media post announced the agreement he said was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez. “The United States of America has…",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-says-us-has-entered-deal-with-venezuela-to-take-control-of-65-4056806",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "World News Today Live Updates: Trump announces sweeping US grab for control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/world-news-today-live-updates-trump-announces-sweeping-us-grab-for",
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        "title": "Trump hails major oil deal with Venezuela",
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        "title": "Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-says-us-has-entered-deal-with-venezuela-to-take-control-of-65",
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        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Trump claims 'biggest oil deal in world history' signed with Venezuela",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-claims-biggest-oil-deal-in-world-history-signed-with-venezuela",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:23:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "Trump Announces Deal with Venezuela to Take Control of Part of Its Oil Sector",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-anuncia-un-acuerdo-con-venezuela-para-aduenarse-de-parte-de-su",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:34:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of its oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-says-u-s-has-entered-deal-with-venezuela-to-control-65-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:35:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Trump says US has agreed deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-says-us-has-agreed-deal-with-venezuela-to-take-control-of-65",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:55:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Trump says US has agreed deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-says-us-has-agreed-deal-with-venezuela-to-take-control-of-65-4059775",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:55:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US enters into oil agreement with Venezuela, Trump says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/us-enters-into-oil-agreement-with-venezuela-trump-says",
        "published": "2026-08-29T00:06:16.000Z"
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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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