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  "id": 4615078,
  "title": "Uzbekistan’s Startups Could Give the US an Edge in Central Asia | Opinion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/uzbekistans-startups-could-give-the-us-an-edge-in-central-asia-opinion",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/uzbekistan-the-unlikely-home-of-a-billion-dollar-tech-revolution-opinion-12378944"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The next chapter of competition with China and Russia may not be written in military bases but in startup incubators and venture funds.",
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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."
}