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  "id": 4740474,
  "title": "US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security squeeze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/us-venezuela-oil-deal-deepens-chinas-energy-security-squeeze",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T23:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/us-venezuela-oil-deal-deepens-chinas-energy-security-squeeze/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A landmark oil agreement between Washington and Caracas threatens to cut Chinese refiners off from a cherished source of discounted crude, handing the United States greater sway over global oil prices. US President Donald Trump announced on August 28 that the US had reached what he called the biggest oil deal in world history with […] The post US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Under US-Venezuela oil deal, some Chinese and Russian operators lose out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/under-us-venezuela-oil-deal-some-chinese-and-russian-operators-lose",
        "published": "2026-08-31T23:22:27.000Z"
      }
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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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