{
  "id": 4759600,
  "title": "US university to pay US$2.1 million settlement over claims it didn’t disclose China ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/us-university-to-pay-us-2-1-million-settlement-over-claims-it-didnt-4759600",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-01T01:14:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365909/us-university-pay-us21-million-settlement-over-claims-it-didnt-disclose-china-ties"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A prominent American university has agreed to pay a US$2.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose employees’ ties to China when applying for federal grant funding, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. Ohio State University’s (OSU) settlement relates to Nasa and National Science Foundation (NSF) grants that provided funding to the university from November…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US university to pay US$2.1 million settlement over claims it didn’t disclose China ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/us-university-to-pay-us-2-1-million-settlement-over-claims-it-didnt",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:14:55.000Z"
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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."
}