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  "id": 5232308,
  "title": "Hunger is rising. The world cannot turn its back on food aid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/hunger-is-rising-the-world-cannot-turn-its-back-on-food-aid-5232308",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/editorial/2026/09/03/hunger-is-rising-the-world-cannot-turn-its-back-on-food-aid/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On Tuesday, the World Food Programme said it had to halve the number of people it can feed in the West Bank, beginning this month. The UN agency attributed its decision to cut the number of those receiving food assistance, from 400,000 to 200,000, to a funding shortfall. This has come at a bleak time for the occupied Palestinian territory, where food insecurity has already doubled since 2023,…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Hunger is rising. The world cannot turn its back on food aid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/hunger-is-rising-the-world-cannot-turn-its-back-on-food-aid",
        "published": "2026-09-03T03:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}