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  "id": 6404772,
  "title": "Oil tops $100 a barrel as Mideast conflict escalates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/oil-tops-100-a-barrel-as-mideast-conflict-escalates",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post Business",
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  "summary": "SINGAPORE - Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, breaching the symbolic barrier for the first time ‌since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East fuelled growing concern about supplies.",
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        "published": "2026-09-08T00:50:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Oil rises as risks of prolonged Mideast conflict heighten supply worries",
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        "published": "2026-09-08T02:23:22.000Z"
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        "title": "Oil rises as risks of prolonged Mideast conflict heighten supply worries",
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        "published": "2026-09-08T02:56:17.000Z"
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Oil rises as risks of prolonged Mideast conflict fan supply worries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/oil-rises-as-risks-of-prolonged-mideast-conflict-fan-supply-worries",
        "published": "2026-09-08T03:31:00.000Z"
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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."
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