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  "id": 653630,
  "title": "Europe's scorching summer could cost EU economies €180 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/europes-scorching-summer-could-cost-eu-economies-180-billion-653630",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:24:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/12/europes-scorching-summer-could-cost-eu-economies-180-billion"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Extreme heat could cost EU economies around €180 billion this year, roughly 1% of GDP and almost exactly the growth the bloc had been expecting for 2026, with France facing the heaviest blow of the big member states.",
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        "outlet": "Euronews Business",
        "title": "Europe's scorching summer could cost EU economies €180 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/europes-scorching-summer-could-cost-eu-economies-180-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:24:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Scorching heat is straining Europe's nuclear power supplies — and prompting drastic measures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/scorching-heat-is-straining-europes-nuclear-power-supplies-and",
        "published": "2026-08-12T11:55:43.000Z"
      }
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