{
  "id": 6589054,
  "title": "Glencore’s former head of oil pleads not guilty to bribery charges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/glencores-former-head-of-oil-pleads-not-guilty-to-bribery-charges",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-10T11:41:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/10/glencore-former-head-oil-alex-beard-pleads-not-guilty-bribery"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Billionaire Alex Beard and his former deputy appear in London court over alleged payments to African officials Glencore’s billionaire former head of oil trading has pleaded not guilty to two bribery charges after allegedly facilitating payments to west African officials in order to advance the Swiss commodity group’s operations in the continent. Alex Beard, 59, denied two counts of conspiracy to…",
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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."
}