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  "id": 71204,
  "title": "Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/grid-failure-plunges-cuba-into-nationwide-blackout",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T04:35:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Jazeera",
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    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/3/grid-failure-plunges-cuba-into-nationwide-blackout?traffic_source=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cuba’s ageing power grid collapsed on Sunday after a weekend of outages and amid US-imposed fuel shortages.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Five of Cuba’s 15 provinces without power as grid fails again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/five-of-cubas-15-provinces-without-power-as-grid-fails-again",
        "published": "2026-08-02T03:36:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Cuba’s national electricity grid collapses on Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cubas-national-electricity-grid-collapses-on-sunday",
        "published": "2026-08-03T02:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cuba-plunged-into-darkness-again-as-power-grid-collapses",
        "published": "2026-08-03T05:43:51.000Z"
      }
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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."
}