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  "id": 7945404,
  "title": "World rivers experience driest year in decades - report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/world-rivers-experience-driest-year-in-decades-report",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0917/1591833-world-rivers/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades last year, as scientists warned that some of the planet's most important freshwater reserves are being steadily depleted.",
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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."
}