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  "id": 8721521,
  "title": "Top US, Chinese officials meet ahead of Trump-Xi summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/top-us-chinese-officials-meet-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit-8721521",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T16:22:41.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/top-us-chinese-officials-meet-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit/"
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  "summary": "US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng have begun talks in New York. These talks are ahead of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.\n\nThe talks between Bessent and He Lifeng aim to set the stage for the Trump-Xi summit. According to The Korea Times, the summit is set for later this week.\n\nNorth Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, The Korea Times reports. The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area, with the first flying about 450 kilometers and the second over 600 km. The launches were tracked by South Korean and US intelligence authorities.",
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward the sea and dials up pressure on the U.S.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/north-korea-launches-2-ballistic-missiles-toward-the-sea-and-dials-up",
        "published": "2026-09-20T15:39:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Top US, Chinese officials meet ahead of Trump-Xi summit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/top-us-chinese-officials-meet-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit",
        "published": "2026-09-20T16:16:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Bessent meets with Chinese counterpart ahead of Trump-Xi summit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bessent-meets-with-chinese-counterpart-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit",
        "published": "2026-09-20T18:51:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US, China open high-level talks ahead of Trump-Xi summit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/us-china-open-high-level-talks-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit",
        "published": "2026-09-20T19:42:13.000Z"
      }
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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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