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  "id": 90605,
  "title": "Oil prices drop following Trump announcement on Iran talks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/oil-prices-drop-following-trump-announcement-on-iran-talks",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-03T15:05:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
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    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/oil-prices-drop-following-trump-announcement-iran-talks"
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  "summary": "Oil prices drop following Trump announcement on Iran talks Crude oil futures fell over six percent after President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran would begin imminently to end the war, although Iran denies any such talks are taking place. The drop in oil prices boosted US stocks at the opening, with Dow Jones jumping 1.3 percent, Nasdaq up 1.2 percent, and the broader S&P 500 up 0.9…",
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        "published": "2026-08-02T23:23:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindu BusinessLine",
        "title": "Crude oil futures fall over 5% as Trump pauses planned Iran strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/crude-oil-futures-fall-over-5-as-trump-pauses-planned-iran-strike",
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        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Iran says Hormuz talks underway after Trump calls off strikes",
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        "published": "2026-08-03T09:27:51.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump says new Iran negotiations starting: What we know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/trump-says-new-iran-negotiations-starting-what-we-know",
        "published": "2026-08-03T09:44:53.000Z"
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        "title": "Oil prices drop after Trump cancels attack on Iran to seek nuclear deal",
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        "published": "2026-08-03T10:30:54.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Todd Blanche rescinds 'anti-weaponization fund'. And, Trump calls off striking Iran",
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        "title": "Iran appears indifferent to latest Trump talk on negotiations",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "After Donald Trump's latest U-turn, uncertainty remains over talks with Iran",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/trump-demands-lower-gas-prices-from-oil-companies-chides-chevron-ceo",
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Nothing gets through to Iran’s ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ leadership, Trump says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/nothing-gets-through-to-irans-unbelievably-duplicitous-leadership",
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