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  "id": 9369885,
  "title": "Who is skipping the UN General Assembly — and why",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/who-is-skipping-the-un-general-assembly-and-why-9369885",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/who-is-skipping-the-un-general-assembly-and-why/a-79391652?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-xml-mrss"
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  "summary": "Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Friedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni and Mahmoud Abbas are among more than 50 leaders who won't make it to the UN General Assembly. Their reasons range from illness and domestic affairs to holidays.",
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        "title": "Syria's Sharaa, Iran's Pezeshkian to address UN General Assembly, likely denouncing Israel",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Who is skipping the UN General Assembly — and why",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/who-is-skipping-the-un-general-assembly-and-why",
        "published": "2026-09-23T15:54:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Argentina’s Milei criticises UN during General Assembly speech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/argentinas-milei-criticises-un-during-general-assembly-speech",
        "published": "2026-09-23T18:17:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Kushner, Blair urge Gaza demilitarization at UN General Assembly sidelines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/kushner-blair-urge-gaza-demilitarization-at-un-general-assembly",
        "published": "2026-09-23T18:18:45.000Z"
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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."
}