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  "title": "The Meridian Index",
  "home_page_url": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev",
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  "description": "World news. Global South lens.",
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      "id": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/putin-floats-trump-xi-summit-apec-shenzhen/",
      "url": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/putin-floats-trump-xi-summit-apec-shenzhen/",
      "title": "Putin has floated a Trump–Xi–Putin summit on Ukraine at APEC in Shenzhen on 18–19 Nov, with Kyiv not at the table.",
      "summary": "Washington hit India with a 25% tariff for buying Russian oil (since waived). Now it's buying Russian diesel itself.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-19T09:00:00+05:30",
      "tags": [
        "Geopolitics"
      ],
      "image": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/img/putin-summit-1-1600.webp"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/let-cofounder-muhammad-sarwar-dies-lahore/",
      "url": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/let-cofounder-muhammad-sarwar-dies-lahore/",
      "title": "2016: the US named Lashkar co-founder Muhammad Sarwar, alias Abu Hashim, a global terrorist. 2026: he dies after a fall at LeT's Lahore HQ, LeT says.",
      "summary": "Pakistani TV called him a “party president”. A decade on a US terror list, living openly in Lahore.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-19T19:00:00+05:30",
      "tags": [
        "Geopolitics"
      ],
      "image": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/img/let-sarwar-1-1600.webp"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/netanyahu-india-not-small-country/",
      "url": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/netanyahu-india-not-small-country/",
      "title": "“India is not a small country.” Netanyahu warns a “very hostile” US president may come in two years, and names India as the alliance to build.",
      "summary": "Campaign talk; Delhi hasn't replied. If Washington's closest ally is hedging, strategic autonomy looks smart.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-19T13:30:00+05:30",
      "tags": [
        "Geopolitics"
      ],
      "image": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/img/netanyahu-1-1600.webp"
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    {
      "id": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/jaishankar-hosts-uae-fm-rubio-mumbai/",
      "url": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/jaishankar-hosts-uae-fm-rubio-mumbai/",
      "title": "Two energy partners in two days: Jaishankar hosts UAE FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in Mumbai today and US Secretary of State Rubio on Tuesday. Energy tops the agenda.",
      "summary": "Congress says Jaishankar was “summoned”. MEA says hosting outside Delhi is decade-old practice.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-19T10:00:00+05:30",
      "tags": [
        "Geopolitics"
      ],
      "image": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/img/mumbai-diplomacy-1-1600.webp"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/tiger-shroff-firing-mumbai-police-hunt/",
      "url": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/story/tiger-shroff-firing-mumbai-police-hunt/",
      "title": "5 rounds fired, 2 suspects on CCTV, getaway bike dumped at Andheri: 15 police teams are hunting the men who shot at Tiger Shroff's car.",
      "summary": "Police say no bullet injury; Dy CM Shinde says he has gunpowder burns. A gang's claim of responsibility is unverified.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-19T08:30:00+05:30",
      "tags": [
        "Pop culture-crime"
      ],
      "image": "https://meridianindex.pages.dev/img/tiger-shroff-1-1600.webp"
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