{
  "id": 10944779,
  "title": "Kuala Lumpur is world’s most polluted city due to haze, Singapore third, index shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/kuala-lumpur-is-worlds-most-polluted-city-due-to-haze-singapore-third",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T12:43:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3369363/kuala-lumpur-worlds-most-polluted-city-due-haze-singapore-third-index-shows"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Malaysia’s capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions. A milky haze has shrouded the cities for more than a month as smoke drifted from fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands. Kuala Lumpur was the world’s most polluted major city early on Wednesday, according to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Haze pushes Kuala Lumpur, Singapore into world's most polluted cities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/haze-pushes-kuala-lumpur-singapore-into-worlds-most-polluted-cities",
        "published": "2026-09-30T12:45:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}