{
  "id": 12573197,
  "title": "Batu Pahat records highest API at 196 as schools shut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/batu-pahat-records-highest-api-at-196-as-schools-shut",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T07:28:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1549709/batu-pahat-records-highest-api-196-schools-shut"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BATU PAHAT: Batu Pahat recorded the country’s highest Air Pollutant Index (API) reading of 196 today, as worsening haze prompted the closure of all schools in the district and forced classes online.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "35 kawasan catat IPU tak sihat, Batu Pahat tertinggi 191",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/35-kawasan-catat-ipu-tak-sihat-batu-pahat-tertinggi-191",
        "published": "2026-10-07T00:25:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}