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  "id": 170136,
  "title": "Strong El Nino could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, says UN agency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/strong-el-nino-could-push-49-million-more-people-into-acute-hunger",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T08:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/05/strong-el-nino-could-push-49-million-more-people-into-acute-hunger-says-un-agency"
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  "summary": "Global acute food insecurity projected to rise to 274 million people across 45 countries, with Central America and Southern Africa forecast to be hardest hit.",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/el-nino-could-push-50m-people-into-acute-hunger-before-end-of-next",
        "published": "2026-08-05T08:00:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Strong El Nino could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/strong-el-nino-could-push-49-million-more-people-into-acute-hunger-un",
        "published": "2026-08-05T12:18:43.000Z"
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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."
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