{
  "id": 2336446,
  "title": "Haze worsens in Sarawak as unhealthy API readings rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/haze-worsens-in-sarawak-as-unhealthy-api-readings-rise",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T08:08:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/08/1515939/haze-worsens-sarawak-unhealthy-api-readings-rise"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Air quality nationwide has worsened, with more areas in Sarawak recording unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings as haze from various directions moves into the state.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Afternoon checks show nine Sarawak areas with unhealthy air quality, Serian still very unhealthy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/afternoon-checks-show-nine-sarawak-areas-with-unhealthy-air-quality",
        "published": "2026-08-21T08:56:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Malaysia’s Sarawak shuts almost 600 schools as haze hits ‘very unhealthy’ level",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/malaysias-sarawak-shuts-almost-600-schools-as-haze-hits-very",
        "published": "2026-08-21T09:26:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}