{
  "id": 5509072,
  "title": "Anwar: Putrajaya, Sarawak in talks over Serian haze as API exceeds 500",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/anwar-putrajaya-sarawak-in-talks-over-serian-haze-as-api-exceeds-500",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T06:46:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1525613/anwar-putrajaya-sarawak-talks-over-serian-haze-api-exceeds-500"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government is in discussions with the Sarawak government on the worsening haze situation in Serian, where the Air Pollutant Index (API) has surpassed 500.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Air quality in Serian exceeds emergency level at 517",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/air-quality-in-serian-exceeds-emergency-level-at-517",
        "published": "2026-09-04T03:08:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Serian API hits 518 as haze persists in Sarawak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/serian-api-hits-518-as-haze-persists-in-sarawak",
        "published": "2026-09-04T03:14:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Serian API hits hazardous 518, emergency declaration possible",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/serian-api-hits-hazardous-518-emergency-declaration-possible",
        "published": "2026-09-04T03:28:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Sarawak town chokes as haze pushes air pollution past Malaysia’s emergency threshold",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sarawak-town-chokes-as-haze-pushes-air-pollution-past-malaysias",
        "published": "2026-09-04T09:06:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}