{
  "id": 6553243,
  "title": "WHO Southeast Asia regional director Saima Wazed resigns following fraud allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/who-southeast-asia-regional-director-saima-wazed-resigns-following",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-10T06:18:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/who-southeast-asia-regional-director-saima-wazed-resigns-following-fraud-allegations/133996270"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The WHO accused Wazed of \"committing financial fraud in relation to her travel to China\" and of misrepresenting her academic credentials, according to a July 3, 2026, letter from her lawyers to the WHO seen by Reuters.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "Southeast Asia endures punishing year of extreme weather amid super El Niño",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/southeast-asia-endures-punishing-year-of-extreme-weather-amid-super",
        "published": "2026-09-08T22:35:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Why does Southeast Asia keeps breathing the same haze—and can ASEAN do more to stop it?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/why-does-southeast-asia-keeps-breathing-the-same-haze-and-can-asean",
        "published": "2026-09-09T02:00:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}