{
  "id": 7215521,
  "title": "Vanuatu ferry disaster exposes gap between warnings and action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/vanuatu-ferry-disaster-exposes-gap-between-warnings-and-action",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T00:59:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Pacific",
    "slug": "rnz-pacific",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/1367205/vanuatu-ferry-disaster-exposes-gap-between-warnings-and-action"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "MV Matui , Vanuatu's inter-island ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu over the weekend, leaving one person confirmed dead and more than 30 people missing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "More than 30 missing from ferry that sank in Vanuatu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/more-than-30-missing-from-ferry-that-sank-in-vanuatu",
        "published": "2026-09-14T02:59:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}