Singapore probing firms over haze-causing Indonesian fires
The city-state and neighboring Malaysia have been blanketed for weeks by toxic smog from a severe wildfire season in Indonesia.
Environment News in Malaysia
Real-time environment news from Malaysia, structured for developers. NewsMesh filters Malaysia-relevant environment coverage into one JSON feed (GET /v1/latest?category=environment&country=my), each story tagged with category, country relevance, and the named people detected in the body.
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Kuala Lumpur is world’s most polluted city due to haze, Singapore third, index shows
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Malaysia deploys air force aircraft for cloud seeding to combat worsening haze
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Environment news in Malaysia coverage
NewsMesh filters Malaysia-relevant environment coverage into one structured feed, ready to query by the same parameters as the rest of the API.
Pull Environment news in Malaysia into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?category=environment&country=my). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&category=environment&country=my&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
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Frequently asked questions about Environment news in Malaysia
What environment news from Malaysia does NewsMesh cover?
NewsMesh filters Malaysia-relevant environment coverage into one structured feed, each story tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body.
Which endpoint returns environment news from Malaysia?
Call GET /v1/latest?category=environment&country=my. Use /v1/search to add keyword queries on top of the same filters.
Can I get Malaysia news in other categories?
Yes. Swap the category parameter (business, sports, technology, health, and more) or drop it entirely to get all Malaysia coverage from /v1/latest?country=my.
Is environment news from Malaysia available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: environment Malaysia stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the environment news from Malaysia feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more data?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.