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Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Singapore?
Code example
# If you'd like to do a POST request then call endpoint:
http://localhost:8070/api/v1/article/getArticles
Body:
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
# If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
http://localhost:8070/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSingapore&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
"articles": {
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"title": "Sri Lanka: timeline of a crisis",
"body": "The International Monetary Fund approved a $2.9 billion bailout deal for Sri Lanka on Monday, raising hopes for an easing of the island nation's dire economic crisis.\n\nThe South Asian country of 22 million people has suffered months of blackouts as well as acute food, fuel and medicine shortages.\n\nTens of thousands of people have protested against the government's handling of the crisis, aggravated by the loss of tourist revenue during the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nAt the peak of the demonstrations, an angry crowd stormed former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house and forced the then-president to flee the country.\n\nHis successor Ranil Wickremesinghe has cracked down hard on demonstrations and introduced sweeping economic reforms in an effort to repair the nation's shattered finances.\n\nPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares a state of emergency after clashes between police and hundreds of demonstrators demanding his resignation outside his residence in the capital Colombo.\n\n- April 3: Cabinet resigns -\n\nMost of the cabinet resigns at a late-night meeting two days later, leaving Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda -- the prime minister -- isolated.\n\nFinance minister Ali Sabry resigns just a day after being appointed.\n\nThe president then loses his parliamentary majority as former allies urge him to quit. He lifts the state of emergency.\n\n- April 12: Foreign debt default -\n\nThe government announces it is defaulting on its foreign debt of $51 billion.\n\n- April 19: First casualty -\n\nPolice kill a protester, the first casualty after several weeks of anti-government protests.\n\nThe next day, the IMF says it has asked Sri Lanka to restructure its colossal external debt before a rescue package can be agreed.\n\n- May 9: Day of violence -\n\nA mob of government loyalists bussed in from the countryside attacks peaceful protesters camped outside the president's office.\n\nNine people are killed and hundreds more injured in reprisal attacks.\n\nMahinda Rajapaksa resigns as prime minister and has to be rescued by troops after thousands of protesters storm his official residence in Colombo.\n\nHe is replaced by Ranil Wickremesinghe, a political veteran also deeply unpopular among the protesters.\n\n- June 10: Humanitarian crisis -\n\nThe United Nations warns that Sri Lanka is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, with millions already in need of aid.\n\nMore than three-quarters of the population had reduced their food intake due to severe food shortages, it says.\n\n- July 9: President's home stormed -\n\nRajapaksa flees his official residence with the assistance of troops, shortly before demonstrators storm the compound.\n\nRajapaksa flies to the Maldives on a military aircraft, accompanied by his wife and two bodyguards.\n\nSix-time premier Wickremesinghe is appointed as acting president.\n\nOn arrival, he emails his resignation as president to the parliamentary speaker.\n\n- July 20: Wickremesinghe elected president -\n\nWickremesinghe beats two opponents to be elected president by parliament for the remainder of Rajapaksa's term, which expires in November 2024.\n\nThe 73-year-old begins a crackdown on demonstrators and embarks on a reform programme to meet IMF conditions for a bailout, raising taxes and hiking the cost of fuel and utilities.\n\n- September 1: Bailout deal -\n\nThe IMF announces a four-year, $2.9 billion bailout package, conditional on a deal between the government and its creditors to restructure its borrowings.\n\nThe agreement still needs approval by the lender's board and the sum is lower than the $3-4 billion sought by Sri Lanka, but it is an important first step.\n\nPeter Breuer, the IMF's head of mission, urges creditors to cut a deal with the island nation or risk deepening the ongoing crisis.\n\n- March 7: China comes through -\n\nChina, Sri Lanka's largest bilateral creditor, agrees to restructure its loans to the country, clearing the final obstacle to the bailout.\n\n- March 15: Strikes -\n\nSri Lanka deploys armed troops as trade unions cripple hospitals, ports and banks to protest against high income taxes imposed as a precondition for the bailout.\n\n- March 20: IMF board approves bailout -\n\nThe IMF board finally approves the bailout, clearing the way for the release of funds and kicking off a four-year programme shoring up the country's economy.\n\nBut its managing director Kristalina Georgieva warns that Colombo must continue pursuing tax reform and greater social safety nets for the poor -- and rein in the corruption that has been partly blamed for the crisis.",
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"title": "BBC urges staff to ditch TikTok over data fears",
"body": "The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons, with Western institutions increasingly taking a harder stance over data collection fears.\n\nThe British broadcasting giant reported that it sent staff a message on Sunday saying: \"We don't recommend installing TikTok on a BBC corporate device unless there is a justified business reason.\n\n\"If you do not need TikTok for business reasons, TikTok should be deleted,\" it added.\n\nWestern authorities have been taking an increasingly firm approach to the app, owned by the firm ByteDance, citing fears that user data could be used or abused by Chinese officials.\n\nThe UK on Thursday announced a security ban on TikTok on government devices, in line with action by the European Union and the United States.\n\nThe BBC told AFP on Monday that it \"takes the safety and security of our systems, data and people incredibly seriously\".\n\nIt added that while usage of TikTok on its corporate devices is still permitted for editorial and marketing purposes, \"we will continue to monitor and assess the situation\".\n\nThe broadcaster has launched multiple pages on the app as it attempts to reach new audiences, and its official account has 4.4 million followers.\n\nByteDance has long insisted that it does not keep data in China or share it with Beijing.",
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"title": "Yemen warring parties agree prisoner swap as peace efforts accelerate",
"body": "Yemen's Huthi rebels and its internationally recognised government reached an agreement Monday to exchange more than 880 prisoners, the United Nations confirmed while urging the two parties, at war since 2014, to continue talks.\n\nThe agreed exchange comes after Saudi Arabia and Iran, who back opposing sides in the conflict, this month moved towards restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rupture.\n\nThe parties \"agreed on implementation plans to release 887 conflict-related detainees from all sides\", Hans Grundberg, the UN secretary general's special envoy for Yemen, told a press conference in Geneva.\n\nThe Huthis seized control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led intervention the following year and fighting that has left hundreds of thousands dead and caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.\n\nParticipants in Bern, Switzerland \"agreed to reconvene in mid-May to discuss more releases\", Grundberg said after 10 days of talks overseen by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).\n\nThe agreement provides for the release of 181 people detained in Huthi prisons, including Saudi and Sudanese nationals, along with 706 rebels, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the Huthi's Swiss delegation, told the group's Al-Masirah television earlier on Monday.\n\n\"The exchange will take place in three weeks,\" he said.\n\nGrundberg did not wish to comment on questions about deadlines for the prisoner swaps, instead urging the government and rebels to \"facilitate the speedy implementation\" of the agreement and to \"agree on more releases\".\n\nThe Swedish diplomat also declined to answer questions about the total number of prisoners on both sides, citing \"the complexity of the negotiations\".\n\nA UN-brokered ceasefire that took effect last April brought a sharp reduction in hostilities. The truce expired in October, though fighting largely remains on hold.\n\nMajed Fadail, a member of the Yemeni government's delegation, said the Huthis would release former defence minister Mahmoud al-Subaihi and other officials, as well as four journalists.\n\nA Yemeni government official, who asked