diff --git a/lib/routes/apnews/topics.ts b/lib/routes/apnews/topics.ts
index 2379614b1bb38c..283c8e0837f5fb 100644
--- a/lib/routes/apnews/topics.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/apnews/topics.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async function handler(ctx) {
                 link: $(e).find('a').attr('href'),
             }))
             .filter((e) => typeof e.link === 'string')
-            .map((item) => (new URL(item.link).hostname === 'apnews.com' ? fetchArticle(item) : item))
+            .map((item) => fetchArticle(item))
     );
 
     return {
diff --git a/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts b/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts
index 0b75aaa92dcc3d..a6c239223b9c4c 100644
--- a/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/apnews/utils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ export function fetchArticle(item) {
     return cache.tryGet(item.link, async () => {
         const data = await ofetch(item.link);
         const $ = load(data);
+        if ($('#link-ld-json').length === 0) {
+            return item;
+        }
         const rawLdjson = JSON.parse($('#link-ld-json').text());
         let ldjson;
         if (Array.isArray(rawLdjson)) {