INTERNATIONAL
NEWS SOURCES
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International News Search
Engines, Gateways, and Aggregators
Note: Specialized
media sources for European Union news appear at
the top of the European Union page of
this Virtual Library. News media sources
focusing on or originating in
specific world regions appear at the top of
the page of this Virtual Library
dedicated to that region.Nes Guard,
Useful Tools to Identify Misinformation and Bias
(Most focus mainly on U.S. news): Rumor Guard, News Literacy Project, News Guard,
AFP Fact Check, Snopes, Media
Bias/Fact Check, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, The Factual
All Sides--
U.S.-focused site that displays "the day's top news
stories from the Left, Center, and Right of the political
spectrum-- side-by-side so you can see the full picture."
Also provides Media Bias
Ratings for a large number of American news sources
and public intellectuals, allowing you to "easily identify
different perspectives so you can get the full picture and
think for yourself." The over 800 news sources profiled
provide an unusually inclusive catalog of American news
providers and commentators. Useful Perspectives blog about news
bias. Highly recommended site.
Ground News-- "Lets you
easily compare how a news story is covered by thousands
of sources across the political spectrum and world...
You can see visually who's talking about a story and
who's completely ignoring it." Spotlights topics
trending in various regions of the world. Note the
unusual Blindspot feed,
highlighting stories that receive virtually no coverage
from one side or the other of the political spectrum. Offers a free Ground
News Bias Checker
browser extension.
News
Search Engines, Gateways, and Aggregators
Bing News-- Major
news search engine that is largely focused on the United
States, but with a useful World section.
European
Media Monitor Newsbrief-- Major world news
aggregator sponsored by European Union agencies: "Novel
and unique software that gathers reports from news portals
world-wide in 60 languages, classifies the articles,
analyses the news texts by extracting information from
them, aggregates the information, issues alerts and
produces intuitive visual presentations of the information
found."
Global
Voices-- "An international, volunteer-led project
that collects, summarizes, and gives context to some of
the best self-published content found on blogs, podcasts,
photo sharing sites, and videoblogs from around the world,
with a particular emphasis on countries outside of Europe
and North America." Note their Advox project
that "reports on threats to online speech, shares tactics
for defending the work and words of netizens, and supports
efforts to improve Internet policy and practice
worldwide."
Google News-- Excellent portal draws news from thousands of English-language sources worldwide, using Google full-text search technology for constant real-time updating, allowing users to scan headlines and to search in depth. Has searchable archives. International versions of Google News allow country and language-specific searches.
NewsNow--
London-based news aggregator that constantly updates feeds
from thousands of press and newsblog sources, with access
by hundreds of topics and subtopics or by keyword search.
Noovell-- Aggregates "English-language news for all countries worldwide from more than 2,000 news sources," by world, by region, or by search, with a "Similar" feature that presents users with "a complete list of similar news stories published by other news sources on a given subject."
Spotlight on Military News and
International Affairs-- Daily compendium of links to
carefully selected items on security issues in the world
press, from the Canadian Forces College.
Start.me
International News-- Aggregates headlines and links
to current stories from major global news providers.
Watching
America-- "Discover What the World Thinks About
U.S." with English language translations of foreign press
commentary about the United States and its foreign policy,
from around the world and with links to the original
sources.
WikiLeaks--
"Independent global group of people with a long standing
dedication to the idea of a free press and the improved
transparency in society that comes from this." Publishes a
huge quantity of leaked and usually classified or restricted
material from official government sources and large
corporations around the world, often alongside related news
stories. Well-organized and easily searched.
Worldcrunch--
"Delivers the best global journalism previously shut off
from English language readers: selecting, translating and
editing content from top foreign-language outlets."
Directories of International News Sources
• Abyz News Links-- Links to many thousands of newspapers and other news sources from around the world, those with news content of widespread interest.
• Big Project-- From the UK, a large Internet directory of English-language newspapers worldwide.
• Newspaperindex-- Presents the most important online newspapers in most countries of the world.
• Online Newspapers.com-- A global listing of thousands, by country, from Web Wombat, an Australian search engine company.
• Paperboy-- Fine directory, with thousands of links to newspapers by prestige, country, front pages, and headlines.
• World-Newspapers-- Directory of online English-language newspapers and news sites around the world, by country, plus magazines by type.
Major
International News Sources with Global Coverage
• Agence France-Presse--
"Global news agency delivering fast, in-depth coverage
of the events shaping our world from wars and
conflicts to politics, sports, entertainment and the
latest breakthroughs in health, science and
technology."
• Al Jazeera-- "International
news channel with over sixty bureaus around the world
that span six different continents," with
headquarters in Doha, Qatar. Recognized for its
reporting on less-covered regions and topics. Note the
regional and country sections.
• BBC News Online-- World news
from one of the most trusted sources, in print, audio,
and video.
• CNN
Interactive--World News-- World news and weather
from the Cable News Network, including special
editions and several languages for the main world
regions in CNN International. A text-only version is
available.
• Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation-- News from a
prestigious source, with much audio and video
available.
A CBC Lite
version is available.
• The
Conversation (US edition)-- "Network of
nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories
and research reports online, with accompanying
expert opinion and analysis. Articles are written
by academics and researchers..." Note the many
country and regional editions, including the United
Kingdom, Canada,
Australia,
Europe,
Africa,
and Global.
• Economist-- The outstanding global news weekly from London. Note the useful Graphic Detail blog, with charts, maps, and infographics.
• euronews-- Leading European news video channel, with international news, weather, features, and topic directories in several languages, from a European perspective.
• The Guardian-- Leading British newspaper with global coverage.
• International Business Times--
Fine source for global business news, with several
country-based international editions available, in the
respective languages.
• Inter
Press Service-- World news stressing developing
countries, from a "global news agency producing
independent news and analysis about events and global
processes affecting the economic, social and political
development of peoples and nations, especially in the
[global] South."
• Le Monde Diplomatique-- World-renown French language newspaper; this link is to the English-language edition, with archives.
• MSN World News--
World news coverage from an American news network,
"powered by Microsoft News."
• New York Times-- Fine
international coverage, with compilation
of international news and analysis. Site features a
free searchable archive of full-text NYT news
items since 1981. Signing up for a free account gives you
access to columnists, breaking news
alerts, and daily alerts about headline news items in
topics that you select from many options. TimesWire
is a "continuous stream of the
latest articles."
• Overseas Security Advisory Council-- From the U.S. Department of State, advisories on security-related issues around the world including "Travel Advisories, Public Announcements, daily security related news articles, overseas reports on security and crime incidents, terrorist group profiles, significant anniversary dates, general crime information for cities and countries, locations and contacts at U.S. posts overseas, and updates on new or unusual situations."
• Project
Syndicate-- "The world's opinion page...
produces and delivers original high-quality
commentaries to a global audience... we provide news
media and their readers cutting-edge analysis and
insight..." with contributions from prominent
scholars, policymakers, activists, civic leaders,
etc., from around the world.
• Pulitzer Center on
Crisis Reporting-- "Innovative award-winning
non-profit journalism organization dedicated to
supporting the independent international journalism
that U.S. media organizations are increasingly less
able to undertake. The Center focuses on
under-reported topics, promoting high-quality
international reporting and creating platforms that
reach broad and diverse audiences."
• Radio France International--
Website news from "French current affairs radio station
that broadcasts worldwide in French and 12 foreign
languages. It draws on the expertise of its Paris-based
editorial teams and unique global network of 400
correspondents to provide news bulletins and features
which give listeners the keys to understanding the
world."
• Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty-- "Daily report of
developments in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus
and Central Asia, based on news gathered by the
correspondents, services and regional specialists of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty," whose mission is "to
provide uncensored news and information to countries
where a free press is either banned by the government
or not fully established."
• Reuters--
Top
world and business news stories from this prestigious
agency.
• Time--
The
U.S. edition of the prestigious American weekly news
magazine.
• United Press International--
"Leading provider of news, photos and information...
one-stop site for U.S. and world news, as well as
entertainment, trends, science, health and stunning
photography [and] insightful reports on key topics of
geopolitical importance, including energy and security."
• Voice
of America News-- News and special reports,
printed and audio (in scores of languages), from this
U.S. government international service.
• Wall
Street Journal-- The world famous Dow Jones
business and finance newspaper, online.
• Washington Post World Section-- With regional news pages, and searchable by countries, topics, or keywords.