# What are some non-US English language newspapers or news sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512 "2017-01-29T17:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/1 "2017-01-29T17:56:54Z")
I’m looking for well-respected mainstream news sources from outside the US. There’s the BBC of course, but what else? ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/2 "2017-01-29T18:06:40Z")
[\*\*Al Jazeera \*\*](http://www.aljazeera.com/)is fairly respected outside America. Owned by the Ruling Family of Qatar. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/3 "2017-01-29T18:46:24Z")
I like CBC.ca, [theglobeandmail.com](http://theglobeandmail.com), national [post.com](http://post.com), the [guardian.com](http://guardian.com), [economist.com](http://economist.com) and macleans.ca – you may or may not. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/4 "2017-01-29T18:54:16Z")
By Country: **Australia** [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/) [The Age](http://www.theage.com.au/) **Canada** [Globe and Mail](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/) **Israel** [Jerusalem Post](http://www.jpost.com/) [Haaretz](http://www.haaretz.com/) **India** [The Times of India](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/defaultinterstitial.cms) [The Hindu](http://www.thehindu.com/) **Pakistan** [Dawn](http://www.dawn.com/) [Express Tribune](http://tribune.com.pk/) Various UK outlets and Al-Jazeera have been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/5 "2017-01-29T19:09:11Z")
Germany: [Der Spiegel](http://www.spiegel.de) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/6 "2017-01-29T19:22:29Z")
**AK84** ’s list is good. I would add the National Post from Canada - it has the advantage of often re-printing Washington Post articles, if you’ve used up your monthly quota of free articles from WP. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/7 "2017-01-29T19:41:01Z")
I think this is better suited to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/8 "2017-01-29T20:33:41Z")
Not so much news as ongoing comment and analysis: [Prospect](http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/) And though I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Guardianista, you might like to check out some of the broadsheet competition in the UK: [Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) - Conservative, but not hysterically so [Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/)- not politically committed ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/9 "2017-01-29T20:55:52Z")
Two papers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that I read when living there (99-03). Not a lot of original or ‘in-depth’ reporting (it is a kingdom/oligarchy after all, and you don’t want to upset the ruling families), they do give a picture on what is being thought about (or what the rulers think about) things in that part of the world. > **[Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold...](https://gulfnews.com/)** > > Get the latest update on UAE, business, life style, UAE jobs, gold rate, Exchange rate, UAE holidays, Dubai police, RTA and prayer times from UAE’s largest news portal. > **[Khaleej Times - Dubai News, UAE News, Gulf, News, Latest news, Arab news,...](https://www.khaleejtimes.com/)** > > Khaleej Times provides complete UAE news and international news coverage and online utilities like Dubai Gold Price, Dubai Draft Rate, UAE Exchange Rate, and more. Big stories now are the impact of Trump’s visa ruling and apparently Trump, in his calling world leaders part of the day, did phone H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the head honcho in the UAE and hereditary ruler of Abu Dhabi. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/10 "2017-01-30T01:20:04Z")
They aren’t shining examples of stellar journalism, but these two publications in Indonesia do the best they can: [Jakarta Globe](http://jakartaglobe.id) [Jakarta Post](http://www.thejakartapost.com), affectionately known as JakPo In Singapore, there is the [Straits Times](http://www.straitstimes.com/global). ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/11 "2017-01-30T04:35:52Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Two papers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that I read when living there (99-03). Not a lot of original or ‘in-depth’ reporting (it is a kingdom/oligarchy after all, and you don’t want to upset the ruling families), they do give a picture on what is being thought about (or what the rulers think about) things in that part of the world. Well, I can’t say the average US Media outlet is known for in-depth, no-holds-barred, intensely researched reporting And I say that as someone who dislikes all news media. Maybe sometime back in the 1940s when news-sheets were the size of naval flags, reporters were worshipped as gods in their own minds, and people had far too much time to kill on Sunday Afternoons; but not recently. Nowadays they like to sell you something. '_Lookit this great new furniture in review ! Throw out your old stuff_." A news-story may get 10 punchy paragraphs the size of tweets. > [@](#): > > Big stories now are the impact of Trump’s visa ruling and apparently Trump, in his calling world leaders part of the day, did phone H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the head honcho in the UAE and hereditary ruler of Abu Dhabi. Must have made the Sheikh’s day. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/12 "2017-01-30T06:12:18Z")
Hong-Kong based [South China Morning Post](http://www.scmp.com/frontpage/international) - still respected I think, although they have been accused lately of being too much under the Government’s thumb. Depending on how strict your ‘outside the US’ criterion is - [Radio Free Europe](http://www.rferl.org/p/5794.html) - this is totally US funded, but certainly not US-centric. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/13 "2017-01-30T06:37:31Z")
Seconding Al-Jazeera, and adding [ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)](http://www.abc.net.au/news/) from the Australian Broadcasting Company. It’s very much in the vein of the BBC; which probably isn’t surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/14 "2017-01-31T05:14:04Z")
From Japan, there’s: [The Mainichi News](http://mainichi.jp/english/), which has a pretty good selection of domestic news in English. World news tends to be Japan-related or Asia-Pacific. Note: They used to be notorious for their “WaiWai Page” which ran translations of the more fantastic/salacious gossip rags. The paper ended that about ten years back, dismissed the editor, and has expunged any trace from their site. [The Asahi Shimbun](http://www.asahi.com/ajw/), good blend of domestic and international news, though my friends there complain that they do too little original reporting and instead just translate the Japanese version. Left-leaning. [The Japan News](http://the-japan-news.com/), the English version of The Yomiuri Shimbun. Right-leaning (as in, the Nanking Massacre used to never appear unless preceded by “so-called”) And of course [Nikkei](http://asia.nikkei.com/) has lots of business news. [The Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/), which is mostly international newswire stories with some local editorial/commentary articles nowadays. Used to be good, but has fallen a long way. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-non-us-english-language-newspapers-or-news-sites/778512/15 "2017-01-31T06:32:54Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > By Country: > **Australia** > [Sydney Morning Herald](http://www.smh.com.au/) > [The Age](http://www.theage.com.au/) I should mention both of these outlets are left-leaning. The ABC, mentioned elsewhere in the thread, is probably the closest to a “middle of the road” online Australian news outlet for an international reader. The BBC also has good coverage of the major Australian stories as well.