# Where is a good international news site?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662 "2001-04-03T18:10:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![kuwatto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@kuwatto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuwatto)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/1 "2001-04-03T18:10:11Z")

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I’m looking for a good english language news site that can give me a better “world-view” of all the goings on here and abroad. Just trying to diversify the sources I get my news from!  
Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/2 "2001-04-03T18:58:56Z")

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> **[The Times & The Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/)**
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> News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/3 "2001-04-03T20:10:24Z")

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[the bbc](http://news.bbc.co.uk)

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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/4 "2001-04-03T20:58:28Z")

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[The Economist.](http://www.economist.com/)

Mostly free.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/5 "2001-04-03T21:02:10Z")

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The BBC seems to publish MUCH faster than the american press services.  
[thepaperboy](http://www.thepaperboy.com) has a huge collection of newspaper links, sortable by language, and is very handy when you want to find out about the goings on in some obscure part of the world.

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**Author:** ![Abe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Abe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/6 "2001-04-06T05:25:47Z")

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The Times and the BBC are two very good sources, but I would also check out [http://www.msnbc.com](http://www.msnbc.com)

I find that they often go into more detail than the BBC, are equally professional, and take the same reasonably balanced view of world affairs. I read both regularly.

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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-good-international-news-site/60662/7 "2001-04-06T07:14:26Z")

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This thread is heading to IMHO as soon as a mod spots it.

[www.nakednews.com](http://www.nakednews.com)

Hey, Canada is a foreign country.