Current Events Resources

Library Databases -- 39 databases of reliable, in-depth, and current information, including more than 13 periodical and newspaper databases. Always the best place to start for quality resources. You will need to log in with your regular user name and password.  Add " @qsbyin " to your user name.

American News Sources Europe Middle East Asia Africa Latin America News Search Options
American News Sources
The New York Times --  The most respected newspaper in the country. Archives searchable back to 1981. Daily News Quiz.

The Christian Science Monitor -- Probably the best American newspaper for international news.

Washington Post -- An important newspaper for following politics in Washington D.C.

Los Angeles Times

 

Boston Globe

Miami Herald

USA Today

Post-Star

 

Albany Times-Union

 

Associated Press -- Major news agency.

 

McClatchy News -- One of the largest newspaper companies in the country.

Time -- The weekly news magazine.  Archives searchable back to 1923.

Newsweek -- The other weekly news magazine.

US News and World Report-- The other "other weekly news magazine." 

New Republic -- Influential news magazine.

The Globe and Mail  -- One of Canada's finest newspapers

NPR News -- National Public Radio.

CNN

MSNBC

Foreign Affairs -- A very influential publication.

 

Foreign Policy

 

Current History -- "The oldest United States publication devoted exclusively to world affairs."

Yale Global Online -- "A publication of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization."

Salon.com-- Online magazine.

Slate -- Online magazine.

The Nation -- An influential and long-running left-leaning journal.

National Review -- The most important conservative journal in America.

Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition-- "Articles written by The Wall Street Journal's experienced staff of reporters, and selected with an eye toward the interests of today's teenagers."

Bloomberg.com -- For financial news.

 

 

Politico.com -- Coverage of national politics.

 

 

GlobalSecurity.org -- "Background information and developing news stories in the fields of defense, space, intelligence, WMD, and homeland security."

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index -- Scores of political cartoons on scores of sujects.

 

FactCheck.org -- Annenberg Political Fact Check.  Find out how much of the truth the politicians are telling you.

 

Program on International Policy Attitudes -- "Research on public opinion on foreign policy and international issues by conducting nationwide polls, focus groups and comprehensive reviews of polling conducted by other organizations."

 

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Europe

BBC News -- The premier British news organization.  One of the best comprehensive news sites on the web.  Weekly World News Quiz.

International Herald Tribune -- A highly respected international paper in English.

 

Times Online -- The Times of London -- the first "Times".

 

The Guardian -- An influential British newspaper.

 

Reuters -- Major British-based news agency.

 

The Economist -- Highly respected and influential British magazine of economics and world affairs. "Premium" content is now available only to subscriber

Der Spiegel -- English language version of major German news magazine.

signandsight.com -- "Translates outstanding articles by non-English language authors bringing them to a worldwide audience."  A serivice of the German online magazine perlentaucher.de.

Le Monde Diplomatique -- Monthly news summary from France's most prestigious newspaper.  English version.

ITAR-TASS -- Official Russian news agency.

 

Moscow Times

 

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Middle East
Ha'aretz English Edition -- A respected Israeli newspaper.
Jerusalem Post -- Another influential Israeli newspaper.
Al-Jazeera -- The controversial Arab satellite channel from Qatar.  Extremely popular in the Arab world.
Al-Ahram Weekly -- A highly respected Egyptian newspaper. In English.

Palestine Media Center -- Official Palestinian news site.

IRNA --  Islamic Republic News Agency.  The official Iranian news agency.

Tehran Times -- Iranian daily in English.

SANA -- Syria Arab News Agency.  Official news service.

Arab News -- Saudi Arabian newspaper.

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Asia

China Daily

Xinhua -- Chinese state news agency.
People's Daily -- Chinese Communist Party newspaper.

Taipei Times -- From Taiwan.

Asahi Shimbun -- Japanese daily associated with the International Herald Tribune.
Indian Express -- "Delhi based daily."
Daily Dawn -- "Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper."
Korean Central News Agency -- State-run news agency of North Korea.

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Africa
AllAfrica.com -- "Over 800 stories daily in English and French and offering a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 600,000 articles in our searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997)."
Sudan.Net -- "Latest news on Sudan from different newswires and sources."

 

Sudan Civil War -- From GlobalSecurity.org.

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Latin America
Zona Latina-- "Covers all types of media and advertising in Latin America, with research data, photographs, event schedules, directories, book reviews, and numerous links to Latin American media resources."
Latin America Press-- "Publishing independent news, analysis and information materials since 1969... As an alternative source of information we cover the kind of angles and people that you won't find everyday in the mainstream media."

Americas.org-- Resource Center of the Americas.  A human rights organization.  Lots of news and information resources.

 

OAS -- Organization of American States.

 

COHA-- The Council on Hemispheric Affairs,"a nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information organization."

Central America Panorama-- Online newspaper in English covering Central America.

 

Keele Guide to Latin American Government and Politics on the Internet -- From Keele University.

 

Political Database of the Americas -- From Georgetown University.

 

Business News Americas -- "Daily English and Spanish regional news coverage across 12 sectors and complementary intelligence."

 

Latin America in Movement -- From the Latin American Information Agency (ALAI, for its Spanish acronym). "A communications organization committed to human rights, gender equality, and citizen participation in the development and public affairs of Latin America."
Latin Business Chronicle -- "Miami-based online journal Latin Business Chronicle, a division of Latin Trade Online, offers the trends beyond the daily headlines, through in-depth reports and commentaries."
ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America -- "Published three times yearly, focuses on different themes related to Latin America, Latinos/as, and the Iberian peninsula."

Center for International Policy -- "Timely policy analysis, North-South dialogue and in-depth reports on key issues of the hemisphere through weekly publications by its experienced staff and regional network of policy experts."

 

Guatemala Times --

 

 

 

 

Voces -- "A bilingual online magazine, discussing issues relevant to society, culture, politics, service projects, and various unusual thoughts in and around Quetzaltenango, Guatemala."

 

Guatemala Human Rights Commission -- "A nonprofit, nonpartisan, humanitarian organization that monitors, documents, and reports on the human rights situation in Guatemala, advocates for survivors of human rights abuses in Guatemala, and works toward positive, systemic change."
Journal Peru -- "A Peruvian online portal providing daily news updates, in-depth stories, and political analysis from and about Peru, Latin America and the rest of the world."

Living in Peru -- " "Guide for foreigners living in Peru" and others who are looking for useful information to make their time in Peru more pleasant."

Granma Internacional -- Government newspaper from Cuba.

 

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News Search Options

Google News Search

World Newspapers.com -- World newspapers online and news sites in English by region.

Yahoo News

 

All the Web News Search

 

Newscenter: Up to the Minute News Resources -- An exhaustive collection of links to news resources.

Watching America -- "News and views about the United States published in other countries." Translated into English.
   

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