World news

World news or international news or even foreign coverage is the news media jargon for news from abroad, about a country or a global subject. For journalism, it is a branch that deals with news either sent by foreign correspondents or news agencies, or — more recently — information that is gathered or researched through distance communication technologies, such as telephone, satellite TV or the internet.

Although in most of the English-speaking world this field is not usually regarded as a specific specialization for journalists, it is so in nearly all the world. Particularly in the United States, there is a blurred distinction between world news and "national" news when they include directly the national government or national institutions, such as wars in which the US are involved or summits of multilateral organizations in which the US are a member.

Actually, at the birth of modern journalism, most news were actually foreign, as registered by the courants of the 17th century in West and Central Europe, such as the Daily Courant (England), the Nieuwe Tijudinger (Antwerp), the Relation (Strasbourg), the Avisa Relation oder Zeitung (Wolfenbüttel) and the Courante Uyt Italien, Duytsland & C. (Amsterdam). Since these papers were aimed at bankers and merchants, they brought mostly news from other markets, which usually meant other nations. In any case, it is worthy to remark that nation-states were still incipient in 17th-century Europe.

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In this combination of Nov. 9, 2017 photos, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak during a business event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China cancels trade talks with US amid escalation in tariff threats

Fox News 22 Sep 2018

China scotched trade talks with the U.S. that were planned for the coming days, according to people briefed on the matter, further dimming prospects for resolving a trade battle between the world’s two largest economies ... ....

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File - Attorney General Jeff Sessions administers the oath of office to Rod J. Rosenstein to be the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, 26 April 2017

What happened between Rosenstein and McCabe before Mueller was appointed?

CNN 22 Sep 2018

Washington (CNN)The staggering revelations of memos documenting Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's discussions of surreptitiously recording President Donald Trump and of the 25th Amendment raised fresh questions Friday about the eight-day stretch between the time former FBI Director James Comey was fired last year and Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to lead the Russia investigation ... Mistrust ... Read More ... Sources ... ....

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Journalist murdered in Mexico, ninth of 2018

The Jakarta Post 22 Sep 2018

Gunmen on Friday killed a Mexican journalist who had received threats after reporting on corruption in the southern state of Chiapas, his newspaper said, in what was at least the ninth murder of a reporter in the country this year ... "He had recently filed a complaint because he was receiving threats," a colleague at the paper told AFP on condition of anonymity ... 28,702. That included at least 11 murdered journalists ... Topics .. ....

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2016 05 11 18 45 30 Baltimore City Police Car at the intersection of Franklin Street (U.S. Route 40) and Franklintown Road in Baltimore City, Maryland

In a 24-hour span three ordinary places of business became danger zones

CNN 22 Sep 2018

(CNN)An employee at a Wisconsin software company opens fire at the office, wounding three coworkers and forcing others to hide under desks. A gunman wounds four people at a Pennsylvania municipal building about an hour and half later, before he's shot dead by police. The next morning a disgruntled employee fatally shoots three people and leaves three others wounded at a Rite Aid distribution center in Maryland ... Read More ... JUST WATCHED ... ....

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File - An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near the site of grenade explosion in Srinagar, India. Suspected militants lobbed a grenade at a busy market which exploded near a Border Security Force vehicle wounding two soldiers, police said.

Pakistan says deeply disappointed with India cancelling foreign ministers' meet

Yahoo Daily News 22 Sep 2018

The Pakistan government on Friday expressed "deep disappointment" at India's decision to cancel a meeting scheduled between the foreign ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session next week ... "The reasons cited by the Indian side for the decision to cancel the Foreign Ministers' meeting, within 24 hours of its public confirmation, are entirely unconvincing," it said ... READ ... ALSO READ ... ....

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Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the Press on the situation in Yemen, 21 September, 2018.

Fight against famine is being lost in Yemen, says UN aid chief

Dawn 22 Sep 2018

The United Nations humanitarian chief warned on Friday that the fight against famine is being lost in Yemen, which is already facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis with 75 per cent of its 29 million people in need of assistance. Mark Lowcock called the situation "bleak" and told the Security Council it "has deteriorated in an alarming way in recent weeks" ... Other routes are heavily damaged, he said ... That is untenable" ... ....

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In this Jan. 17, 2018, photo, Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, 68, gestures as he is escorted by prison guards at the Cambodian Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Cambodia's pardon of Australian filmmaker ends 'nightmare', says family

Reuters 22 Sep 2018

The family of an Australian filmmaker pardoned by Cambodia after being jailed on espionage charges said on Saturday it was happy the "nightmare" came to an end, while the Australian foreign minister thanked the government in Phnom Penh for his release ... ....

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Pompeo warns Iran of ‘action’ over attack on US in Iraq

The Siasat Daily 22 Sep 2018

Washington. United States Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo has warned Iran of “direct action” for any attacks on Washington in Iraq, even those using proxy forces, against US interests ... Pompeo further accused Iran of confronting the world as the “world’s largest state sponsor of terror.” ... Source. ANI . ....

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Kofi Annan, Chair of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State and former Secretary-General of the UN, briefs journalists on the situation in Myanmar on 13 October 2017

The United Nations that Kofi Annan served pays tribute

Fox News 22 Sep 2018

Two secretary-generals and diplomats from the world that Kofi Annan served for nearly 45 years paid tribute to him at the United Nations Friday, but the most moving words were from his wife and son who urged people everywhere to continue his fight for a fairer and peaceful planet ... ....

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Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN and Security Council President for the month of September, chairs the Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, 21 September, 2018.

Diplomats gather for UN summit – with Trump and his whims to take centre stage

The Guardian 22 Sep 2018

The official theme of this year’s UN general assembly is “making the United Nations relevant to all people” but everyone attending next week’s sprawling summit in New York knows that one person is more relevant than others. Donald Trump is expected to dominate proceedings ... No one doubts he will use those appearances to show disdain for diplomatic niceties for the benefit of his supporters and bang the drum of “America First” ... Read more....

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressing the students, at the University of Nairobi, in Kenya on July 11, 2016

India's Modi faces calls for resignation over French jet deal

The Star 22 Sep 2018

NEW DELHI/PARIS (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced calls for his resignation over allegations of corruption in a military jet deal with France after former French president Francois Hollande was quoted as saying New Delhi had influenced the choice of a local partner ... ....

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