🌍 International News
- BBC News (UK)
- Reuters (Global)
- Associated Press (AP) (Global)
- The Guardian (UK)
- Al Jazeera English (Qatar-based, global coverage)
- Deutsche Welle (DW) (Germany)
- Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France)
🇺🇸 United States
- NPR (National Public Radio)
- PBS NewsHour
- The New York Times
- The Washington Post
- The Wall Street Journal (especially strong for business/economy)
- Los Angeles Times
- ProPublica (investigative journalism)
- Christian Science Monitor (non-sensational, balanced reporting)
🇦🇺 Australia
- ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- SBS News
- The Guardian Australia
- The Conversation (academic/expert-written analysis)
🧪 Science & Fact-Based Outlets
- Nature News
- Science News
- Scientific American
- Space.com (science/space reporting)
- STAT News (health/medicine)
📰 Good Fact-Checking Sites
(Not news outlets, but extremely useful)
- Snopes
- PolitiFact
- AP Fact Check
- Reuters Fact Check
- Full Fact (UK)
⭐ Quick tips to judge reliability
- Look for transparent sources, not anonymous claims.
- Reliable outlets issue corrections when they get something wrong.
- Avoid sites relying on sensational headlines, vague sourcing, or conspiratorial framing.
- “Breaking” news is often messy — wait for updated reporting.