Anything from outside whichever country you live in that has good global reach. The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, BBC, and Reuters are all good options.
I’ve found that the important thing is to check the news often. You can use one source for this, because the goal is just to find out what interesting things are going on. Then when there’s a story you care about, you can get it deliberately from multiple angles.
Here are some good pairs of news sources:
Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera (Middle East)
Al Jazeera and Jerusalem Post (Middle East)
Jerusalem Post and Haaretz (Israel)
Briebart and Vox (America)
The Daily Mail and The Guardian (The UK)
Fars and literally anything western (Iran/Middle East)
Russia Today and literally anything western (Russia)
It’s also really worth it to try and find a few local news sources (within the country of origin) for any story that really catches your interest. Especially reading a wide range of opinion pieces will give you a sense of what people think (although note the selection effect that will occur if you’re reading English language news from a country that isn’t English speaking; there will probably be some important difference between the people who speak English and the non-English speaking majoirty)
What news sources would you recommend for increasing my awareness of global events?
Anything from outside whichever country you live in that has good global reach. The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, BBC, and Reuters are all good options.
I’ve found that the important thing is to check the news often. You can use one source for this, because the goal is just to find out what interesting things are going on. Then when there’s a story you care about, you can get it deliberately from multiple angles.
Here are some good pairs of news sources:
Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera (Middle East)
Al Jazeera and Jerusalem Post (Middle East)
Jerusalem Post and Haaretz (Israel)
Briebart and Vox (America)
The Daily Mail and The Guardian (The UK)
Fars and literally anything western (Iran/Middle East)
Russia Today and literally anything western (Russia)
It’s also really worth it to try and find a few local news sources (within the country of origin) for any story that really catches your interest. Especially reading a wide range of opinion pieces will give you a sense of what people think (although note the selection effect that will occur if you’re reading English language news from a country that isn’t English speaking; there will probably be some important difference between the people who speak English and the non-English speaking majoirty)