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BBC News

The BBC offers a wide-ranging online source of news covering all parts of the world. It is particularly useful for tracking latest developments. Despite laudable attemps to project objectivity, it has  a tendency to privilege Western and in particular English language sources of information and opinion. The coverage of news is useful as a record of key development, though analysis is generally bland.

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China Daily

The China Daily website was launched in 1995. It is China's first national English-language website and considers itself China’s most influential English-language Web portal. 

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Economic and Political Weekly

The Economic and Political Weekly, or EPW as the journal is popularly known, is published from Mumbai.  It is an Indian institution with an international reputation.

For more than five decades EPW has remained a unique forum that brings together academics, researchers, policy makers, independent thinkers, members of non-governmental organisations and political activists for debates straddling economics, politics, sociology, culture, the environment and numerous other disciplines.

KYODO NEWS

KYODO NEWS, founded in November 1945 as a nonprofit cooperative organization, is one of Japan’s leading news agencies. It covers developments in Japan and the rest of the world, distributing news around the clock to domestic and overseas news media as well as international organizations and institutions. It offers English-language and Chinese-language services in addition to Japanese-language service.

Kyodo covers Japan and the rest of the world from Japanese and Asian viewpoints.

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Le Monde

Le Monde newspaper published in Paris is one of the most influential and prestigious newspapers in the world.  It was established in 1944 at the request of General Charles de Gaulle as way of projecting France’s voice in the world. With the appointment of Hubert Beuve-Méry as its first editor and director, Le Monde soon acquired a reputation for editorial independence.

Le Monde Diplomatique

Le Monde diplomatique is the place you go when you want to know what’s really happening. This is a major international paper that is truly independent, that sees the world in fresh ways, that focuses on places no other publications reach. It offers a clear, considered view of the conflicting interests and complexities of a modern global world.

The Conversation

The Conversation is an Australian independent provider of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public.

The Conversation seeks to facilitate better understanding of current affairs and complex issues, as a means to enhanced public discourse and conversations.

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The Economist

The Economist online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology.

The Guardian

The Guardian was first published in May 1821 - it was then known as the Manchester Guardian.