World news is the term used in the news media for international or global events. It is distinct from the national news (news about events within a country) that is covered by the local newspapers and radio or television stations. World news is generally provided by foreign correspondents or by the international divisions of major news agencies, which prepare hard and feature stories to be sold to a wide variety of newspaper, magazine and radio outlets as well as to individuals, corporations and intelligence agencies.
The Argentine government’s decision to condition aid to cash-strapped Venezuela on an election result has drawn fire from critics, including President Trump. Geoffrey Kelly, a retired FBI agent who worked on the Louvre jewelry heist case, discusses security failures. Millions of red crabs are making their way to the ocean on Australia’s Christmas Island. NBC’s Bob Woodruff travels to endangered territories in his docuseries “Wildlife in Crisis.” A new study reveals that the dinosaur Huayracursor jaguensis lived during the Late Triassic period.
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