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Ask HN: What Are Some Good African, Asian, South American News Websites?

• qmmmur 7y ago
  If you want actual coverage I would go to bellingcat
• SordidChatter 7y ago
  In South Africa, the Daily Maverick and the Mail & Guardian. Both more politics than breaking news, both left-leaning, both well-regarded.
• vincengomes 7y ago
  for news about India, you can use The Hindu. Generally, the articles tends to be neutral to left-leaning. https://www.thehindu.com/ https://www.thehindu.com/
• franzwong 7y ago
  https://asia.nikkei.com/ https://asia.nikkei.com/ from Japan is quite good.
• xenocyon 7y ago
  I would recommend the Economist for well-written world news. It's not free, but well worth paying for. https://www.economist.com/ https://www.economist.com/
  • naruvimama 7y ago
    They do have free podcasts. Their bias is colonialist in nature.
    • grzm 7y ago
      Rather than criticize the suggestions of others in this thread, how about provide some suggestions that meet your own criteria? And note that you always have to consider the source. At the very least, people are human: they’re not omniscient, write for a particular audience, and have limited resources. These in and of themselves contribute to bias without any malicious or underhanded intent.
      • _-___________-_ 7y ago
        I did not read the parent comment as critical. Pointing out bias is useful whenever you link to a news source. All news sources have bias.
      • naruvimama 7y ago
        I just presented my opinion. I am a regular listener. As a non westerner I know for a fact that stories about my own country is dominated by a colonial view point. The OP is specifically looking for sources that do not have western bias. And I hope my opinion will be useful.
• pbk1 7y ago
  For Asian regional news in English I'd recommend Southern China Morning Post. It's based out of Hong Kong and still independent from the CCP's grasp (for now).
  • _-___________-_ 7y ago
    Here in HK, SCMP is generally not believed to be independent of the party. SCMP is owned by Alibaba Group, one of the largest companies in mainland China. Do you really think it's possible for Alibaba to have _any_ part of it that's outside of the CCP's grasp?
  • nkurz 7y ago
    A link might help: https://www.scmp.com https://www.scmp.com I often stumble across their articles, and often they are quite good. I'd be interested to hear more about their politics and biases so I know better how interpret their coverage. Is there a Western source they would be considered to be aligned with, or are they unique?
  • muzani 7y ago
    SCMP is my favourite news site by far. It's probably the only one I would pay for regularly, if I paid for news, and I'm surprised it doesn't appear more on HN.
  • elfexec 7y ago
    SCMP was created by "western" anti-chinese propagandists. "The journal was founded by Australian-born anti-Qing dynasty revolutionary Tse Tsan-tai and British journalist Alfred Cunningham" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post It's strange you think it is something to be recommended pre-alibaba, but not something to be recommended post-alibaba.
    • closed 7y ago
      How is Tse Tsan-tai a western, anti-chinese propagandist? He was a collaborator w/ Sun Yat-sen. I realize the two drew influence from western ideals (and christianity), but wonder what makes them anti-chinese. That the Chinese government praised Sun Yat-sen, and printed a commemorative coin for his 150th birthday, seems at odds with your sentiment. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-10/25/content_27171381.htm http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-10/25/content_271713...
• cobbaut 7y ago
  Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/ https://www.aljazeera.com/
• forkLding 7y ago
  https://www.project-syndicate.org/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/ because its more from the source of international figures, a bit like an Twitter for intelligent international scholars and public figures.
• nkurz 7y ago
  Al Jazeera should definitely be on your list for non-Western coverage: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/ Their coverage of the middle-East is likely to be biased by their Qatari ownership, but they cover major world stories neglected by the Western press. More details about their potential bias here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_controversies_and_criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_controversies_and_c....
  • naruvimama 7y ago
    Extremely one sided and pro-islamic.
    • muzani 7y ago
      I'm not sure what you mean? Of course, there's an Islamic bias because it's written by Muslims. But it's a lot fairer than most media.
      • naruvimama 7y ago
        Not just bias, but sometimes a propaganda piece. One side of the story, often the most significant one is left out. It is funded by the state of Qatar to act as its mouthpiece. In the Islamic world every country legitimizes itself by trying to sound more islamic than the other. I am just stating that they may be strongly biased. They do make crisp documentaries and interesting news stories.
        • aaron695 7y ago
          Could you link a biased story? I would put their bias on par with CNN, but would like a story to see what you mean. What is a good example?
          • ponsin 7y ago
            https://www.memri.org/tv/al-jazeera-holocaust-denial-israel-biggest-winner-same-justification-annihilate-palestinians/transcript https://www.memri.org/tv/al-jazeera-holocaust-denial-israel-... here is an article about a video they published which they took down after enough backlash. imagine what articles / videos were just as biased but didn't get taken down
• aliswe 7y ago
  Bloombergs different regional sites, eg. https://www.bloomberg.com/middleeast https://www.bloomberg.com/middleeast
• danj 7y ago
  Thank you! For all the suggestions, I'll definitely be adding all of these to my list. Any more suggestions is greatly appreciated!
• zlwaterfield 7y ago
  Checkout this YC company from the W19 batch https://www.thejuggernaut.com/newsletter https://www.thejuggernaut.com/newsletter
• f00_ 7y ago
  The Intercept and Democracy Now cover South America quite a bit. Particularly politics and environmental issues, for example Glenn Greenwald lives and has been reporting in Brazil. Some good advice someone gave me awhile ago was to follow journalists themselves instead of news outlets
• w-ll 7y ago
  I'm a big fan of NHK. This is their news, but they have some other programming thats kinda similar to PBS https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/
• elfexec 7y ago
  > I follow (NYTimes, Wash Post, Guardian, BBC, FT, WSJ etc) What's the point? They are all essentially the same news company. They push the same narrative and agenda. Just pick one and move on with your day. The problem is that a lot of african, asian and south american news companies are created by, owned by or run by by westerners. And most of them, like the SCMP, were created by the west to push western propaganda. So essentially, you aren't getting african, asian and south american news. You are getting western propaganda about african, asian and south american news. Also, africa, asia and south america are huge continents. I don't think there is such a thing called "african, asian and south american" news. For geopolitical news, xinhua/cgtn for china, rt for russia, al jazeera, etc. They are all biased propaganda, just like the (NYTimes, Wash Post, Guardian, BBC, FT, WSJ etc), but you get a different biased perspective. I find that they are generally good at pointing each others lies. > What news websites do you guys know/recommend to follow for news in these countries? Language would preferably be in English. Why not just follow vlogs of countries you are interested? Or visit the countries you are interested in? Or find some forums/irc/etc of the countries you are interested in and talk directly to the people? News, by and large, is a great waste of time. Most of it is toxic nonsense written by people who know nothing about the subject they are covering.
• CapricornNoble 7y ago
  https://thediplomat.com/ https://thediplomat.com/ ^IMO hands down the best site for geopolitical editorial coverage of Asia.
• Proven 7y ago
  all this because it's so damn hard to visit google news