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world news

news media jargon for news from abroad, about a country or a global subject
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Summary

world news ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: news[2]
  • Described at URL: https://sloop.nz/world-news[3], http://68k.news/choose_edition.php[4]
  • Social media followers: 1,480,000[5], 1,580,000[6], 1,540,000[7], 1,510,000[8]

Why It Matters

world news has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). world news. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/world-news
MLA “world news.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/world-news.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_world-news_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{world news}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/world-news}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Fmadore007 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'he', 'hy', 'kk', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk', 'zh']
    Library of congress authority id → sh85050511
    Sitelink count → 12
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85050511, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290628|batch #290628]]"
  2. 24d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → news media jargon for news from abroad, about a country or a global subject
    Harper's tag → foreign-news
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: foreign-news, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289930961|foreign news (#289930961)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://sloop.nz/world-news, http://68k.news/choose_edition.php
    Svkkl authority id → 0323682-zahranicni-zpravodajstvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0323682-zahranicni-zpravodajstvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  4. 21w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Euronews topic id → world-news
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+1480000'}, {'amount': '+1580000'}, {'amount': '+1540000'} +1
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://sloop.nz/world-news"
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