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Presenting more than seven decades of authoritative news summaries and background articles, World News Digest contains a wealth of mate-rial and a dynamic interface that makes it easier than ever to explore the events that shape our world.

NOT Fake News—Content You Can Trust!For more than 75 years, World News Digest has been a go-to resource for context and background on key issues and events in the news. Hundreds of news sources, governments, and organizations—including CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, NPR, the CBC, Forbes Media, Time, The Washington Post, Jeopardy!, the U.S. Naval War College, and the parliaments of Canada and Australia—rely on World News Digest for a broader view of the issues that matter today.

And World News Digest supports 1:1 initiatives, blended instruction, flipped classrooms, project-based learning, and document-based ques-tion environments to provide assets for any teaching strategy.

World News Digest frames events for research and is the place to start any reference project—take a look today.

The Exclusive, Authoritative Archive of World News Coverage— Featuring 75+ Years of Expertise and 300,000+ Original Articles

A Vast Archive of Articles Providing Context & Background to Today’s News

World News Digest

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• Exclusive, extensive cover-age: 300,000+ original articles from 1940 to today

• Navigation by topic, land-mark event, country, or per-son: thematic, chronological, geographical, or biographical approach to recent history and events

• Authoritative sources: expertly researched and written content distilled from carefully selected sources to form the essential record of world events

• Information in context: politi-cal, economic, and cultural features that give a sense of time, place, and circumstance

• Facts researchers can trust: accurate, objective, and concise coverage of the most vital stories and issues

• Background and overviews: summaries of key topics to jump-start research

• “Forward in Time” and “Back in Time” links for a complete chronological chain of events

• Newspaper editorials and editorial cartoons, adding context and perspective

• Dynamic citations: MLA and Chicago formats, with APA guidelines

• Up-to-the-minute coverage with news articles from Reuters®

• Key background information such as primary sources, coun-try profiles, and obituaries

• Research Features and guides on high-interest topics

• World Almanac® and encyclo-pedia content for facts and information behind the news

• Google Translate and Read Aloud

• Searchable Support Center with live help chat.

h Topic-based research support promotes understanding of a topic by combining the latest news with key context and background

Content and Features Include:

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Key Sections Include:• Week in Review: spotlights timely,

hot-button topics of the week, linking to editorially curated con-tent, including news articles, social media reaction, videos, editorial cartoons, and infographics

• Recent News: features concise, clearly written news summaries that provide indispensable context and perspective on critical current events

• Special Feature: puts an impor-tant contemporary subject into historical context and organizes links to relevant material from the database so users can easily find the information they need

• Hot Topics: identifies the topics most shaping the world today

• Landmark Events in History: highlights key events by decade from the 1940s to the 2010s

• People in the News and Countries in the News: provides access to in-depth content and analysis, allowing users to find articles, historical documents, research features, and more about a specific individual or nation

• Historical Documents: features primary sources with introductory notes that provide context and background—perfect for docu-ment-based learning and strength-ening critical-thinking skills

• That Day in History: search a specific date for all the news that happened that day

• Curriculum Tools: writing and research tips for students and educators.

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