World news is the area of journalism that concerns international events and issues, including wars, environmental crises, and political issues. It is distinct from local news, which concerns mainly issues that concern the nation. Generally, world news is reported by major news agencies like the Associated Press (AP), Reuters, and AFP. These news organizations prepare hard news stories and features that can be distributed to multiple news outlets with little or no modification, and sell them to individuals, corporations, intelligence agencies, and others.
At the birth of modern journalism in the 17th century, most news was foreign, as registered by the courants of Western and Central Europe – Courant de Londres (London), Nieuwe Tijudinger (Antwerp), and the Avisa Relation oder Zeitung (Strasbourg). As national borders began to solidify, newspapers focused more on local news and less on world events.
The first network-based, 24-hour news program in the United States was NBC Nightly News, which launched in 1957. Its success led to the launch of a number of other similar news programs, including CBS Evening News and ABC World News Tonight.
In February 2025, the show paid tribute to Nair in each of its three segments, and a special send-off by the entire crew was presented to her at the end of the broadcast. The following month, the show reverted to its old set and name, and also adopted a new format of featuring local news from around the country each evening, rather than international stories as before.
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