Stay Informed: Top Global News Channels You Should Follow

By Ruzeki, Shadoww News 
June 01, 2025 

In a world where information is power, staying updated with credible global news is more important than ever. Whether you're tracking international politics, economics, or major social movements, here are the most trusted news channels from around the world you should follow: 

🌍 International Mainstream Media: 

CNN (Cable News Network, U.S.): Known for breaking news and in-depth analysis.

NBC News (National Broadcasting Company, U.S): Offers mainstream news and powerful political commentary. 

MSNBC News (Microsoft National Broadcast Corporation, U.S.): Offers mainstream news plus unique political commentary. 

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation, UK): Local and global coverage with a balanced tone. 

Reuters (Canada): Leading source of global news. Wire services trusted for accuracy and speed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 

Associated Press (AP, U.S.): Wire services trusted for accuracy and speed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 

France24 (France): Great for global affairs, especially Europe and Africa.

Deutsche Welle (DW, Germany): Global news with a European perspective.

WION (India): "World Is One News" — emerging as a global player with a non-Western lens.

TASS (Russia): State-run, but gives insight into Russian framing of global events. 

CGTN (China Global Television Network): China’s official English-language news outlet.

🌏 Other Regional Powerhouses: 

Press TV (Iran): State media offering Iran’s view on international affairs. 

Ahram Online (Egypt): One of the top English-language news sources from the Arab world. 

NTV Kenya: Key sources for East African and Kenyan national news. Others include KTN and K24. 

eNCA (South Africa): Leading English-language news broadcaster in Southern Africa. 

For balanced understanding, follow outlets from different regions. It helps you cut through bias and form an informed worldview. 

Timeline: 50 years of holding elected office comes to an end. From a city council member, a US senator, vice president, and, finally, president. Thank you, Joe Biden.

By Ruzeki, Shadoww News 
January 20, 2025 

President Joe Biden, 46th US President. 

—Biden's political journey is a testament to perseverance and tenacity. 

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. began his political career as one of the youngest Senators in American history. He leaves today as the US' oldest president. 

Here's his timeline:- 

1942: Born in Pennsylvania to a Catholic family; Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden (1917 –2010) and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr.(1915-2002). 

1966: Married Neilia Hunter, and had three children together, Beau(1969), Hunter(1970) and Naomi(1971). 

1968: Graduated with a law degree from Syracuse University. 

1970:  Elected to the New Castle County Council at the age of 28. 

1972: At age 29, he was elected as a senator for the state of Delaware. A few weeks after Biden was elected, a car crash killed his first wife Neilia and their 13-months-old daughter Naomi. As a single father, he raised his two sons, Beau and Hunter. Occasionally, his younger sister Valerie supported him. 

1973-2009: Served in the US Senate. He was re-elected as a senator six times. 

1977: Married Jill Jacobs, and were blessed with a daughter, Ashley. Together, they raised Beau, Hunter and Ashley. 

1988: Unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination. During this year, he suffered a brain aneurysm. 

2008: Unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination, again. Later, he was picked as Obama's running mate. 

2009: He resigned as a senator and served as the Vice President of the United States under President Barack Obama. 

2012: Won re-election with President Obama and served as VP for a second term until 2016. 

2015: His elder son, Beau Biden, an Iraq war veteran, died of brain cancer. 

2017: Awarded with Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

2019: Successfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination and picked Kamala Harris as his running mate. 

2020: Defeated the 45th US President Donald Trump in a bitterly fought election. 

2021: On a day like today (Jan 20), Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, after President Donald Trump incited an insurrection; trying to overturn the election results (Jan 6). In August, he oversaw the withdrawal of the American forces from Afghanistan; ending US' oldest war of 20 years! 

2022: In February, Russia started its military operations in Ukraine, Biden has been providing military aid to Ukraine since then. 

2024: In April, he decided to end his reelection campaign, and endorsed VP Kamala Harris as Democratic nominee; who lost to Trump. 

2025: Today, January 20, Biden retires as the 46th President of the United States, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump is sworn-in as the 47th POTUS and J.D. Vance as the Vice President of the United States. 

In his last minute act as President, Biden issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump admin, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, members & witnesses of the January 6th Committee. 

US Election 2024 Result updates: Donald Trump is elected the 47th President of the United States

By Ruzeki, Shadoww News 

November 05, 2024  

✓ Republicans will win control of the Senate, CNN projects, a victory for the party that has been locked out of the majority in the chamber since 2021. 

✓ In the House, Republicans are defending a narrow majority and it could take a week before control is officially determined. 

✓ In the presidential race, Donald Trump has been elected the 47th President of the United States after key wins in battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  

National Election Results 

Live results

Updated by Ruzeki: Nov. 16, 7:40 PM EAT 

President(98% in) 

Projection: Trump is President-elect: 

226

312

226

312

Harris

73,803,704

270 to win

Trump

76,481,798

House

Projection: Reps keep control 

212

218

212

218

Dem.

214 up for election

Net gain/loss: 0

218 for control

Rep.

221 up for election

Net gain/loss: 0 

Senate

Projection: Reps gain control 

47

52

47

52

Dem.

23 up for election

Lost: 3

51 for control

Rep.

11 up for election

Gained: 3 

Some of the Latest Projections! 

• Projection: President-elect Donald Trump is the projected winner in Nevada. 

• Projection: Democrats have flipped two Republican-held districts in closely watched House races in New York. 

✓ Democratic candidate Laura Gillen is the projected winner in New York’s 4th Congressional District. 

✓ Democratic candidate Josh Riley is the projected winner in New York’s 19th Congressional District. 

• Projection: Vice President Kamala Harris is the projected winner in Maine, winning three of the state's electoral votes, while Trump won one for Maine's 2nd Congressional District. 

• Projection: Donald Trump has won Alaska's three electoral votes. He now has 279 total. 

• Projection: Donald Trump has won the key battleground state of Wisconsin and its 10 electoral votes. With that, Trump has won 276 electoral votes and is projected to win the 2024 presidential race. He will move into the White House on Jan. 20. 

• Projection: Donald Trump is President-elect. 

• Projection: Republican Tim Sheehy is projected to win in Montana and head to the Senate. Sheehy defeated Democratic incumbent Jon Tester. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris has won Hawaii's four electoral votes. 

• Projection: Proposition 314 in Arizona has passed. This measure will make it a state-level crime to cross the border illegally and allow state authorities to arrest and deport people who do so. 

• Projection: Republicans have kept their majority in the Wisconsin Assembly, though Democrats managed to break the GOP's supermajority in the state Senate. 

• Projection: Republicans have flipped the Michigan state House, ending Democrats' trifecta. That has big implications on Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's ability to implement her agenda for the last two years of her term. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris has won the New Jersey's 14 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win one electoral vote from Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. 

• Projection: Republican John James has won reelection in Michigan's 10th District. 

• Projection: Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet has defeated Republican Paul Junge in Michigan's 8th District. 

• Projection: Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes has won reelection in Ohio's 13th District. 

• Projection: Republican Tom Barrett has won Michigan's 7th District. 

• Projection: Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has won reelection in New York's 17th District. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win Minnesota's 10 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Missouri's Amendment 3, which would legalize abortion in the state up until fetal viability, will pass narrowly. 

• Projection: Trump will win Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes, which puts him on course to win at least 270 electoral votes and the presidency. 

• Projection: Republican Sen. Deb Fischer will defeat independent Dan Osborn to win reelection in Nebraska. 

• Projection: Republicans will gain control of the Senate in the 119th Congress, set to begin on Jan. 3, 2025. ABC News has projected Republican pickups in Ohio and West Virginia, which puts the GOP at 51 seats. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will win Georgia and its 16 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win Hawaii's four electoral votes. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will carry the state of North Carolina and its 16 Electoral College votes. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win New Mexico's five electoral votes. 

• Projection: Rep. Bryan Steil will win reelection in Wisconsin's 1st District. 

• Projection: Democratic incumbent, Martin Heinrich will win New Mexico's U.S. Senate race. 

• Projection: Both incumbent Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and Senate candidate John Curtis will win their races in Utah. 

• Projection: Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio will win reelection in Pennsylvania's 17th District. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win Virginia's 13 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Democratic state Sen. John Mannion will defeat Republican Rep. Brandon Williams to give Democrats their second pickup of the night, joining Alabama's 2nd. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will win North Carolina's 16 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win Washington state, joining Oregon and California in her camp. 

• Projection: Republican Bernie Moreno will win Ohio's Senate seat. 

• Projection: Republican Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. will retain control of New Jersey's 7th District. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will hold Connecticut’s seven Electoral College votes. 

• Projection: Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy will hold Connecticut’s Senate seat. 

• Projection: Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz will retain control of Texas’s 15th District. 

• Projection: Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan will win reelection over Republican Alison Esposito in New York's 18th District. 

• Projection: Republican Rep. Nick LaLota will win a second term in New York's 1st District on Long Island. 

• Projection: A win by Shomari Figures in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District is a pick-up for the Democrats, one that comes after a Supreme Court decision threw out Alabama's old map because it diluted the voting strength of Black voters. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win Oregon's eight electoral votes. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win California's 54 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will hold Idaho's four electoral votes. 

• Projection: Initiative 83 in Washington, D.C., will pass. The initiative will implement ranked-choice voting in the district and allow voters not registered with a particular party to vote in partisan primaries. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will win three of Nebraska's five electoral votes; two from the statewide count, and one from the 3rd District. The 2nd Congressional District, hasn't been projected yet but Kamala Harris has a much better shot at winning its one electoral vote. 

• Projection: Senator Ted Cruz will win the U.S. Senate race in Texas. 

• Projection: Republican Kelly Ayotte will win the election for New Hampshire governor. She will succeed retiring Gov. Chris Sununu, a fellow Trump-skeptical Republican. 

• Projection: Arizona's measure protecting access to abortion will pass. The measure will establishes a constitutional right to abortion until viability, with exceptions for later pregnancies. 

• Projection: Democrat Rep. Andy Kim will win New Jersey’s open Senate seat left after Bob Menendez was convicted of federal corruption charges and resigned in August. He'll make history as the first Korean American senator. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will win Mississippi and its six Electoral College votes. Like its neighbour Alabama, Mississippi was last won by a Democrat in 1976. 

• Projection: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will win the open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win New York and its 28 electoral votes. 

• Projection: Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York will easily win reelection. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will win Colorado's 10 Electoral College votes. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will carry the deep-red states of Montana and Utah, a combination for 10 electoral votes into his column. 

• Projection: The ballot measures in Maryland and New York that enshrined reproductive rights into state law will pass. 

• Projection: Democrat Elizabeth Warren will win her reelection in Massachusetts. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris will pick up Rhode Island’s four electoral votes. Her' victory in the deep blue New England state does not come as a shock as polls consistently showed her leading Trump by double-digits. 

• Projection: Donald Trump will carry Louisiana. Nothing surprising here as the state has been firmly in the GOP column in polls and presidential races since it moved away from Democrats in the 2000 election. 

• Projection: Kamala Harris has won Delaware's three electoral votes. In the race for Senate. 

• Projection: Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester has won. Blunt Rochester is the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate. She was previously the first woman and the first Black person to represent the state in Congress. 

• Projection: The ballot initiative that would have granted Floridians the right to an abortion will come just shy of its needed 60% threshold to pass.