These stories are collected from the news agencies of the country in question, rather than being translated from English. Features include top headlines, news from around the world and news from the individual country. You can also personalise the page and subscribe to the RSS feed.

​How to use this resource

News items can be used to form the basis of in-class discussions, to explore further the culture of the target language countries, as reading/translation exercises, or as a basis for writing practice.

• China
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Netherlands
• Portugal