The problem that has plagued Google News at least here in Australia for some time is the regular inclusion of headlines that redirect to paywalls. These links need to be flagged as paywall only, otherwise it's no different to the kind of behaviour Google claims to be against - links not accurately representing their destination.

It's about link integrity. Nobody wants to play "roll the dice" every time they click a news article, with some asking for a credit card, others not. No doubt the paywall services pay Google to include those links, but Google should be honest and correctly label paywall links on the Google News page, or stop including those news outlets that use these redirect tactics.

Apart from that, the redesign seems to be re-inventing link hover style. Mouse over a section and every link in that section turns blue, not just the link you're hovering over. I'd prefer if the main headlines stood out more for easier scanning, keep them always blue for example, and the other text black. Or just keep links blue and non-links black. Right now it all seems to blend in, without enough visual separation. I'll be visiting less, and might jump over to Feedly or similar.