Ask HN: What do you use to find non-tech news?

Pick as broad a range of news outlets as you can. That includes Western outlets (BBC, Guardian,ABC, NewsCorp), Russian outlets (RT), Middle Eastern outlets(Al Jazeera, Press TV), Asian outlets (Asia Times, Global Times).

With such a broad coverage, the biases tend to cancel out and you get a better perspective on the real news.

Nothing is perfect however, but eventually you get a 'feel' for which outlets are generally more truthful, more often, than others.

Reuters. They do high quality journalism, and as a result about 10% of their articles are useful, which is about 10x more than most others. You can also select different regions to get news tailored to that area.

Foreign Policy used to be good, but I've found their quality to be slipping and their views becoming more partisan in recent times.

Al Jazeera is good for monitoring the pulse of the Middle East. Generally good reporting, as long as you are mindful of their agenda.

RT is good for keeping tabs on what Russia wants the world to think of them, which is useful insight into such an isolated country.

For Asia, it's tricky. Asahi shinbun is widely read, but it's heavily slanted in favor of Japan. I've found that Asian publications tend to have stronger nationalist and pro-government slants than Western publications, making them somewhat obtuse reads. Still, it's a view into Asia you wouldn't get from the Western press, so it's useful.