Ask HN: Keeping up with news with minimal effort

QUESTION: how do you (if) stay up to date with important world events, but without spending too much time reading news?

Could you share the news digesting services availible in the web?

Reason of asking:

Over last year I completely stopped reading general news.

Some of pros of not reading news I observed: more time, peaceful mindset, quicker personal growth.

Though, there is a significant issue I am facing, I am sometimes completely unaware of a must-know historical events, like the current Ukraine-Russia conflict, etc.