try reading the economist-- it runs $85 a year (student/teacher rate-- get the forms in the college office) its $125 per annum other wise-- and still worth every penny. it provides world coverage.. ie-- do you know what's happening with Agentina these days? or somolia? or macadonia? unless american get killed there-- it doesn't make the news. most network news teams now rely on BBC or others for foriegn "corespondents"-- they don't have any one any where.. so-- there is never any news from there.
You don't have to like it politics, but the NY Times is also pretty decent coverage of world affairs.. as does the International Herald Tribune-- which is a joint effort of NYT, Washington Post, and (i forget?--LA ?) but at least they have foriegn corespondents.
US News-- is that-- and the world report part is mostly business, not real reporting. the economist is pretty liberal too-- but since its more international, you might like it better than NYT.
