---
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- en
- fr
tags:
- news
- world
pretty_name: World News from Multiple Sources.
---
# Dataset Card for World_News

A collection of news articles from around the world. The script ensures no duplicate articles are added.

## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description

The articles are drawn from these sources:
- Reuters News Agency

- BBC World News

- Al Jazeera

- Le Monde

- South China Morning Post

- The Hindu

- Deutshce Welle

- The Gauardian

- NPR

- TASS News Agency, Russia

- The Sydney Morning Herald


- **Curated by:** McNarland Software Consulatants Inc.
- **Funded by [optional]:** None
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- **Language(s) (NLP):** [English, French, Russian]
- **License:** [MIT]

### Dataset Sources [optional]

# Global News Sources (RSS Feeds)
AL_JAZEERA_FEED_URL = "https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml"
BBC_FEED_URL = "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml"
LE_MONDE_FEED_URL = "https://www.lemonde.fr/rss/en_continu.xml"
REUTERS_FEED_URL = "https://www.reutersagency.com/feed/?best-regions=north-america&post_type=best"
THE_HINDU_FEED_URL = "https://www.thehindu.com/news/feeder/default.rss"
SCMP_FEED_URL = "https://www.scmp.com/rss/2/feed"
DW_FEED_URL = "https://rss.dw.com/rdf/rss-en-all"
TASS_FEED_URL = "https://tass.com/rss"
RT_FEED_URL = "https://www.rt.com/rss/"
ABC_FEED_URL = "https://www.abc.net.au/news/feed/51120/rss.xml"
SMH_FEED_URL = "https://www.smh.com.au/rss/feed.xml"

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## Uses

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## Dataset Structure

The JSON format file contains a label and text column. The text column contains the article content while the label contains the publisher, publish date, and article name.

"label": "The Guardian;Middle East crisis live: protesters across Israel call for Netanyahu to agree hostage deal;https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/01/middle-east-crisis-live-israeli-military-says-bodies-of-six-hostages-recovered-in-gaza;2024-09-01T18:16:45Z",
"text": "US vice-president Kamala Harris has spoken to Jon and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the parents of Hersh who was one of the hostages ..."

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## Dataset Creation

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### Source Data

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