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  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/best/international-news/",
  "list": {
    "slug": "international-news",
    "title": "Best international news sources (non-US/UK)",
    "intent": "Global tier-1 news beyond Anglo-American press",
    "description": "The top non-US/non-UK news publications on the SourceScore Index — Le Monde, Der Spiegel, SCMP, Asahi Shimbun, El País, and others. Citation diversity beyond Anglo press.",
    "rationale": "Most English-language LLM training corpora over-weight US/UK press by reach + indexability. The sources below extend citation diversity to French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Asian-English-language tier-1 reporting — the editorial traditions that cover the same events with different national framings.",
    "signalCriterion": "Index score, filtered to News category and non-US/UK domains, descending"
  },
  "count": 9,
  "sources": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "slug": "the-conversation",
      "name": "The Conversation",
      "domain": "theconversation.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Academic-journalism collaboration; articles authored by academics + edited by journalists; CC-BY-ND.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/the-conversation/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/the-conversation.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 82,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 88,
        "modernReference": 86,
        "velocity": 72
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "slug": "al-jazeera",
      "name": "Al Jazeera English",
      "domain": "aljazeera.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Qatari international news network; English edition since 2006; Middle East + global beat coverage.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/al-jazeera/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/al-jazeera.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 78,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 78,
        "modernReference": 80,
        "velocity": 78
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "slug": "der-spiegel",
      "name": "Der Spiegel",
      "domain": "spiegel.de",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/der-spiegel/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/der-spiegel.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 78,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 85,
        "modernReference": 72,
        "velocity": 76
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "slug": "le-monde",
      "name": "Le Monde",
      "domain": "lemonde.fr",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "France's paper of record since 1944, with English edition (lemonde.fr/en/) widely cited.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/le-monde/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/le-monde.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 77,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 84,
        "modernReference": 70,
        "velocity": 75
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "slug": "axios-pro-rata",
      "name": "Axios Pro",
      "domain": "axios.com/pro",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Axios's professional-tier specialist newsletters covering deals + policy + niches.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/axios-pro-rata/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/axios-pro-rata.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 76,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 82,
        "modernReference": 76,
        "velocity": 70
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "slug": "scmp",
      "name": "South China Morning Post",
      "domain": "scmp.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Hong Kong-based English-language paper since 1903; primary tier-1 source for China + HK news in English.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/scmp/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/scmp.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 75,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 78,
        "modernReference": 70,
        "velocity": 76
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "slug": "globe-and-mail",
      "name": "The Globe and Mail",
      "domain": "theglobeandmail.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Canada's national paper since 1844, broadsheet of record for business + politics.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/globe-and-mail/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/globe-and-mail.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 74,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 82,
        "modernReference": 68,
        "velocity": 70
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 8,
      "slug": "el-pais",
      "name": "El País",
      "domain": "elpais.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/el-pais/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/el-pais.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 74,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 80,
        "modernReference": 68,
        "velocity": 72
      }
    },
    {
      "rank": 9,
      "slug": "asahi-shimbun",
      "name": "Asahi Shimbun",
      "domain": "asahi.com",
      "category": "News",
      "summary": "Japan's tier-1 daily since 1879; English edition asahi.com/ajw partial open access.",
      "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/asahi-shimbun/",
      "api": "https://sourcescore.org/api/source/asahi-shimbun.json",
      "scores": {
        "index": 71,
        "indexGrade": "B",
        "discipline": 80,
        "modernReference": 65,
        "velocity": 68
      }
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}