Newspapers
Staff and students at The University of Manchester can access a wide range of online resources, including newspapers, via the UoM Library databases page.
For other links to international newspaper sites see:
- Newseum website
For links to some British newspaper websites see:
- British Media Online
- The Express
- The Financial Times
- The Guardian
- The Independent
- The Observer
- The Sunday Times
- The Telegraph
- The Times
Newspapers contain a lot of interesting stories which can help to improve your language skills, particularly with reading. You do not need to understand every single word in a text as long as you can get the main idea, and reading newspapers is an ideal way of developing these skills.
International newspapers
Arabic
- Al Anwar - Lebanese
- Al Arabiya - Saudi Arabian
- Alayam - Bahraini
- Al-Ittíhad - Emirati
- Al Jazeera
- Al-Quds - Palestinian
- Al Rai - Kuwaiti
- Arabic Media - links to Arabic language newspapers from 26 different countries
- Arreyadi - sports
- Bahrain News Agency
- BBC - Arabic News
- CNN - Arabic News
- OnlineNewspapers - Egypt - extensive list of Egyptian newspapers
- Raya - Qatari
Catalan
- Bondia
- Diari de Girona
- El Periódico
- El Punt Avui
- Regió 7
- ThePaperboy - Catalonia - list of links to 15 newspapers from Catalonia
- VilaWeb
Chinese
- China Youth Daily - official newspaper of the Communist Youth League of China
- The Economic Observer - independent weekly
- OnlineNewspapers.com - links to newspapers and magazines
- The People's Daily - official newspaper of the government of China
- W3Newspapers - links to Chinese (business, entertainment, sports, economy, etc)
German
Austria:
Germany:
- Berliner Zeitung
- BILD
- Frankenpost
- Kicker - sport
- Rhein Zeitung
- Rheinische Post
- Der Spiegel
- Stern
- Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Die Welt
- Die Zeit
Switzerland:
- ABYZ News Links - list of links to Swiss news media
Greek
- Eleftherotypia
- Kathimerini
- Naftemporiki - financial
- Proto Thema
- Ta Nea
- To Vima
- Greek Newspapers Online - List of links
Hebrew
- Calcalist - business, economics, sports, technology, etc
- Haaretz - sister paper to New York Times. (English language edition also available)
- Iton Tel-Aviv - general news
- Maariv - second highest-selling newspaper in Israel
- World-newspapers - list of links to Israeli newspapers and news sites
- Yedioth Ahronoth - largest-selling Israeli daily
Hindi/Urdu
Hindi
Urdu
Italian
- Il Corriere della Sera
- Il Corriere dello Sport
- La Gazzeta dello Sport
- IPSE.com - links to national and local Italian newspapers
- IPSE.com - Riviste - links to magazines and periodicals
- Il Messaggero
- La Repubblica
- Il Resto del Carlino
- Il Sole 24 ore - daily financial news
- La Stampa
- Cronaca di Roma
Korean
- Chosun Ilbo
- Dong-a Ilbo - highest-circulation daily
- Hankook Ilbo
- Kookmin Ilbo
- Munhwa Ilbo
- Seoul Shinmun
- W3newspapers - (South Korea) List of links to Korean language newspapers
- world-newspapers.com - (South Korea) Lists of links to Korean newspapers and info on business, entertainment, the arts, sport, etc
Persian
- Hamshahri - mildly reformist daily
- Iran-e Varzeshi - daily sports newspaper
- IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
- Kayhan News - extremely conservative daily
- OnlineNewspapers.com - list of links to Iranian publications
- Pars Times
- World-newspapers.com - list of links to Iranian publications
Polish
- Fakt - Best-selling tabloid
- Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland's first post-communist independent daily
- Super Express - Tabloid
- Rzeczpospolita - Economic and legal daily
- Dziennik Gazeta Prawna - Legal and business daily
- Przeglad Sportowy - Sport
- Puls Biznesu - Business and economics
Russian
- Argumenty i Fakty - weekly
- Izvestia - high-circulation daily
- Kommersant - politics and business
- The Moscow Times (English)
- Pravda - official newspaper of the CPRF
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Russian Press Digest
- Sovetsky Sport
- W3Newspapers - list of links to Russian news sites
Spanish
Spain:
- ABCe
- Instituto Cervantes
- Marca - sport
- El Mundo
- Expansión - business/economics
- El Pais (Spain)
- La Vanguardia
Argentina:
Bolivia:
Chile:
Columbia:
Costa Rica:
Cuba:
- Granma - official paper of the Central Cttee of the Cuban Communist Party
Dominican Republic:
Ecuador:
El Salvador:
Guatemala:
Honduras:
Mexico:
Nicaragua:
Panama:
Paraguay:
Peru:
Puerto Rico:
Uruguay:
- El Pais (Uruguay)
Venezuela:
Various languages
- Today's Front Pages (Newseum) Read the news in different languages.
- Worldpress.org - World Newspapers and Magazines Useful portal site with links to online newspapers in many languages around the world.