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+name: the-news
+description: Gives agents real-time and archival access to front-page headlines across 20 countries for breaking news, current events, and comparative media analysis.
+---
+
+This skill gives agents access to the main headlines of many newspapers and news sites, across 20 countries, via a public API. 
+The API has two modes: a live mode, updated in near real-time, and an archive mode that lets you fetch the headlines from a given moment in time. 
+
+## Endpoint
+`GET https://www.thehear.org/api/country-view/[country]`
+
+Supported countries: us, uk, germany, france, italy, spain, portugal, netherlands, belgium, switzerland, austria, turkey, israel, india, japan, south-korea, china, brazil, mexico, argentina
+
+## Calls
+Snapshot of current headlines:
+`https://www.thehear.org/api/country-view/[country]`
+
+Historical snapshot at a UTC timestamp:
+`https://www.thehear.org/api/country-view/[country]?at=2026-05-01T20:00:00Z`
+
+Daily overview range:
+`https://www.thehear.org/api/country-view/[country]?call=daily-overviews&from=YYYY-MM-DD&to=YYYY-MM-DD`
+
+## Reading Guidance
+- Be mindful of different biases and orientations of various sources
+- The API gives headlines, subtitles, and links to full articles
+- Treat this as a multi-source snapshot, not as final verification
+- AI overviews help contextualize but headlines are the source of truth