NightStar
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| the-news | 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