Newspapers are all over the world today, but the first newspaper began in the renaissance era, when people would hand out hand written news bulletins. The first printed newspaper appeared in Germany in 1448. Today the news of the world is brought to us by many different types of paper. There are Canadian newspapers like the Vancouver sun, which most people just call the sun newspaper. Another important Canadian paper is the Toronto Star, You can find different listings for American and Canadian papers on http://www.geocities.com/johnh_vanbc/canada/newspapers.html, Important British newspapers are: The guardian, the star, the economist. There is a more detailed listing on http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm. It takes a news event, a very short amount of time to hit all the major newspapers around the world. Even global tv news is widely viewed in many countries. Most people all over the world know about what’s going on around the entire world. We know if there is an earthquake in India almost immediately after it happens. Even online newspapers have the news immediately after it happens. Today news is transmitted much faster than it ever was in previous decades. Most newspaper archives report world events up to a day after the actual event. Today we can get the news just hours after the event.