Editorial policy

Global News Compass aims to make international stories easier to follow without blurring the difference between established information, interpretation, and uncertainty. Readers should be able to tell what we are explaining and how to raise a concern about it.

Accuracy and clarity

We check names, dates, roles, and descriptions against dependable material before publication, and take care not to treat a summary as the full story. We explain necessary terminology in plain language and distinguish what is known from what remains uncertain. Our evergreen explainers are written to clarify concepts, not to stand in for current reporting when events change.

Independence

Editorial decisions are made for the reader’s understanding of a subject. A commercial relationship does not determine our conclusions or earn a favourable account. We do not present a partner’s preferred view as independent editorial judgment.

Corrections

If you spot an error, write through the Contact page and identify the relevant page and detail. We review correction requests, amend material when warranted, and make the nature of a meaningful correction clear to readers. A correction is not a place to quietly replace an uncertain claim with another unsupported one.

Partner material and illustrations

Any paid, supplied, or otherwise partner-supported material is identified clearly as such and kept distinct from independent editorial content. Illustrations may sometimes be AI-generated; when they are, they are labelled. Images are not presented as documentary evidence of an event unless that is what they are.