A global news dashboard is a cool idea and this is a good first step, but naturally with hundreds of countries each with dozens of news stories it is overwhelming.
Some ideas for improvement;
1. Sorting options: Alphabetic by name
2. Filtering: Quick filter by country name
3. Show source of each news item
4. Read indicators
5. Scrolling of each country list within scrolling of entire page is tricky
6. Pinning/favouriting countries to the top
