Originally Posted by hercretired

CIA WorldFactbook is good: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/

DOS has travel advisories, very civilian in nature but still valuable: https://travel.state.gov/en/internat...dvisories.html

BBC business section is less political and at the end of the day, everything in the world is measured by a dollar sign: https://www.bbc.com/business