World news is a general term for the coverage of current events and issues from countries around the globe. This type of reporting typically involves a journalist who is based in a foreign city (often the capital of a country) and regularly files stories to the news editor about local events and other news from abroad. Correspondents often remain in touch with their local community and keep close relationships with government officials, members of the military and other important figures in the area.
A common theme of WWN articles revolved around the idea that aliens are causing problems on Earth. These stories usually featured reports of alien abductions, contacts with extraterrestrials, or alleged encounters with mermen and mermaids. The WWN even ran a story about a mermaid that was captured by fishermen off the coast of Florida in 2004.
In later years, WWN devoted many articles to the issue of shockingly obese people. One of the most famous was a story about Roland Gillespie, who at the time was believed to be the world’s fattest man. The WWN encouraged readers to send in their guesses on how much he weighed, and even went as far as suggesting that the crew sat on him.
Other popular WWN topics included lost prophecies or religious relics, predictions of depression or apocalypse, and newly discovered treasures such as gold, diamonds and meteorites. The magazine also delved into pseudoscience, with stories about uranium mining and claims of miraculous cures for cancer and other diseases.