current affairs
What's happening now
Current affairs are the political, social, and economic events happening in the world right now.
The phrase typically refers to news of public importance rather than celebrity gossip or entertainment: a current affairs program, She stays informed on current affairs.
Someone interested in current affairs follows the news closely and can discuss ongoing issues.
- breaking newsNewly unfolding events reported
- hot takesProvocative, hasty commentary
- happeningsThings that take place
- newsReports of recent events
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
talking heads · topicality · coverage · media · fact-checking · reporting · press freedom · zeitgeist · world news · global events · political analysis · opinion pieces · events · headlines · latest · water cooler talk · economy · public opinion
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
- nonfiction genresbiography, memoir, autobiography, history, science
- Commentary Mediaop-ed, editorial, columnist, pundit, commentator
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- TV newsanchorman, anchorwoman, broadcast news, live broadcasts, cable news
current affairsancient history
Study of earliest civilizations
antiquity · historical events · past events · yesterday's news · old news
current affairsfiction
Imagined narrative work
entertainment · escapism · fantasy · light entertainment · trivia
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