These links are to sources of current information in news sources that may be of use to you in your research. There are many more such resources and I encourage you to look at the Electronic Resources Directory of Baylor Libraries' resources, searching for a country or broad subject you are interested in to see what additional specific resources we have.
Google Scholar will reduce the number of results you get AND limit those results to scholarly sources you can use in your research. It does that by searching only for materials published by academic journals and academic publishers. Start using this instead of Google for your college-level research.