VI. Economist - a world of news from a different perspective

http://www.economist.com/index.html

If you would like to explore the native English speakers’ world, if you would like to know what they native speakers are reading for news, this is a good choice for you. And more importantly, you can get interesting information about how foreign people look at China from their own perspectives and about how they interpret the news happening in their own country, like the Hurricane in America, like the election in Iraqi.
You will learn more about the updated English usages, about what idiomatic English like and also you can broaden your world view.
And more importantly, to improve your English listening and speaking, here you can find audios of interviews and news :)