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It's more like "top world news". It's a nice project OP! I'm just ranting about terminology.

"Significant" has a very personal context. Things that affects significance to me are things like: proximity to my home/work, my hobbies, my age, my financial situation, etc.

For example, if my neighbourhood's crime rate had gone up by 100%, I'd want to see that amongst the top news of the day.

>>rantin+(OP)
Thank you! And great point. At first I used the word "important", but I thought importance is personal, so switched to "significant". I guess it also doesn't convey the actual meaning.

I don't like the word "top" because even on the most uneventful day there's going to be something that qualifies as top (because of the lack of competition).

So proper term would probably be "globally significant news" or "news significant to humanity as a whole".

>>rantin+(OP)
Exactly! I came here to say the same thing.

This project is very cool, but the top results are only significant for people concerned with politics and economics. It would be amazing to generate a custom score for the articles based on topics that impact me and my community the most.