The nature of the topics being discussed in the news is an essential research question in news spreading since it plays a vital role in individual consumer decisions and political and economic interactions. Also of interest is the question of how the news can be spread more widely across multiple barriers, including linguistic, economic, geographical, political, time zone and cultural. Observing event-centric news, we can see that it has different influences on the public and differs in the way that it spreads. For instance, one would expect news regarding natural disasters such as earthquakes to be mostly objective. Climate change, including global warming and pollution, is a very controversial topic, with political interests of different actors at play. Thus, the reporting is expected to be selective and biased. Finally, when sports intersect with larger societal issues, politics can become intertwined with sports news. Analysing the multi-faceted and spatio-temporal aspects of news coverage can bring insights into what may influence the differences in spreading patterns. This chapter will explain the novel analytical methods used to analyse and understand (1) the news-spreading barriers across different cultures and languages, (2) the multi-faceted and spatio-temporal aspects of the news coverage, and (3) news reporting differences across different political alignments and economic conditions.