Google News RSS API

Google News is a free news aggregator that collects headlines from thousands of publishers around the world. Google exposes its feeds via public RSS 2.0 endpoints that require no authentication or API key.

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Base URL

https://news.google.com/rss

All feed URLs are built by appending paths and query parameters to this base.

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Query Parameters

Every feed URL accepts the following query parameters to control region and language:

Parameter	Required	Description	Example
hl	Yes	Interface language / locale code	en-US, fr, de, ja, pt-BR, es-419
gl	Yes	Country / geographic location (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)	US, GB, IN, DE, JP, BR
ceid	Yes	Compound locale key in the form {gl}:{language}	US:en, GB:en, DE:de, JP:ja, BR:pt-419

Important: All three parameters should be consistent. Mismatched values may return unexpected or empty results.

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Supported Locations (Validated)

The following locations have been tested and confirmed to return valid RSS feeds (HTTP 200):

Location	hl	gl	ceid	Example URL
🇺🇸 United States	en-US	US	US:en	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	en-GB	GB	GB:en	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB:en
🇮🇳 India	en-IN	IN	IN:en	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-IN&gl=IN&ceid=IN:en
🇦🇺 Australia	en-AU	AU	AU:en	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-AU&gl=AU&ceid=AU:en
🇨🇦 Canada	en-CA	CA	CA:en	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA:en
🇩🇪 Germany	de	DE	DE:de	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=de&gl=DE&ceid=DE:de
🇫🇷 France	fr	FR	FR:fr	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=fr&gl=FR&ceid=FR:fr
🇯🇵 Japan	ja	JP	JP:ja	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=ja&gl=JP&ceid=JP:ja
🇧🇷 Brazil	pt-BR	BR	BR:pt-419	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=pt-BR&gl=BR&ceid=BR:pt-419
🇲🇽 Mexico	es-419	MX	MX:es-419	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=es-419&gl=MX&ceid=MX:es-419
🇮🇱 Israel	en-IL	IL	IL:en	https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-IL&gl=IL&ceid=IL:en

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Feed Types

1. Top Stories (Headlines)

Returns the current top stories for a given location.

URL pattern:

https://news.google.com/rss?hl={hl}&gl={gl}&ceid={gl}:{lang}

Example — US top stories:

https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

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2. Topic Feeds

Returns articles for a specific news topic / section.

URL pattern:

https://news.google.com/rss/topics/{TOPIC_ID}?hl={hl}&gl={gl}&ceid={gl}:{lang}

Known Topic IDs (English, US):

Topic	Topic ID
World	CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGx1YlY4U0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB
Nation / U.S.	CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNRGxqTjNjU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
Business	CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGx6TVdZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB
Technology	CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB
Entertainment	CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNREpxYW5RU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB
Sports	CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRFp1ZEdvU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB
Science	CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRFp0Y1RjU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB
Health	CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR3QwTlRFU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ

Example — Technology news (US):

https://news.google.com/rss/topics/CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

Note: Topic IDs are base64-encoded protocol buffer strings. They can differ by language/region. The IDs above are for en-US. To find topic IDs for other locales, inspect the RSS link on the Google News website for that locale.

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3. Keyword / Search Feeds

Returns articles matching a search query.

URL pattern:

https://news.google.com/rss/search?q={query}&hl={hl}&gl={gl}&ceid={gl}:{lang}

Query modifiers:

Modifier	Description	Example
+ or space	AND (default)	q=artificial+intelligence
OR	OR operator	q=Tesla+OR+SpaceX
-	Exclude term	q=Apple+-fruit
"..."	Exact phrase (URL-encode the quotes)	q=%22climate+change%22
when:7d	Time filter — last N days/hours	q=Bitcoin+when:7d
when:1h	Time filter — last 1 hour	q=breaking+news+when:1h
after:YYYY-MM-DD	Articles after a date	q=Olympics+after:2024-07-01
before:YYYY-MM-DD	Articles before a date	q=Olympics+before:2024-08-15
site:	Restrict to a domain	q=AI+site:reuters.com

Example — search for "artificial intelligence" in the last 7 days:

https://news.google.com/rss/search?q=artificial+intelligence+when:7d&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

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RSS Response Format

All feeds return RSS 2.0 XML. Here is the general structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <generator>NFE/5.0</generator>
    <title>Top stories - Google News</title>
    <link>https://news.google.com/?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US:en</link>
    <language>en-US</language>
    <webMaster>[email protected]</webMaster>
    <copyright>...</copyright>
    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:50:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
    <item>
      <title>Article headline - Publisher Name</title>
      <link>https://news.google.com/rss/articles/...</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.google.com/rss/articles/...</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>
        <!-- HTML ordered list of related articles -->
        <ol>
          <li><a href="...">Article Title</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Publisher</font></li>
          ...
        </ol>
      </description>
      <source url="https://publisher-domain.com">Publisher Name</source>
    </item>
    <!-- more <item> elements -->
  </channel>
</rss>

Key Fields per <item>

Field	Description
<title>	Headline text followed by - Publisher Name
<link>	Google News redirect URL. Visiting it in a browser redirects to the actual article.
<guid>	Unique identifier (same as <link>)
<pubDate>	Publication date in RFC 2822 format
<description>	HTML snippet containing an ordered list (<ol>) of related/clustered articles with links and publisher names
<source url="...">	Publisher name and homepage URL

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Common Patterns

Fetch Top Headlines (curl + grep)

curl -s "https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en" \
  | grep -oP '<title>\K[^<]+'

Fetch Top Headlines (Python)

import feedparser

feed = feedparser.parse(
    "https://news.google.com/rss?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en"
)

for entry in feed.entries:
    print(f"{entry.published} — {entry.title}")
    print(f"  Link: {entry.link}")
    print()

Fetch Topic Feed (curl + xmllint)

TOPIC="CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSUwyMHZNRGRqTVhZU0FtVnVHZ0pWVXlnQVAB"
curl -s "https://news.google.com/rss/topics/${TOPIC}?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en" \
  | xmllint --xpath '//item/title/text()' -

Search for Articles (Python)

import feedparser
import urllib.parse

query = urllib.parse.quote("artificial intelligence when:7d")
url = f"https://news.google.com/rss/search?q={query}&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en"

feed = feedparser.parse(url)