I think you are on the right track. Newswire services like AP and Reuters tend to have the least noticeable spin, but no news service is bias free. Best you can do is diversify your outlets and look at not just the narrative but now each outlet sources their claims (Who are they talking to? What data do they use to support their conclusions?)

I do not know much about HK news sources, but I follow some Taiwan-based outlets like Focus Taiwan (state-backed) and Taipei Times (largest English-language outlet). There is often coverage of HK and southeast Asia there but obviously more in how it relates to Taiwan. NHK in Japan may also be an option. Best of luck!

You are right to use multiple sources. Avoid US sources except NPR, PBS, AP news. Decent sources also include ProPublica, DW, the Narwhal, the rabble, the Tyee, Reuters

Australia has two public broadcasters: ABC and SBS. Both provide reasonably balanced reporting.

abc.net.au/news is the main one, similar in concept to the BBC. Officially they don't support RSS feeds any longer, but they still exist and work. See https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/abc-news-australia-rss-feeds/

sbs.com.au/news is our "Special Broadcasting Service" and caters to our more multicultural and indigenous audiences in general, but their news is fairly solid, perhaps without the breadth and depth of the ABC. Their main RSS news feed is at https://www.sbs.com.au/news/feed and they have others. See https://feedsearch.dev/api/v1/search?result=true&url=sbs.com.au

Drop Site, Breaking Points, 404, The Guardian

Just don't use BBC for anything related to the Palestinian genocide.

https://europeancorrespondent.com/en (EU funded non-profit), though they focus on casual news from around Europe rather than world events

I find fact based source sites like Reuters the best for this. If you want to understand exactly what is speculation and what is known about a story, there isn't much that I have found to do this better. There is however some leaning towards the effects on stock markets, but I find the core bias well managed.

PBS is decent, if written to a bit of a dumbed-down level at times while their NPR counterpart is better with that. Ars Technica was originally an excellent tech site, but has broadened its repertoire quite a lot over the past decade - although it doesn't focus so much on the things most mainstream media sites cover, there's still routinely some overlap.

404 Media? I'm not much one to follow news, so I can't speak to accuracy or biases, but I've heard them recommend as an independent source. Especially since, they should be less beholden to corporate interests since they're a journalist cooperative.

The guardian.

The intercept does good work. Surprised no one has mentioned them yet.

If you're looking for general news I subscribe to Grist, The Conversation, Mother Jones, and ProPublica. They have a mostly neutral bias. I also have some leftie sources: Vox, The 19th, and Jacobin. And one right wing news source that is more libertarian than MAGA: The American Conservative, just to keep an eye on them. All of those have a US bias. The EFF's Deep Links and Open Culture are also great but are more niche.

maybe also AP News? not really a news outlet but i also have MBFC and Lead Stories

i use freshrss's extractor to get feeds from sites without rss/atom and also for full text instead of short intro, might be useful for you too

German ARD and ZDF are about as reliable as BBC, if you don't mind using translation tools.

1440 keeps things on the level, the least spin of any news source I'm aware of

"The Conversation" is usually pretty good. No idea if they have any feeds, though.

I know what you mean by pro corporate bias and I don't know how exactly to describe it. Maybe that they tend to be reluctant to rock the boat too much?

I like the daily beans podcasts with allison gill and daina goldberg. They do a podcast and a few other things... they're great.

Can you define corporate bias? I'm not disagreeing but it just sounds a bit vague. That the outlets themselves are (owned by) corporations?

There's plenty public media in most countries, possibly not corporate depending on your definition.

Hmm… it’s gonna be tough to find brands that produce quality international news without something of a corpo bent.

Maybe if you have areas of interest you can find writers and reporters in that space who you can follow and perhaps compensate directly.

Also, have you considered Ground News?