[Independent]

The thing is, it’s not a world news channel and never will be.

It’s very much NATO zone focussed with little from the rest of the world (from what I’ve seen). Despite being anchored from Singapore for overnight hours they cover very few Asian stories compared to Europe/US, and Africa and South America hardly feature.

In the past WN was much more global. But recent years have been very disappointing. I tuned in for Newsday yesterday and the 2nd story was about expectations over how the US top court would rule on student debt forgiveness. It took at least 15 min into a 30-min bulletin on AJE for a package on the story to appear during US primetime after covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Turkey-Syria quake, TikTok, Nigeria and DR Congo. Much of the US news covered on WN a decade ago had actual international relevance. The reliance on ad revenue is distorting the BBC's coverage.
www.youtube.com 
www.youtube.com 

Ideally it would at least meet the needs of the commonwealth. [...]

I do wish the Singapore hours would be revamped into something more worthwhile [...]

Singapore should've been given that investment instead of DC. SG is a Commonwealth nation and no other int'l channel is producing more than 1 hour of live news from Asia. But maximizing ad revenues is the next priority after savings by moving output to a different time zone but it's understandable under the current circumstances.