  This paper proposes a quantitative model of the circulation of foreign news
based on a gravity-like model of spatial interaction disaggregated by time,
media and countries of interest. The analysis of international RSS news stories
published by 31 daily newspapers in 2015 demonstrates, first, that many of the
laws of circulation of international news predicted half a century ago by
Galtung and Ruge and by {\"O}stgaard are still valid. The salience of countries
in media remains strongly determined by size effects (area, population), with
prominent coverage of rich countries (GDP/capita) with elite status (permanent
members of UNSC, the Holy See). The effect of geographical distance and a
common language remains a major factor of media coverage in newsrooms.
Contradicting the flat world hypothesis, global journalism remains an
exception, and provincialism is the rule. The disaggregation of the model by
media demonstrates that newspapers are not following exactly the same rules and
are more or less sensitive to distance, a common language or elite status. The
disaggregation of the model by week suggests that the rules governing foreign
news can also be temporarily modified by exceptional events that eliminate the
usual effects of salience and relatedness, producing short periods of 'global
consensus' that can benefit small, poor and remote countries. This paper
concludes by recommending the use of a sample of carefully chosen diversified
media rather than a large aggregation of data for global studies.
