Though rumour and speculation travels fast in the world, you are more likely to hear of something happening if you were involved in it or close to it. In this way, there is global news, which is the major events that everyone in the world will have some idea of; Colony news, which will be highly discussed within a colony but of little importance elsewhere; and Allegiance news, which is more in the form of organisations giving their members briefings on what they need to know.