I have an 8-year old and a 4-year old. My 8-year-old recently asked me "Are wars are real?" At 8 years old, my elders watched TV news so I got little inklings of politics, wars, crime, etc. But we don't want today's TV news in our house. Both my children have tablets and limited internet access. Is there a good source of good curated age-appropriate news? Preferably something streamable.
In a related question from 2011 PBS newshour and BBC newsround were recommended. PBS newshour is sometimes heavy, but maybe we should try it as a family. BBC Newsround focuses a bit too much on British pop culture and sports but it is certainly safe and digestable.
UpdateI am really having trouble accepting any answer here. Many people posted insightful comments giving good parenting advice. I appreciate that. Some provided other alternatives to news. But most seem to say there is no good source, while I have found too many to research them all! It seems like many people wanted to give parenting advice rather than answer the question. Perhaps it was poor of me to ask the community to do my research for me.
Since I posted this, I found DogoNews and Time For Kids to be my good candidates. Both are on the Common Sense Media's list of news for kids. Youngzine seems to vary: one day it was celebrity news, but today it looks earth sciencey which seems quite good.