Visit Art galleries, Museums, Zoos all over the world. Read newspapers, magazines all over the world. Most Magazines and newspapers have a web site. This is especially nice to keep tabs on another part of the world where you may have ties. Read the news .
All news services have sites.
CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, AP and many others. You can watch for severe weather or learn about volcanos. Listen to Radio stations all over the world. Same comment as above except it is real time. You listen as it is broadcast.