Global Events

Global Events show you the big picture. While an individual trend captures what is happening in one country and language, a Root Event groups related trends into a single macro story that spans borders and languages. One story like "EU AI Regulation" might surface as distinct trends in France, Germany, the US, and Japan -- Global Events tie them together.

How it works

EarlyForge organizes trends in two layers:

• Root Event (the global story) -- A cross-lingual, cross-country grouping. Example: "AI Regulation Debate".
• Sub-clusters (the local angles) -- Individual trends per country and language that belong to the root event. Example: "EU AI Act" (France / fr), "AI Safety Bill" (US / en), and the same story as reported in Japanese (Japan / ja).

EarlyForge matches related trends across languages automatically. Smart entity disambiguation prevents false matches -- "Apple" the company and "apple" the fruit are never confused.

Time windows

Not every story has the same shelf life. Clustering uses category-aware time windows so unrelated events about the same topic, months or years apart, never merge: short windows for fast-moving stories like breaking news or markets, and much longer ones for slow-circulating topics like science and academic research.

The Events page

Open Events from the sidebar to see a filterable list of root events. Each one shows:

• Title -- The root event name, representing the macro story.
• Global score -- The highest score among all its sub-clusters. If the US sub-cluster scores 85 and the France sub-cluster scores 72, the root event shows 85.
• Country count -- How many countries have sub-clusters for this event.
• Language count -- How many languages the event spans.
• Propagation speed -- How quickly the event spread geographically, measured as the time from the first to the fifth country detecting it.

Event detail panel

Click any root event to open the detail panel.

Sub-clusters

A list of all sub-clusters grouped by country. Each one shows the country, language, local trend title, score, lifecycle stage, and source count.

Propagation timeline

A geographic view of how the story spread over time:

• First detection -- The country and timestamp where the event first appeared.
• Spread sequence -- Subsequent countries in chronological order.
• Current reach -- How widely the event has spread across monitored countries.

For example, a tech announcement might show: US (0h) → UK (1h) → Germany (2h) → France (2.5h) → Japan (6h).

Access by plan

Global Events are available on paid plans. Higher plans unlock broader access to root events and their full propagation detail, while Enterprise adds custom coverage. Free focuses on the individual trends feed rather than cross-lingual events.

Use case: tracking global stories

Global Events are especially valuable for teams covering international news. Instead of monitoring dozens of country-specific feeds, you see one unified event with all its regional angles. This helps you:

• Spot global stories early -- An event appearing in 3+ countries is likely significant.
• Understand geographic spread -- The propagation timeline shows which regions lead or lag.
• Write multi-angle articles -- Use sub-clusters as distinct perspectives for a comprehensive piece.

What's next?

• Explore trends -- Dive into individual country-level trends
• Follow and watch trends -- Track specific trends over time
• Trend alerts -- Get email alerts when trends match your criteria