Who We Are
Independent. Algorithmic. Global. The correction the record needed.
Before Julius Caesar reformed the calendar, Rome had a 13th month. It was called Mercedonius — inserted between the official months when the standard calendar had drifted too far from reality. The month that corrected the record. The one the powerful tried to control.
That is what we are.
Mercedonius is a global news aggregator covering Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East — the regions that shape the world but rarely lead the front page. We gather reporting from hundreds of sources across every continent, surface stories that fall between the cracks of the Western news cycle, and present them without the distortions of geography or editorial convenience.
We believe the most important news rarely arrives on schedule. Breaking. Politics. Economy. Climate. Conflict. Technology. Health. Culture. Seven regions. One feed. The 13th month of news.
Elections, governance, and international relations from every continent.
Markets, trade, labour, and development across the developing and developed world.
Wars, ceasefires, and humanitarian crises that rarely reach Western front pages.
Digital infrastructure, AI, and innovation from every region — not just Silicon Valley.
Public health, disease, and access to medicine across the global south and north.
Environmental change, arts, and identity across seven regions.
Mercedonius (also known as Intercalaris) was the intercalary month of the Roman Republican calendar — a 27-day period inserted between February and March when the calendar had drifted too far from the solar year. Its insertion was controlled by the pontiffs, who were known to extend or withhold it for political advantage. Julius Caesar abolished it in 45 BC when he reformed the calendar.
We chose the name because it describes something that should not have been necessary — but was. A correction inserted when the official record could no longer be trusted.
The Mercedonius name is not a brand — it is a philosophy. It describes what every one of our publications aspires to be: the correction the record needed.