Quick answer
Но́вости is plural: но́вости говоря́т. A single item is но́вость (feminine).
The media
The state
Talking about it
The grammar of headlines
Headlines drop verbs and stack genitives: Повыше́ние цен на бензи́н — a rise in petrol prices. Unpacking them is a reading skill of its own: find the first noun, then read each genitive as “of…”.
A word of advice
Politics is not neutral small talk in Russia, and a foreigner raising it can put the other person in an awkward position. Сло́жный вопро́с and Я не хочу́ обсужда́ть поли́тику are complete, polite answers — in both directions. This page exists so you can read and understand, not so you can interview people.
Typical mistakes
Но́вости интере́сная.
Но́вости интере́сные.
но́вости is plural.
Я ви́дел в телеви́зоре.
Я ви́дел по телеви́зору.
Broadcasting takes по + dative.
Check yourself
Which is correct?