For news, get a news paper. You get your news once per day. Ignore the internet.
> completely unplug for many weeks without some way to catch up.
Things move very slowly. You'll fill in the missing bits when you start reading the news again after a hiatus. Have you never gone on holidays? Just try it. Ignore the news for two weeks, then start reading it again. Sure, you'll miss some things, but there's nothing that needs your attention that fast. Should WWIII break out, you'll find out through other means, but the odds are very, very small that that'll happen while you take a news break.
> completely unplug for many weeks without some way to catch up.
Things move very slowly. You'll fill in the missing bits when you start reading the news again after a hiatus. Have you never gone on holidays? Just try it. Ignore the news for two weeks, then start reading it again. Sure, you'll miss some things, but there's nothing that needs your attention that fast. Should WWIII break out, you'll find out through other means, but the odds are very, very small that that'll happen while you take a news break.