Actually I did not solve it. I find the alternatives is worse. Google News seems better but my news reading is not a main activity.
Also I live ib Switzerland and don't speak French and I hate when websites like Google always assumes that (being logged solves it but then we have privacy issues too)
Nowadays I just go to the arabic version of Aljazeera and skim the headlines for quick overview on what is happening.
(the previous blog post mentioned Arabic language news sources as a major pain point, so I'm wondering if anything changed.)