'News' is just the plural of 'new' — new things happening. French 'nouvelles' gave English the model.
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events.
From late Middle English 'newes,' plural of 'new' used as a noun, modeled on Old French 'noveles' (new things, news) or Medieval Latin 'nova' (new things), both from Latin 'novus' (new), from PIE *néwos (new). Despite the popular folk etymology that NEWS stands for 'North, East, West, South,' the word is simply the plural of 'new' — new things, new happenings. The same Latin