Showing that some tasks do not require 3rd party plugins lie you might think, Mikey Borup walks through creating a newscast style 3D spinning globe in After Effects using only After Effects native tools.

An easy to create 3D spinning globe, for you next breaking news, All done in after effects without any 3rd party plugins

As Mikey mentioned, this is pretty easily done using the CC Sphere plugin in AE, but he does some clever things and workflow tips as he steps through the procedure. Mikey ads some type and uses the CC Cylinder plugin to wrap it around the globe, adding animation tow both elements.