FRONTEND_MVC/views/site/index/partners_news.php

<?php
/**
 * @var integer $topic_id
 */
$newsDataProvider = new \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider(
    [
        "query"=>\app\models\News::find()->joinWith("topics t")->andWhere(["t.id"=>[$topic_id,]]),
        "pagination" =>[
            "pageSize"=>3
        ],
    ]
);
echo \yii\helpers\Html::beginTag("div",["class"=>"partner-news row"]);
echo Yii::$app->cache->getOrSet("main-page-third-row-".$topic_id,function () use ($newsDataProvider){

    return \yii\widgets\ListView::widget([
        "dataProvider" => $newsDataProvider,
        'options' => [
            'tag' => false,
            'class' => 'list-wrapper',
            'id' => 'list-wrapper',
        ],
        "itemOptions"=>[
            "tag"=>false
        ],
        "itemView" => "_partner_news_item",
        "layout" => "{items}"
    ]);
},600);
echo \yii\helpers\Html::endTag("div");