news agency
noun
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters
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Power cuts as a result of the earthquakes meant some elderly people were trapped in their apartments and with cell service down, people couldn’t communicate with their relatives, Baker told Reuters news agency from his home in the Los Palos Grandes area.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Rodriguez said the United Nations was sending specialized personnel to support rescue efforts, according to state news agency TeleSur TV on Telegram.
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Will Clark,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
South Korea took a soldier from the North into custody after the individual crossed the heavily fortified border this week in what is believed to be a defection, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
Between 2021 and 2025, Chinese universities ended or suspended 12,200 undergraduate degree programs and introduced about 10,200 new ones, according to Ministry of Education data cited by Xinhua, China’s official state news agency.
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Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Rodriguez said the United Nations was sending specialized personnel to support rescue efforts, according to state news agency TeleSur TV on Telegram.
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Will Clark,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
South Korea took a soldier from the North into custody after the individual crossed the heavily fortified border this week in what is believed to be a defection, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
Between 2021 and 2025, Chinese universities ended or suspended 12,200 undergraduate degree programs and introduced about 10,200 new ones, according to Ministry of Education data cited by Xinhua, China’s official state news agency.
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Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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“News agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20agency. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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