news agency

noun

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Definition of news agency

: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters

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Recent Examples of news agency from the Web

Argentina’s ambassador to Russia, Ricardo Lagorio, told the TASS news agency.

— dan gartland, SI.com, "Argentina Brings Three Tons of Food to Russia for World Cup," 8 June 2018
Italy’s transport minister, Danilo Toninelli, told the news agency ANSA after a Cabinet meeting late Thursday that the Lifeline remained in Libyan waters, according to Italian Coast Guard officials.

— colleen barry, BostonGlobe.com, "Italy interior minister refuses port to migrant rescue ship," 21 June 2018
Citing an unnamed government source, the South Korean news agency said the suspension was likely to affect only major joint exercises, not more routine military training.

— josh smith, The Christian Science Monitor, "US and South Korea will likely suspend major military drills," 18 June 2018
But on Saturday, the Chinese news agency Xinhua said that the countries had agreed not to impose retaliatory tariffs going forward — at least for now — which Mnuchin appeared to confirm on Sunday.

— benjamin hart, Daily Intelligencer, "Mnuchin: China-U.S. Trade War ‘On Hold’," 20 May 2018
Riza Aziz, co-founder of Red Granite Pictures Inc. and stepson of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been summoned to a Tuesday hearing at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, according to state news agency Bernama.

— Time, "Wolf of Wall Street," 4 July 2018
The complaint says Griesemer phoned in threats to the news agency 22 times over a two-day period.

— trevor hughes, USA TODAY, "Capital Gazette shooting suspect seen as angry loner, obsessed with those who 'wronged' him," 3 July 2018
As a result, however, 561 Yemeni people have arrived on Jeju alone this year according to Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

— chris irvine, Fox News, "South Korea fearful Yemeni asylum seekers will exploit visa loophole," 28 June 2018
The company's entry-level motorcycle in France costs 7,490 euros ($8,766), according to the news agency Reuters.

— rick barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Harley rumbles in Europe, but its 'made in America' message doesn't always resonate," 26 June 2018

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