Definition of news agency
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters
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At least 24 people have died and security forces have killed 11 suspected militants, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.
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In August 2016, Italian news agency ANSA reported him as calling for ethnic cleansing in Italy.
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Separately, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that Mike Pompeo, the new U.S. Secretary of State who met with Kim more than a month ago, ruled out a Trump-Kim meeting at Panmunjom, the border village.
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Ushakov said, according to state news agency RIA Novosti, the Post reports.
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An Iranian commercial aircraft carrying 66 people crashed on Sunday in southern Iran, a semi-official news agency reported.
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Now, the electronic company has temporarily halted all production of the phones, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
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Image: Google Maps North Korea’s official news agency has reported that the country has scheduled the demolition of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of talks with the United States next month.
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Syria's state news agency SANA quoted a Syrian military official as saying Israeli missiles hit air defense positions, radar stations and a weapons warehouse, but claiming most incoming rockets were intercepted.
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First Known Use of news agency
1873
NEWS AGENCY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of news agency for English Language Learners
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: an organization that collects and gives news to newspapers, magazines, television news programs, and radio stations
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