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Obituary - Pehr Gyllenhammar, who played key role in Reuters merger with Thomson

Monday 25 November 2024

Swedish industrialist Pehr Gyllenhammar, who played a key role in the Reuters merger with Thomson Corporation in 2008, has died in Toronto at the age of 89.

Haiti editor in hiding since story questioning Reuters' gifts to gang leader

Thursday 21 November 2024

The editor-in-chief of a Port-au-Prince based news site has been living in hiding since a notorious Haitian gang leader threatened to "come for him" over a story criticizing Reuters journalists for giving him balaclavas, bottles of alcohol and cigarettes.

Reuters hires former Washpost editor Sally Buzbee to run North America

Tuesday 19 November 2024

Reuters has appointed Sally Buzbee, who controversially resigned from the Washington Post in June, as its new North American News Editor

Obituary- Courtney Tower, who worked for Reuters in London and Asia during a six-decade career

Friday 1 November 2024

Courtney Tower, a Canadian journalist who served on the Reuters North American Desk in London and as a correspondent in Asia, died suddenly on Oct. 24. He was 92.

Centenary Fund applies to Charity Commission to widen definition of those eligible to claim

Thursday 31 October 2024

The Reuters Centenary Fund says it has applied to the UK's Charity Commission to widen its definition of eligible beneficiaries to include staff hired after the merger with Thomson in 2008.