Reuters media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Reuters in the centre. We have seen it on 571 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Reuters biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Reuters in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Reuters left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Reuters in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Reuters reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Reuters are Media Bias/Fact Check: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Reuters has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Reuters’s own report linked underneath.
Denmark is speeding up and increasing its support package for Ukraine to 1.8 billion Danish kroner, primarily for air defense. The decision follows an incident where a Russian frigate fired flares at a Danish helicopter in international waters.
Reuters reported it asDenmark speeds up Ukraine aid package after Russian warship fires flares at helicopter (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Venezuela's government and opposition are reportedly close to an agreement to transfer approximately $4 billion in gold reserves from the Bank of England to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The gold has been held in London since 2019.
Reuters reported it asVenezuela nears deal to move $4 billion gold reserve to New York, FT says (opens Reuters in a new tab)
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, alleging it facilitated the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The transfers were reportedly linked to payments for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Reuters reported it asUS sanctions Iranian financier's crypto exchange, says it processes Hormuz payments (opens Reuters in a new tab)
On 13 September Syria increased diesel by 40% and petrol by up to 28%. The Energy Minister blamed exceptional and complex circumstances and higher import costs. Protests with road blockages erupted in Aleppo, Idlib, Deir Ezzor, Hasakah and Raqqa, prompting a later offer of cheaper diesel for certain sectors.
Reuters reported it asSyria offers cheaper diesel after fuel-price protests (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This influential panel decides which preventive health services millions of Americans can access for free.
Reuters reported it asUS Health Secretary Kennedy Jr. adds eight new members to key health committee (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call on Thursday, September 17, 2026. They discussed preparing for future high-level interactions and the situation in West Asia, ahead of an anticipated meeting between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.
Reuters reported it asChina, US top diplomats discuss 'high-level interactions' in call ... (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Lockheed Martin has revealed details of its new AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile, designed to counter long-range air threats from China. The US Defense Department has signed an agreement to increase its production as part of munitions stockpile rebuilding.
Reuters reported it asLockheed Martin reveals new secret missile, fast tracks production (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Argentina's government has introduced a bill to Congress that would impose sanctions, including up to 20 years imprisonment, on companies exploiting natural resources in the Falkland Islands without Argentine authorisation. The islands are administered by the UK but claimed by Argentina.
Reuters reported it asMilei submits bill to strengthen sanctions against Falklands activities (opens Reuters in a new tab)
The US House of Representatives has passed a sanctions package aimed at Russia over its war in Ukraine. The bill includes warnings of 100% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil and targets the country's 'shadow fleet' of tankers. The Kremlin stated these measures will make peace talks harder.
Reuters reported it asRussia says new US sanctions, if signed by Trump, would make Ukraine peace deal harder (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Global freshwater reserves have fallen significantly, with the World Meteorological Organization reporting 2025 as one of the driest years for river flows in 35 years. The UN warns the water cycle is becoming more unpredictable, potentially exacerbated by El Niño.
Reuters reported it asRiver flows were among driest in decades in 2025, World Meteorological Organization says (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Huawei has announced plans to release four new Ascend AI chips within the next three years, aiming to compete with Nvidia. The Ascend 950 chip will feature proprietary high-bandwidth memory, a key technological advancement for China. The company also plans new computing power supernodes.
Reuters reported it asChina's Huawei to launch two new AI chips in 2027 (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
Reuters reported it asRussian strikes injure 13 in Ukraine's Kyiv, Odesa, officials say (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
Reuters reported it asRussian strikes injure 13 in Ukraine's Kyiv, Odesa, officials say (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Earl Charles Spencer claims King Charles sounded 'euphoric' and 'like a lottery winner' in a phone call shortly after Princess Diana's death in 1997. Buckingham Palace has responded, stating that grief can affect memory.
Reuters reported it asKing Charles sounded like 'lottery winner' after Diana's death, her brother writes (opens Reuters in a new tab)
The Federal Register website used Alibaba's Qwen AI model for a search tool that allowed users to find proposed regulations. The FBI accused Alibaba of "malicious" copying of Anthropic's technology, leading to the tool's removal.
Reuters reported it asUS government website used AI search tool from China that FBI said copied Anthropic (opens Reuters in a new tab)
On 17 September 2026 a federal judge struck down a Trump‑era rule that required the US Education Department to terminate millions of dollars in diversity, equity and inclusion grants. The decision was first reported by Reuters and was covered by several centre and right outlets.
Reuters reported it asUS judge strikes down Education Department's anti-DEI grant policy (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Reuters reported it asNew cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century (opens Reuters in a new tab)
The United States has imposed new sanctions on eight Cuban companies and three military officers. The companies are linked to mineral exploitation, including nickel extraction, and military research and development. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the sanctions aim to prevent Cuban resources from sustaining the security apparatus.
Reuters reported it asUS sanctions Cuban nickel reserves, military enterprises (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to France to address the European Parliament, seeking to deepen ties with the European Union. The visit comes as Canada is engaged in a trade dispute with the United States, with Carney stating a desire for Canada to emerge stronger and more independent from the conflict.
Reuters reported it asCarney visits Europe to seek closer ties amid worsening trade war with Trump (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham held their first meeting at Everton's football stadium. The leaders discussed potential cooperation on defence and AI, and shared personal experiences with Alzheimer's disease, both wearing Alzheimer's Society brooches.
Reuters reported it asUK's Burnham, Canada's Carney discuss AI challenges and online safety cooperation (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
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Who owns it
- Thomson Reutersunknowndirect owner
- The Woodbridge CompanyPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- reuters.com
- Seen publishing on
- reuters.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 571
- Reports listed
- 606
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
606 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Reuters is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 572 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Reuters’s on 87 of them. Overall it filed a median of 9 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 2 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
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