foreign telegram; overseas dispatch
Refers to news reports or telegrams received from foreign correspondents or news agencies. Common in journalistic contexts.
According to foreign dispatches, large-scale demonstrations are taking place locally.
According to a dispatch from Washington, the talks will be held next week.
A foreign dispatch came in late at night, and the reporters grew tense.
The newspaper relayed the foreign dispatch as it was.
外伝 (a side story or spin-off tale) is pronounced identically to 外電 but has a completely unrelated meaning about narrative content, not news reporting.
Used for a piece of foreign wire news, as a type of written communication like a letter or telegram (通).
Compound of 外 (foreign) and 電 (telegram/telecommunication).