AFP photographer Mahmud Hams wins top prize for Gaza coverage
Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
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Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.
STOKR has appointed Subhankar Sinha as Senior Advisor. Sinha will work directly with STOKR's leadership team on fund tokenization with particular focus on money market fund (MMF) tokenization and on expanding STOKR's institutional presence in the U.S. market. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260323315236/en/Image, Subhankar Sinha A New York-based digital assets executive, Sinha brings deep expertise across blockchain i...
AFP announces a partnership with video agency Newsflare, which specialises in collecting, verifying and licensing UGC videos.
Andersen Consulting enters into a Collaboration Agreement with Stratis Consulting, a Dublin-based firm specializing in strategic employment relations, people strategy, and workplace policy. Founded in 2017, Stratis Consulting is an advisory firm recognized for its deep expertise in employment relations and leadership strategy. The firm works closely with senior executives, boards, and HR leaders as a trusted advisor to design practical, people-centered solutions that improve engagement, stren...
The Westinghouse Springfields facility in Lancashire, UK, has marked a significant milestone as the oldest continuous nuclear fuel manufacturing site in the world, starting from its original license on the 28th, March 1946. The site was chosen by the UK Government to develop nuclear fuel for the world’s earliest civil nuclear power stations, as well as subsequent Magnox and Advanced Gas Reactors (AGR) reactors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.bus...
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AFP held a digital investigation workshop on Wednesday 12 February for Brazilian journalists preparing to cover the COP30 – the 30th session of the UN climate change conference –, to be held in November 2025 in the Amazon, in the city of Belém.
Mehdi Lebouachera has been appointed as AFP’s next Global Editor-In-Chief, replacing Sophie Huet, who is taking on a new role developing the agency’s Artificial Intelligence strategy.