3 Merit of Excellence entries for AFP in Hong Kong's Press Photographers Association

AFP photographer Philip Fong and freelancer Bertha Wang were awarded "Merit of Excellence" achievements by the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association's annual competition earlier this month.


The Hong Kong-based association was established in 1989, today represents more than 100 photographers working across the city and beyond.

‘Inside Gaza’ documentary project wins two awards at Sunny Side of the Doc Festival

The documentary project Inside Gaza, co-produced by FACTSTORY and AFP, was awarded the ‘Best Global Issues Pitch’ at the 35th Sunny Side of the Doc Festival in La Rochelle on 25 June.


The project also received the special AJD Industry Days Award, which includes 2 accreditations to attend the third edition of the Al Jazeera Documentary (AJD) Industry Days, scheduled from 14 to 16 September 2024, in Sarajevo.

AFP Honoured at SOPA Awards for Coverage of Afghan and Rohingya Refugees

AFP received two Honourable Mentions at the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for its reporting on the mass exodus of Afghans from Pakistan and the arrival of desperate Rohingya refugees in Indonesia.

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Xsolla Enables U.S. Google Play Game Developers to Add External Purchase Links Inside Their Games

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company that helps developers launch, grow, and monetize their games, today announced that it can now power external purchases for Android developers following Google’s policy updates in the United States. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251029226256/en/(Graphic: Xsolla) Beginning October 29, 2025, U.S. developers can legally include external purchase links in their Google Play gam...

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Mirion Partners with IAEA to Enhance Radiation Safety on a Global Scale

Mirion (NYSE: MIR), a leading provider of advanced radiation safety solutions, has signed a partnership agreement and practical arrangements with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the nuclear field, to cooperate in the area of radiation detection and measurement. Through this collaboration, Mirion’s advanced instrumentation and profound understanding of ionizing radiation will combine with the I...

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Rimini Street to Host Investor Day 2025 on December 3, 2025

Rimini Street, Inc., (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, managed services and Agentic AI ERP innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced the following details for its upcoming December 3, 2025 Investor Day 2025 event: This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251029602988/en/Rimini Street to Host ...

Five AFP photographers awarded at the Istanbul Photo Awards 2024

Mahmud Hams, Jeff Pachoud, Sameer al-Doumy, Adrian Dennis and Adem Altan were honoured at the 2024 Istanbul Photo Awards.


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