08/28/2026 08:16
MTG-I2 Safely in Orbit, Unlocking Faster and Sharper Weather Monitoring Across Europe

The Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 satellite (MTG-I2) has successfully passed its first critical post-launch milestones, completing the first full Meteosat Third Generation constellation in orbit. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260828243790/en/Credit: Arianespace livestream The imager satellite MTG-I2 is safely in orbit and operating as expected following its successful launch yesterday at 22:11 CEST on board an ...

09/09/2026 06:00
KONGSBERG Selects Echodyne MESA Radar for Counter-UAS Weapon Systems

Echodyne, the radar platform company, today announced that KONGSBERG has selected Echodyne's MESA® radar platform for a range of air and surface applications. Among the first use cases, KONGSBERG has integrated MESA radar into the PROTECTOR RS4 and PROTECTOR RS6 remote weapon stations (RWS), adding the precision radar data needed to turn the world's most widely deployed RWS family into a highly effective counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) effector. The selection pairs KONGSBERG's proven...

Burundi: RFI and AFP file court complaint for torture of their correspondent

Faced with a lack of any action following an attack on their Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana on August 2 as he carried out his work, RFI and AFP have filed a complaint for torture against persons unknown at the supreme court in Bujumbura.

Faced with a lack of any action following an attack on their Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana on August 2 as he carried out his work, RFI and AFP have filed a complaint for torture against persons unknown at the supreme court in Bujumbura.
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AFP extends its fact-checking operation to a fifth Latin American country

AFP is further developing its global fact-checking operation in Spanish through a new contract with Facebook covering Uruguay.

AFP is further developing its global fact-checking operation in Spanish through a new contract with Facebook covering Uruguay.

AFP signs new agreement with SINA Sports

AFP and SINA Sports have signed a content agreement allowing the leading Beijing-based news portal to feature AFP’s extensive coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Euro Soccer Championship.

AFP and SINA Sports have signed a content agreement allowing the leading Beijing-based news portal to feature AFP’s extensive coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Euro Soccer Championship.
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The AFP Foundation today announced the launch of the first independent, non-partisan fact-checking website in francophone West Africa

The website www.fr.africacheck.org was devised and developed by the AFP Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and in a partnership with the EJICOM journalism school in Dakar, Senegal, where its editorial team is based.

The website www.fr.africacheck.org was devised and developed by the AFP Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and in a partnership with the EJICOM journalism school in Dakar, Senegal, where its editorial team is based.
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AFP wins second Rory Peck Award for video stringers in the News category

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AFP’s photographic heritage in the spotlight in Paris this autumn

With an exceptional auction of 200 fine art prints and the first NFTs in its history, a major exhibition at Ellia Art Gallery in the heart of Paris and the publication of a book offering a look at a century of history in 300 photos, Agence France-Presse is honouring its photographic heritage this fall.

With an exceptional auction of 200 fine art prints and the first NFTs in its history, a major exhibition at Ellia Art Gallery in the heart of Paris and the publication of a book offering a look at a century of history in 300 photos, Agence France-Presse is honouring its photographic heritage this fall.
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