AFP Asia-Pacific welcomes Michael Mainville as its new regional director

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce that Michael Mainville has taken up his role as the new Asia-Pacific Regional Director as of April 3rd, 2023.

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AFP auctions off 10 NFT of archive photos selected by the public

AFP and the Web3 art platform LaCollection have announced that a second collection of digital editions (NFT) of press photos from the agency's archives will go on sale in April 2023.


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The fight against disinformation: the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory (GADMO) launches its website

The widest alliance between German-speaking digital investigators and researchers, known as GADMO, has launched its website in a further step in the battle against online falsehoods.


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Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP

Exactly one year ago, AFP reported live from Kyiv’s central Maidan Square that the Russian offensive had begun against Ukraine. Since then, the agency has deployed unprecedented resources to cover this war in the heart of Europe and its consequences for the daily lives of Ukrainians, Russians and people in the rest of the world.


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AFP's fact-checks cited as benchmark by German study

Germany’s respected Grimme institute has just published a comparative analysis of fact-checking organisations in the country, which highlights the quality of Agence France-Presse’s digital verification production.

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Corcept Announces CHMP Opinion Recommending EU Marketing Authorization for Lifyorli® (Relacorilant)

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CORT), a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of medications to treat severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic and neurologic disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol, today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended that the European Commission (EC) should approve relacorilant, combined with...
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Bending Spoons opens office in Warsaw as Polish applications reach 50,000 in 2026

Bending Spoons has opened an office in Warsaw, adding to its Milan headquarters and locations in London and Madrid. The technology company, whose portfolio includes Eventbrite and WeTransfer, has seen a sharp rise in applications from Poland and will use the new base to recruit locally for roles across key projects. “We’ve received around 50,000 applications from Poland so far this year, more than twice as many as the whole of 2025. What stands out isn’t just the volume. Many Polish candidate...

FiRa Consortium Appoints Sunil Jogi as President

The FiRa Consortium® today announced the appointment of Sunil Jogi as President, marking a significant milestone in the organization’s continued growth. Through specifications and certification that build on IEEE 802.15.4, FiRa is strengthening the global...
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EIG Announces Final Close of Senior Infrastructure Debt Fund VI With $4.0 Billion Raised Across Its Direct Lending Platform

EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the final close of EIG Senior Infrastructure Debt Fund VI (“SIDF VI”) at $1.9 billion, nearly double the size of its predecessor fund. Together with $2.1 billion committed to single investor vehicles, this exceeds the strategy's original $3 billion target and reflects strong...
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