AFP photographer Christina Assi carries the Olympic Flame in honour of journalists killed on duty

AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was severely injured on assignment last October in Lebanon, will carry the Olympic Flame on Sunday, 21 July, in Vincennes, France, "to pay tribute to those who have fallen" while doing their job as journalists, she explained.


Christina Assi, 29, was struck by a tank shell on October 13, 2023 while reporting on cross-border clashes between the Israeli army and armed groups in southern Lebanon, alongside six other colleagues.

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AFP journalists among media honoured at Doha Forum

 

AFP journalists Christina Assi and Dylan Collins were among six media personnel honoured at the Doha Forum for political dialogue on Saturday for their sacrifices reporting from conflict zones.

 


 

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SoundHound AI Joins Forces with Tencent Intelligent Mobility to Bring World Class Conversational AI to the Intelligent Cockpits of Global Auto Brands

SoundHound AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence, today announced that it will be working with Tencent Intelligent Mobility, which is part of Tencent’s Cloud and Smart Industries Group (CSIG) business, to bring its world-class voice and conversational AI capabilities to Tencent Intelligent Mobility's cloud-based solutions for the automotive industry. The collaboration will enable Tencent Intelligent Mobility to deliver dynamic, localized user experiences to a...

AFP appoints first diversity editor

Lopez was the author of a report on diversity in the Agency’s coverage that she submitted to the global news management in May 2022.

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Tariff Dynamics May Shift US Market Share in Favor of South Korean TV Brands, Says Omdia

Omdia's TV Display & OEM Intelligence Service reveals that leading US TV brands were poised for aggressive shipment growth in 2025 (see Figure 1), however, shifting geopolitical tensions and tariff changes are set to dramatically alter the competitive landscape of the US TV market. With their expansive manufacturing capacities in Mexico, Samsung and LG are positioned to gain US market share from Chinese brands like Hisense and TCL, whose growth could be stymied by their limited manufacturin...