Moscow (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 14:58:17 | Russia, China denounce Trump's 'Iron Dome' missile plans
New York (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 14:32:22 | Gates Foundation to spend $200 bn through 2045 when it will shut down
Brussels (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 14:02:13 | EU chief says 'fully committed' to reaching tariff deal with US
Brussels (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 14:01:12 | EU proposes hitting US-made planes, cars with tariffs if talks fail
Brussels (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 14:01:12 | EU to launch WTO complaint on Trump's sweeping tariffs
Moscow (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 13:53:38 | China's Xi says Putin talks 'in-depth, cordial, fruitful'
Moscow (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 13:52:45 | Putin says had 'productive' talks with 'dear friend' Xi
London (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 13:35:25 | Bank of England revises UK growth forecasts amid US tariffs
Kyiv (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 13:28:38 | Ukraine MPs ratify resources deal with US: minister
London (AFP) | 08/05/2025 - 13:19:39 | Bank of England cuts rate as US tariffs hit economy
THE JOB
AFP is seeking a digital verification reporter with strong digital investigation and precise writing skills to join its Kuala Lumpur bureau to report on disinformation in Malaysia.
The role is an exciting opportunity to be a part of AFP's fast-growing fact-checking network, which has seen it take a leading role in the global fight against disinformation.
Charles Havas creates Agence Havas as Agence des Feuilles Politiques.
As the world’s first international news agency, it uses a network of correspondents and translators. Trains and homing pigeons bring in the news to Paris from all over France and other European countries.
From 1835 to 1875, the Agence Havas offices are located on rue
Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Paris,
opposite the General Post Office.
The Agency starts to use electrical telegraphs, an invention which enables it to expand.
Soon it is better and faster informed of what is going on in the world.
In response to the Crimean war (1854-1856) it extends its European network all the way to Saint Petersburg and the Bosphorus.
AFP is looking for a dynamic and experienced editor to join its English-language news desk at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
ROLE
Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the world's leading news agencies, is looking for a dynamic, experienced editor to join its English-language newsdesk at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
Global news leader AFP is offering an exciting opportunity to be a part of the agency’s fast-growing digital verification network, which has taken a frontline role in combatting misinformation, fact-checking and monitoring emerging narratives that shape public perceptions of news events around the world.
The editor will focus on misinformation in North America and edit fact-checking stories from around the region.
