AFP’s Wuhan team wins for virus coverage

Shanghai-based photographer Hector Retamal won first prize in the Excellence in Photography category at the 2021 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) awards announced Thursday, while Beijing-based video journalist Leo Ramirez was runner-up in the Excellence in Video Reporting category.

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Six AFP photographers win prizes at the second edition of the Paris Sport Photo prize

Jeff Pachoud won the Grand Prix as well as first prize for his black and white “best of “ selection from the Tour De France. His entry was called “My Tour”.

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AFP shocked by death of Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan

It is with deep shock and sadness that AFP learned of the tragic death of Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui – killed during a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near the Afghan border with Pakistan.

A highly respected and admired journalist, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner, Danish was well known to many AFP staff – both in India where has was based and also across the agency’s wider network.

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Boomi Named a Pioneer in June 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for No-Code Agent Builders

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Digital Cooperation Organization Launches Global Expert Community to Accelerate International Digital Cooperation

The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), the world's first standalone international organization dedicated to inclusive and sustainable digital economy growth, today announced the launch of the Global Expert Community (GEC) — a new platform designed to mobilize expertise and advance international collaboration in support of high-impact digital initiatives across DCO Member States and beyond. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/new...

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New Pivotal Study Data Show Takeda’s Oveporexton Improved Daily Function, Cognition and Nighttime Sleep for People with Narcolepsy Type 1

Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today presented additional results from two pivotal studies at SLEEP 2026, showing oveporexton (TAK-861), an oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R)-selective agonist, improved daily functioning as well as cognitive and sleep-related symptoms associated with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1).1,2,3 Oveporexton is designed to address the underlying orexin deficiency that causes NT1 by restoring orexin signaling. These data, along with previously disclosed Phase 3 results, demonstrated impr...

A Pulitzer for AFP: Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini wins award

He won the prize, one of the most prestigious in journalism, for his picture of a girl screaming in the aftermath of a suicide attack in Kabul in December 2011.

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AFP awarded six prestigious photo prizes

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Six AFP photographers honoured by the National Press Photographers Association

Massoud Hossaini (30) from Afghanistan won first prize in the “International News” category for a photograph of a little girl dressed in green crying in the midst of the victims of an attack in Kabul on 6 December 2011 that left 80 dead and 150 wounded.