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01/02/2026 - 11:54

1CAST says CNBC, Wall Street Journal Digital Network , Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP, CNBC are among first to distribute news content on new online platform

Up to the Minute Video News and Headlines From Global News Leaders Will Be Pushed to Viewers’ Screen of Choice – Smartphone or Desktop

01/02/2026 - 11:54

AFP, French partner launch global leisure newswire in Asia

Agence France-Presse and French agency relaxnews have launched a global leisure newswire in Asia that they hope will become the world's leading source for lifestyle news. Aimed at the media, industry brands, PR agencies and telecommunications companies, the service will offer stories and multimedia reports on tourism, home life, entertainment, health and well-being.

01/02/2026 - 11:54

AFP and relaxnews launch the first worldwide leisure newswire

The international news agency AFP and leisure news service relaxnews joined forces Monday to launch the first global newswire devoted to leisure and lifestyle coverage at the Fondation Cartier in Paris.

01/02/2026 - 11:54

AFP photo of Obama featured on US post office souvenir

The US Postal Service has issued a souvenir commemorating Barack Obama's election as US president which features a portrait of the president-elect taken by an Agence France-Presse photographer.

01/02/2026 - 11:54

Pierre Louette re-elected chairman of AFP

The Agence France-Presse board on Friday elected Pierre Louette to a second three-year term as chairman and chief executive of the international news agency.

01/02/2026 - 11:54

Bunka Gakuen, AFP launch news service for universities

TOKYO - Top Japanese fashion school Bunka Gakuen and Agence France-Presse on Tuesday launched a service providing global news and archive material to Japanese universities and higher learning institutions.

01/02/2026 - 11:54

AFP and SKorean partner launch ’news community’ website

Agence France-Presse and its South Korean partner Thursday launched a website which seeks to become the leading news community site in one of the world's most wired nations.

01/02/2026 - 11:54

Debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Twenty years after war broke out in Bosnia, the AFP Foundation, the Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.
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01/02/2026 - 11:54

A Pulitzer for AFP: Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini wins award

01/02/2026 - 11:54

AFP awarded six prestigious photo prizes