European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech
The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted copyright reforms championed by news publishers and the media business, in defiance of the tech giants that lobbied against it.
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The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted copyright reforms championed by news publishers and the media business, in defiance of the tech giants that lobbied against it.
Freelance reporter Asad Hashim received the 2018 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize Tuesday, recognising his intrepid coverage of the plight of ethnic Pashtuns and blasphemy issues in his native Pakistan.
AFP has broadcast live video of France’s first same-sex wedding, which has been held in the southern city of Montpellier, on Wednesday May 29. Two AFP cameras – one inside and one outside the city hall – have covered the wedding, which has attracted huge international interest.
Boomi, the data activation company, today announced Boomi World 2026, its premier annual user conference, taking place May 11 - 14, 2026 in Chicago, IL. The event will bring together customers, partners, and industry leaders from around the world to explore how data activation is transforming the enterprise and accelerating the path to AI-driven outcomes. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260427600340/en/Boomi To Unveil...
The 2019 edition of the World Press Photo honours 3 AFP photographers.
For the second year in a row, Agence France-Presse is teaming up with the city of Cannes to present “Cannes fait le mur”. For the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, this exhibit features 17 larger-than-life photographic portraits of stars displayed on Rue d’Antibes and around the city from 15 May to 30 June 2013.
AFP photographers scooped two gold medals, one silver and two bronze as the agency’s photographers dominated the annual Sportsfolio photo festival in Narbonne, France.
An AFP team has won a Covering Climate Now award for the video story “Coastal Cities face their mortality on the climate "frontline" by Kelly Macnamara, Robin Simmonds, Antoine Demaison, Florence Goisnard, Sam Jahan, Jan Hennop, Sonia Logre, Giovanna Girardi, and Rachel O’brien.