AFP Honoured at SOPA Awards for Coverage of Afghan and Rohingya Refugees

AFP received two Honourable Mentions at the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for its reporting on the mass exodus of Afghans from Pakistan and the arrival of desperate Rohingya refugees in Indonesia.

04/29/2026 08:00
Bregal Milestone Announces Majority Growth Investment in CoreGo, a Leading European Open-Loop Payment and Event Technology Company

Bregal Milestone, a leading European software growth private equity firm, today announced a majority strategic growth investment in CoreGo Oy ("CoreGo" or the "Company"), a leading provider of open-loop payments and integrated technology solutions for festivals, sports events, and venues across Europe. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260427991105/en/ Founded in Helsinki in 2015 by Hannu Elomaa and CTO Nikoteemu Väänän...

04/29/2026 08:00
The Jury Has Been Announced for the Third Edition of the Reply AI Film Festival, Dedicated to the Best Short Films Generated With Artificial Intelligence

Reply [EXM, STAR: REY], an international group specialized in creating new business models enabled by AI and long committed to guiding younger generations in exploring emerging technologies, presents the jury of the third edition of the Reply AI Film Festival, the international competition aimed at creatives, directors, and filmmakers who want to challenge themselves in producing short films created using Artificial Intelligence tools. This press release features multimedia. View the full rele...

05/06/2026 20:32
Brightfin Launches Spend Clearly AI to Help Enterprise Tech Leaders Take Control of Growing IT and AI Costs

Brightfin, a leader in AI native IT cost optimization, today announced the launch of Spend Clearly AI, an intelligent optimization app purpose-built for enterprise technology leaders navigating the dual pressures of rising IT complexity and rapidly escalating AI investment. As organizations race to deploy AI apps, models, and infrastructure, technology demands on the budget are expanding faster than ever and growing harder to track, justify, and control. The modern enterprise IT bill has beco...

Five AFP photographers awarded at the Istanbul Photo Awards 2024

Mahmud Hams, Jeff Pachoud, Sameer al-Doumy, Adrian Dennis and Adem Altan were honoured at the 2024 Istanbul Photo Awards.


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Luis Tato Wins 'Photographer of the Year' in the 2023 POY Competition

The 81st edition of the Pictures of the Year International, the world's oldest photojournalism competition, once again honoured the work of AFP photojournalists, including Luis Tato, who received the Photographer of the Year award, the highest distinction of the competition.


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