AFP: Two journalists arrested by the Libyan army
AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.
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AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.
Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.
Three years after its launch, GADMO (the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory) — the largest German-language fact-checking network bringing together journalists and researchers — is entering a new phase aimed at reaching a wider audience, with the support of the European Commission.
From March 26 through May 31, 2026, Géopolis, the photojournalism centre in Brussels, is hosting a new series of exhibitions dedicated to the Sahel.
The Deauville Sport Images Festival returns for its second edition starting June 6, 2026, with a programme exploring sports photography via four main themes: current events, society, artistic photography, and historic photography.
The death of Joseph Stalin, on March 5, 1953, brings AFP a global scoop that will leave its mark on the fledgling Agency’s history. At the time, foreign journalists in Moscow are unable to instantly transmit news in real time because of the regime’s censorship. AFP, however, was constantly
monitoring Radio Moscow’s domestic broadcasts from Paris.
Plasma has today announced the launch of Plasma One, its flagship financial product designed to make digital dollars usable for everyday spending, sending and earning. Plasma One is designed to make stablecoins feel like money, only better - more accessible, reliable and efficient. For years, stablecoin adoption has been held back by a fragmented system and poor user experience. We have seen wallets in one place, exchanges in another, and costly off-ramps standing between digital dollars and ...
AFP offered a digital investigation workshop for Brazilian journalists on September 29 and October 6, focusing on ways to counter climate misinformation in the run-up to COP30 — the UN climate change conference to be held in Belém in November.