AFP CEO conveys his condolences to Al Jazeera teams after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Fabrice Fries, Chairman and CEO at AFP, has conveyed his condolences to Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani, Chairman of the Board for Al Jazeera media network, after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

Fabrice Fries, Chairman and CEO at AFP, has conveyed his condolences to Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani, Chairman of the Board for Al Jazeera media network, after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
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STEMCELL Technologies and CCRM Partner to Expand Access to Matched GMP and RUO iPSC Lines for Cell Therapy Development

STEMCELL Technologies and the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) today announced a partnership to expand access to high-quality human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) starting materials, giving cell therapy developers worldwide a faster, lower-risk path from research to the clinic. Under the agreement, STEMCELL will manufacture and distribute research-use-only (RUO) iPSC lines derived directly from LineaBio's Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) iPSC lines, and will ...

07/08/2026 12:00
PubNub Introduces Blocks.ai: The Control Plane and Network Layer For AI Agents

PubNub introduces Blocks.ai today, a global network to connect and control agents across all agent frameworks, providers, and APIs. Blocks.ai lets developers reach their existing AI agents regardless of where they are hosted. Blocks Network supports all AI agent use cases without opening inbound ports, setting up tunnels, changing DNS, or modifying firewall rules. For more than a decade, PubNub has been the infrastructure and platform for real-time connectivity supporting billions of devices, n...

07/08/2026 12:30
Leo Cancer Care Raises $65M Series D to Scale Its Integrated Upright Cancer Care Platform

Leo Cancer Care, the medical technology company working to reinvent how patients are imaged and treated by designing systems around the body’s natural upright position, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $65 million Series D financing. The round was led by Silicon Valley’s Yu Galaxy and welcomes new investors including Eventide Asset Management, alongside continued support from the company’s existing investors. Leading cancer institutions are already adopting the upright approach....

07/08/2026 12:00
Fastly Joins DIMPACT to Collaborate on Digital Sustainability

Fastly, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLY), a leading global edge cloud platform, today announced it has become a participant of DIMPACT, the coalition of leading organizations working to align industry changemakers and policymakers around meaningful, science-based solutions that reduce the environmental impacts of serving digital media products. As the first edge cloud platform provider to join the coalition, Fastly brings critical, real-world edge network data and infrastructure expertise and a transparen...

AFP awarded at Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize

The 25th Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize event singled out two AFP photojournalists. Mahmud Hams received the first prize in the Photo category while Juan Barreto is awarded with the third prize.

The 25th Bayeux-Calvados War Correspondents Prize event singled out two AFP photojournalists. Mahmud Hams received the first prize in the Photo category while Juan Barreto is awarded with the third prize.

"The survivors forgotten by justice" wins the 2022 Breach-Valdez Prize

May 12, Mexico City - A report about women who survived attempted femicide has won the Breach-Valdez Prize, which honours human rights and freedom of the press.

May 12, Mexico City - A report about women who survived attempted femicide has won the Breach-Valdez Prize, which honours human rights and freedom of the press.