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Agence France-Presse (French pronunciation: [aʒɑ̃s fʁɑ̃s pʁɛs]; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 150 countries. [1]
News agencies were created to provide newspapers with information about a wide variety of news events happening around the world. Initially the agencies were meant to provide the news items only to newspapers, but with the passage of time the rapidly developing modern mediums such as radio, television and Internet too adapted the services of news agencies.
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. News agencies are known for their press releases .
The U.S. State Department orders the closure of all overseas missions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and recalls thousands of USAID staff to the United States ahead of the agency's shutdown.
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Agence France-Presse (AFP)： launched its digital verification service in France in 2017, which has since evolved into a leading global fact-checking agency with dedicated journalists in countries ranging from the United States to Myanmar. [110] Captain Fact HoaxBuster
AFP most often refers to: Agence France-Presse, an international news agency; Australian Federal Police; AFP or afp may also refer to: Media