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Bureau chief for Netherlands @afp. Former Deputy Global Chief Editor, Europe/Africa desk chief, reporter in Tokyo, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, London.

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths apnews.com/article/pope-f…


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🚨 Last chance! Sign up for tomorrow's webinar showcasing the verification techniques behind our award-winning investigation of a network spreading disinformation about the South China Sea ➡️ u.afp.com/SmJS

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🇩🇪 A German man has won 15.3 million euros ($18 million) in the lottery after discovering a forgotten ticket in his coat pocket six months after he bought it. ➡️ u.afp.com/SWLr

AFP's tweet image. 🇩🇪 A German man has won 15.3 million euros ($18 million) in the lottery after discovering a forgotten ticket in his coat pocket six months after he bought it. 
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Journalism under siege: Global assaults, intimidation, and the erosion of truth in 2025 journalism.co.uk/news/journalis… #journalismnews


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What a life. Ran 100m in 10.2 seconds when world record was about 10.06.

Some sad news this morning: Ming Campbell, the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has died at the age of 84 Ed Davey: "Ming was a fighter and a campaigner all of his life – whether that was on the sports track, in the court room, the House of Commons or the House of Lords."



Fun one to do!

At a windswept container park near the sprawling port of Rotterdam, a crane slots a 30-tonne white battery into a transporter vessel, enough to provide eight hours of zero-emissions freight @rdcParisAFP u.afp.com/SWdU



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World's top arms firms. AFP Infographic charting the world's largest arms corporations according to revenues in 2023, the latest available data on the SIPRI Arms Industry Database

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AFP Infographic charting the world's largest arms corporations according to revenues in 2023, the latest available data on the SIPRI Arms Industry Database

Polish fans have been brilliant, non-stop singing, the latest (pretty fair) taunt to the Dutch fans: 'You're not even singing'... love multi-lingual banter! #NEDPOL


Prolonged applause in 17th minute of #NEDPOL when banner unveiled "RIP Lisa", to honour a 17-year-old girl killed on her way home from a night out


At Netherlands-Poland WC qualifier in De Kuip. Great to see the stadium is just as mental for an Oranje game as a Feyenoord one. Even better: both sets of fans respected and then applauded each other's anthem. #NEDPOL


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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Vladimir Poutine a proposé d'organiser une rencontre bilatérale avec son homologue ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky, à Moscou, lors d'un appel téléphonique avec Donald Trump, selon deux sources proches du dossier.

afpfr's tweet image. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Vladimir Poutine a proposé d'organiser une rencontre bilatérale avec son homologue ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky, à Moscou, lors d'un appel téléphonique avec Donald Trump, selon deux sources proches du dossier.

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🇫🇷🐟 Dans la Seine, des poissons qui avaient déserté le fleuve autrefois trop pollué font leur retour à mesure que l'eau s'assainit, mais d'autres sont chassés par de nouvelles espèces invasives à la croissance éclair, dont des gobies venus d'Europe de l'Est ⤵️


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Use the Oxford comma, folks.

RealOxfordComma's tweet image. Use the Oxford comma, folks.

.@afp office for the day, welcoming the Oosterschelde home after a two year journey around the world following in the wake of Charles Darwin

rdcParisAFP's tweet image. .@afp office for the day, welcoming the Oosterschelde home after a two year journey around the world following in the wake of Charles Darwin

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Joint statement on Gaza from @AFP, @AP, @BBCWorld and @Reuters

AFP's tweet image. Joint statement on Gaza from @AFP, @AP, @BBCWorld and @Reuters

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⚫️ AFP management shares the SDJ's concern about the appalling situation of its freelancers in the Gaza Strip. For months, we have watched helplessly as their living conditions deteriorated dramatically. Their situation is now untenable, despite their exemplary courage,…

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Working as a journalist in Gaza is to work "under the barrel of a gun", he explained, but added: "The pain of hunger is sharper than the fear of bombing. "Hunger robs you of focus, of the ability to think amid the horrors of war." u.afp.com/SgZN


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⚠️ L'Agence France Presse alerte sur la situation de leurs confrères à Gaza Les journalistes de l'Agence France Presse (#AFP) ont publié un communiqué lundi 21 juillet pour alerter sur la situation de leurs confrères à Gaza menacés par la famine : "Sans intervention immédiate,…


The six-year push towards Wednesday's seminal climate change ruling at the International Court of Justice began not in some lofty legal chambers, but in a small university classroom in Vanuatu. Read the @afp story here:- barrons.com/news/pacific-i…


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