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Exploring ‘a landscape of mafias, violence and corruption’

The Overseas Press Club announced this morning that three Associated Press journalists have won its award for the best reporting on Latin America in any medium.

Photos of Vietnam preparing to celebrate 80th National Day

Vietnam is getting ready to celebrate its 80th National Day on September 2, marking the Southeast Asian country's independence from French colonial rule in 1945.

AUG. 29, 2025

AP acquires historic British Movietone archive

The Associated Press today announced that it has acquired the historic British Movietone film archive collection from Newsreel Archive. Spanning almost a century of international events, the archive represents one of the world's most significant and important newsfilm collections. The addition of this outstanding collection of historic video to its own extensive archive ensures AP's position as the leading global supplier of contemporary and historic news video and photography.  Originally shown in cinemas twice a week, the British Movietone archive is the first newsreel to have sound and then color film. It is renowned for containing the first recorded speeches of leading personalities such as Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw. The archive's many historic highlights also include: The rise of fascism and the outbreak of World War II

SEPT. 27, 2016

Bria, AP newsman who flashed Nazi surrender, dies at 101

In this Feb. 1946 photo, Associated Press correspondent George E. Bria works by candlelight in the AP Rome bureau during a power failure. (AP Photo, File) “George Bria was a multitalented journalist of many interests, a dedicated professional of the old school who exemplified the best of the AP during a long, distinguished career,” said AP […]

MARCH 18, 2017

Vietnam wants to be the next Asian tiger and it’s overhauling its economy to make it happen

Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi’s central party school, Communist Party chief To Lam declared the arrival of “a new era of development” late last year. The speech was more than symbolic— it signaled the launch of what could be Vietnam’s most ambitious economic overhaul in decades. Vietnam […]

AUG. 13, 2025

Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies

HONOLULU — Edwin Q. White, who served as Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press as the U.S. committed massive numbers of combat troops to Vietnam, died before dawn Thursday in Honolulu at age 90, his daughter said. White’s daughter, Rachel White Watanabe, said her father died in his sleep at his home in Honolulu, […]

NOV. 1, 2012

Germany Election Day – Photo Collection

In photos: Merz’s conservatives win Germany election as far-right AfD makes historic gains.

FEB. 23, 2025

How we work with foundations

AP works with foundations and nonprofits to augment our journalism and help us tell stories we might otherwise not be able to tell. Director of News Partnerships Lisa Gibbs explains how this outside support underpins AP's mission of providing factual, unbiased journalism to the world.

AP statement on historical article

An article published in a German scholarly journal focuses on a subsidiary photo agency of The Associated Press that operated in Berlin before and during World War II.

Week in Pictures

MARCH 24, 2025

Week in Pictures

JUNE 9, 2025

Week in Pictures

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Pamela Hassell, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

MAY 9, 2025