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Veteran AP video, photo-journalist in Congo dies of COVID-19

A family passes near Congolese riot police during a protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in this Sept 19, 2016 file photo. (AP Photo/John Bompengo) The cause of death was complications due to the coronavirus. Bompengo had been hospitalized for about a week but his condition rapidly deteriorated Friday and he died the following […]

JUNE 21, 2020

Indian Ocean exploration mission makes historic broadcast

An image taken from video issued by Nekton shows a submersible from the vessel Ocean Zephyr during a descent into the Indian Ocean off Alphonse Atoll near the Seychelles, March 12, 2019. (Nekton via AP) ALPHONSE ISLAND, Seychelles (AP) — A British-led scientific mission to document changes taking place beneath the Indian Ocean has broadcast […]

MARCH 12, 2019

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

 Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyō in Japanese. That legacy is facing quiet resistance. While professional sumo — the sumo that the world […]

SEPT. 11, 2025

Additions to AP’s Ukraine team

In a memo to staff on Monday, News Director for Europe and Africa James Jordan and Deputy Director for International Photography Tony Hicks made two announcements: Hanna Arhirova is AP’s new Ukraine correspondent, and field producer Vasilisa Stepanenko and photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, previously AP freelancers, have joined the staff:

AP announces 2020 Oliver S. Gramling Awards and Chairman’s Prize

NEW YORK – Associated Press journalists and staffers based in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Rome and Washington are among the winners of the 2020 Oliver S. Gramling Awards and Chairman’s Prize, the highest internal honors of The Associated Press.

OCT. 9, 2020

AP announces 4 new directors, 5 incumbents at annual meeting

NEW YORK -- Four new directors and five incumbents were named to The Associated Press board of directors, it was announced at AP’s annual meeting today at its New York headquarters.

APRIL 19, 2017

AP photographer Nick Ut receives National Medal of Arts

AP photographer Nick Ut, who retired in 2017 after a 51-year career with The Associated Press, today received the National Medal of Arts at the White House.

JAN. 13, 2021

International photo festival to showcase AP Middle East images AR

أعلنت وكالة أسوشيتد برس اليوم أنها تعمل مع مهرجان Xposure الدولي التصوير الفوتوغرافي في الإمارات العربية المتحدة من أجل تسليط الضوء على مجموعة مختارة من الصور المتميزة التي صورتها الوكالة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.

OCT. 5, 2016

The Associated Press launches AP Content Services to help brands tell their stories

2015 — The Associated Press has established a new division to provide talent, technology and distribution to help brands promote their products and services through multiformat storytelling.

SEPT. 9, 2015

AP announces 2020 general election plans

The Associated Press, the most trusted source of information on election night with a history of accuracy dating to 1848, will offer that expertise to its member news organizations, customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote and covers the results on Nov. 3.

OCT. 27, 2020

AP to publish first all-time college football ranking

The Associated Press will rank the nation’s all-time top college football programs for the first time, as tabulated from its more than 1,100 weekly polls of top college football teams over the past 80 years.

JULY 26, 2016

Shining a light on public records changes in COVID-19 era

This Sunshine Week, AP is examining the backsliding of press access and government transparency in the wake of pandemic-induced changes to public records and meeting laws.