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US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

Women fill sacks with fertilizer to be spread in a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) Lawmakers said Friday that the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an Associated Press investigation found widespread exploitation in the palm oil industry, […]

SEPT. 28, 2020

Lawmakers probe US contractor in Iraq sex trafficking case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional investigative panel is demanding documents and testimony from an embattled U.S. defense contractor accused of failing to promptly disclose human trafficking on a base in Iraq. An investigation by The Associated Press this month found that Sallyport Global fired two of its investigators after they uncovered evidence of the trafficking as well as alcohol smuggling […]

MAY 23, 2017

Setting the standards for journalists’ safety

The Associated Press has joined 25 other news organizations and journalism groups in endorsing an unprecedented set of safety standards designed to protect freelance reporters on dangerous assignments.

AP preseason basketball polls to be released beginning Oct. 21

The preseason AP Top 25 polls for men’s and women’s college basketball, the longest-running polls of their kind, will be released the weeks of Oct. 21 and 28.

OCT. 8, 2019

AP preseason basketball polls to be released beginning Oct. 22

The preseason AP Top 25 polls for men’s and women’s college basketball, the longest-running polls of their kind, will be released the weeks of Oct. 22 and 29.

OCT. 16, 2018

De Pury named AP’s news director for Russia, CIS

Kate De Pury (AP Photo). De Pury, who has spent many years working in Russia, will lead AP’s video, text and photo report across one-seventh of the earth’s surface, stretching from the Baltics to Central Asia. She will take up her position at the end of the year, based in Moscow and reporting to AP’s […]

SEPT. 29, 2014

AP announces 2024 general election plans 

The Associated Press, the most trusted source of accurate information on election night for nearly two centuries, will deliver that expertise to its member news organizations, customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote, declares the winners and covers the results on Nov. 5.  On election night, AP will count the […]

OCT. 29, 2024

Israel’s block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage

NEW YORK (AP) — Israel’s shutdown and seizure of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live glimpse into Gaza alarmed many journalists, who worried Tuesday about wider implications for coverage of a war largely fought out of the world’s sight to begin with. After widespread condemnation, including a call by the Biden administration for Israel […]

MAY 21, 2024

Entertainment photographer Eric Charbonneau signs with Invision

Eric Charbonneau, a renowned entertainment photographer with over 25 years of experience, today signed with Invision, the multimedia entertainment agency jointly owned by The Associated Press and some of the world's leading entertainment photographers.

FEB. 27, 2013

AP and Healthgrades to provide health information to publishers

The Associated Press has launched a new Digital News Experience (DNE) with Healthgrades — the leading website for guiding Americans to the right doctor, right hospital and right care — to provide newspapers, broadcasters and other publishers with health information for their websites.

DEC. 17, 2015

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

Singapore exhibit showcases life in North Korea through AP photographers lens

An exhibition in Singapore will highlight the work of Wong Maye-E, AP’s lead photographer in North Korea, offering glimpses of everyday life in the reclusive country.

SEPT. 7, 2016