GK
WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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AFP
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BBC
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CNN
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WAFA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agence France-Presse has its origins in the Agence Havas, founded in 1835 in Paris by Charles-Louis Havas, making it the world’s oldest news service. The agency pioneered the collection and dissemination of news as a commodity, and had established itself as a fully global concern by the late 19th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French Agence France-Press (AFP) is the oldest news agency in the world. It was started 1835 in Paris as Agence Havas and one of its early employees was a certain Paul Reuter. Today it is one of the three largest English-language news agencies, together with AP and Reuters.
Detailed explanation-3: -Agence France-Presse (AFP), French cooperative news agency, one of the world’s great wire news services.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Free Press of India (FPI) was the first news agency in the country to be both owned and managed by Indians. Sadanand said that he had planned its creation in 1923 and that it was actually established in 1925.
Detailed explanation-5: -AFP is a leading global news agency providing fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the events shaping our world and of the issues affecting our daily lives. Drawing from an unparalleled news gathering network across 151 countries, AFP is also a world leader in digital verification.