Gaza journalists for AFP win video award for 'powerful' war coverage
Gaza video correspondents Belal Alsabbagh and Youssef Hassouna on Thursday won a Rory Peck award for their "powerful" coverage of the brutal war in the Palestinian territory for Agence France-Presse.
The prize has been awarded since 1995 in memory of video journalist Rory Peck, who was killed in Moscow in 1993, to highlight the work of freelance video journalists.
06/24/2026 14:00
Vertex Energy Announces 6,000 bpd Group III Base Oil Expansion Project
Vertex Energy, Inc. (“Vertex” or the “Company”) today announced it is advancing a project at its Mobile, Alabama refinery to produce crude-derived conventional Group III base oils through the Company’s existing hydrocracker and related processing infrastructure, providing lubricant manufacturers and blenders with an additional domestic source of high-quality Group III supply. The project is designed to add an incremental 6,000 barrels per day of conventional Group III production capacity and ...
AFP's coverage of cosmetic surgery in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan recognised at SOPA Awards 2026
AFP received an Honourable Mention in the Excellence in Photography category for its report on cosmetic surgery in Afghanistan and was also nominated for Excellence in Reporting Breaking News for its Myanmar earthquake coverage.
AFP received an Honourable Mention in the Excellence in Photography category for its report on cosmetic surgery in Afghanistan and was also nominated for Excellence in Reporting Breaking News for its Myanmar earthquake coverage.
05/18/2026 19:36
Moore Nanotechnology Systems (Nanotech) Will Be Acquired by Shibaura Machine Group to Form a New Ultra-Precision Machine Tool Organization
MOORE NANOTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS (“Nanotech”), today announced that it is being acquired by an affiliate of SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD., an industrial machine-tool manufacturer headquartered in Japan. Founded nearly 30 years ago by Len Chaloux and Newman Marsilius III as a standalone subsidiary of the Moore Tool Company, Inc., Nanotech has become a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of state-of-the-art ultra-precision machine tools and associated processes for the production ...
