Michelle Fitzpatrick
@michfitz09
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@AFP digital investigations editor for Europe. Former Germany correspondent. Previous stints in Paris, Phnom Penh and London. Views my own.
Frankfurt, Hesse
Joined May 2009
Journaliste de l'Agence France-Presse, l'un de nos compatriotes, Arman Soldin, a été tué en Ukraine. Avec courage, dès les premières heures du conflit il était au front pour établir les faits. Pour nous informer. Nous partageons la douleur de ses proches et de tous ses confrères.
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We are devastated to learn of the death of AFP video journalist Arman Soldin in eastern Ukraine today. All of our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.
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#LetHerLearn: Afghans use social media to protest university ban https://t.co/42ATgFj7cG via @RFI_En
rfi.fr
Afghans voiced outrage on social media Wednesday over the Taliban's ban on women attending university, using the hashtag #LetHerLearn -- one of the only ways people can still protest in the country.
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November 15 marks Equal Pay Day across the EU as women across the bloc continue to make 13% less than their male colleagues for doing the same work. #EuropeNews
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Theary Seng, a Cambodian-American human rights attorney wrongfully detained in Cambodia, has started a hunger strike in anticipation of this week’s #ASEAN summit in Phnom Phen. (1/2) https://t.co/fKMJEFahNB
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Will Russia's war weaken the G7's climate commitments? The draft communique seen by AFP suggests it might. Final summit day today. https://t.co/YFJuvOsDnh
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Award News! Our video about coastal cities on the climate 'frontline' has won a Covering Climate Now prize - described by the judges as 'journalism of the highest quality' @AFP #CCNowAwards
https://t.co/V65FSUra0I
coveringclimatenow.org
Congratulations to all for your outstanding coverage of the climate crisis and its abundant solutions.
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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her years-long policy of detente towards Moscow, saying she had "nothing to apologise for" even as the Ukraine war casts a pall on her legacy.
thelocal.de
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her years-long policy of detente towards Moscow, saying she had "nothing to apologise for" even as the Ukraine war casts a pall on her legacy.
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"How do you somehow try to preserve the dignity of these victims who have been left shorn of it by the manner of their deaths?" A moving account by Danny Kemp on documenting the horrors of Bucha.
Bucha: a street filled with bodies. Wrote a piece for @AFP about what a team including 📷 @rschemidt, 🎥Nicolas Garcia and myself found in this small town outside Kyiv on April 2 after the Russian withdrawal
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German family minister quits over vacation during flood disaster https://t.co/yPaJBnAkFT via @TheLocalEurope Europe's news in English
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AP journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka arrived in Mariupol before dawn on Feb. 24. By the time they left nearly three weeks later, the once-thriving seaport lay in ruins. This is their story. https://t.co/YyVwuVA354
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Syrian doctor in German torture trial 'felt sorry' for detainees
straitstimes.com
Mousa stands accused of 18 counts of torturing detainees in Damascus and the western city of Homs in 2011-12. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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An AFP team was attacked and suffered death threats while covering a demo today in Paris against vaccine passports. AFP has firmly condemned this attack on journalists doing their job to report news to the world.
Une équipe de l'Agence France-Presse a été menacée de mort et agressée et un des agents de sécurité la protégeant blessé à la tête aujourd'hui à Paris, lors d'un rassemblement anti-pass vaccinal organisé par le mouvement Les Patriotes de Florian Philippot #AFP
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Germany's Joshua Kimmich to get COVID vaccine after initial 'concerns.' The international soccer star contracted COVID several weeks ago and won't play again this calendar year. https://t.co/dpC4aFnpPI
dw.com
The Bayern Munich midfielder had been reluctant to get the jab over concerns regarding long-term effects. He contracted COVID several weeks ago and won't play again this calendar year due to lung...
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“Seit fast zwei Jahren tun Familien ihr Möglichstes, um ihre Kinder und die Gesellschaft zu schützen, und als Ergebnis werden diese Kinder jetzt den Tausenderinzidenzen überlassen […]. Es gibt keinen Plan, nicht mal mehr einen Versuch, sie zu schützen.”
zeit.de
Wir würden einander viel verzeihen müssen, hieß es zu Beginn der Pandemie. Doch dann sind zu viele Dinge passiert, die unverzeihlich sind.
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For the second year running I might add! Hats off to our amazing VJs, editors and global chiefs, two of whom I have the pleasure to sit right next to! @robr1 @GMeyerAFPTV. Time and again we prove we are the number one video agency, faster and on the ground in more places.
NEWS AGENCY of the YEAR In our NEWS AGENCY of the YEAR category our winner is AFP, Congratulations!! See the awards show part one at https://t.co/dGwZKrdYtR
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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday gave her blessing to Germany's next likely coalition government, saying she expected to "sleep soundly" with Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as her replacement.
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