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Daisy Veerasingham. Picture: Collected
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Associated Press gets its first woman chief executive

A first-generation British national of Sri Lankan descent, Veerasingham, 51, is the first woman, first person of color and the first person outside the United States to lead the AP

A combination picture shows a tower building housing AP, Al Jazeera offices as it collapses after Israeli missile strikes in Gaza city, May 15, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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How journalists fled the tower in Gaza moments before it collapsed

A tower housing AP, Al Jazeera offices collapses after Israeli missile strikes in Gaza city, May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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‘Silence the story’: Israeli bombing of media offices condemned

The company said fleets would be rolled out to all users on iOS and Android in the coming days. Photo: Reuters
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Twitter suspends fake Associated Press accounts that made bogus US election calls

A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on the bonnet of an armoured vehicle of Indian police as he throws stones at it during a protest in Srinagar [Dar Yasin/AP]
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Kashmir lockdown pictures win Pulitzer prize