AFP photographer Mahmud Hams wins top prize for Gaza coverage
Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
Washington (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 21:28:26 | Washington criticizes S.Africa 'interference' in US Afrikaner resettlement
Caracas (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 20:23:09 | Venezuela's Maduro holds call with UN chief over US blockade
Jerusalem (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 20:08:25 | Israel's Netanyahu says approved $35 bn gas deal with Egypt
United Nations (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 19:45:39 | UN chief wants to avoid 'further escalation' between US and Venezuela: spokesman
Los Angeles (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 19:42:46 | Oscars to stream exclusively on YouTube from 2029: Academy
Kinshasa (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 19:30:06 | M23 says started withdrawing troops from key DR Congo city: spokespeople
Kyiv (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 18:19:05 | Zelensky says Russia preparing for new 'year of war'
Brasília (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 18:11:02 | Brazil's Lula says it's now or never for EU-Mercosur deal
Berlin (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 17:14:39 | Merz says will 'intensively' push for EU-Mercosur trade deal
Beijing (AFP) | 17/12/2025 - 17:03:13 | China's Wang tells Venezuela FM he opposes 'unilateral bullying'
Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
Thredd, the leading next-generation global payments processor, today announced an expanded partnership with Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. The collaboration supports regional rollout of the Bybit Card—Bybit’s flagship multi-currency, crypto-linked payment card, bridging the gap between digital assets and everyday payments across key global markets. Thredd’s processing platform is built to scale and navigate regulatory requirements across regions. ...
Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced the appointment of Greg Betz to the position of Chief Operating Officer. A seasoned executive, Betz brings broad experience leading complex, international organisations. Most recently, Greg led Microsoft FastTrack, an organisation of more than 1,000 engineers in 35 countries that deliver cloud conversions to Microsoft's largest cloud customers. “Greg is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of delivering operational exc...
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”) announced today that one of its affiliates has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire outstanding share capital of BlueCove Limited (“BlueCove”), a London-based systematic fixed income manager. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Founded in 2018 by Alex Khein and Hugh Willis – who have r...
Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.
Coulson Aviation (USA), the world’s largest aerial firefighting company and operator of the most advanced mixed fixed- and rotary-wing firefighting fleet, has developed SafeFuel, the aviation industry’s first onboard system designed to verify fuel quality and detect contamination during refueling. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251103342390/en/Coulson SafeFuel is the world’s first patented onboard fuel-quality assura...
AFP announces a partnership with video agency Newsflare, which specialises in collecting, verifying and licensing UGC videos.
AFP’s core mission, as stated in its founding statute, is to provide accurate, honest, balanced, impartial and uninterrupted news coverage of world events free of political, financial or ideological influence.
AFP held a digital investigation workshop on Wednesday 12 February for Brazilian journalists preparing to cover the COP30 – the 30th session of the UN climate change conference –, to be held in November 2025 in the Amazon, in the city of Belém.