AFP photojournalist Ina Fassbender awarded first prize in the 2024 VDS Sports Photo Competition
Ina Fassbender secured first place for her photograph ‘Looking Forward to Euro’, taken in Essen during the 2024 UEFA European football championship.
Canberra (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 04:40:14 | Australia, Vanuatu sign deal barring foreign military base on Pacific island
Beijing (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 04:24:42 | China adds 20 Japanese entities to export blacklist: commerce ministry
Washington (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 04:19:09 | US says Iran talks to continue, 'both sides' pausing strikes
Kabul (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 02:57:39 | Afghan govt says dozens of civilian casualties in Pakistani strikes
Islamabad (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 02:25:41 | Pakistan says carried out new strikes in Afghanistan targeting militants
Beirut (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 00:37:31 | Hezbollah says reserves right to 'defend its homeland'
Beirut (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 00:26:23 | Hezbollah-allied Lebanese parliament head says US-Israel-Lebanon deal 'will not pass'
Beirut (AFP) | 29/06/2026 - 00:23:45 | Hezbollah-allied Lebanese parliament head says US-Israel-Lebanon deal 'will not pass' nad/jj
Moscow (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 23:52:12 | Putin says expecting US negotiators once US less busy with Iran
Moscow (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 23:04:42 | Putin says expecting US negotiators once US less busy with Iran
Ina Fassbender secured first place for her photograph ‘Looking Forward to Euro’, taken in Essen during the 2024 UEFA European football championship.
AFP’s Global News Director, Phil Chetwynd, appeared on France 24’s Scoop on Friday, 7 February, to discuss artificial intelligence and its impact on journalism.
Thredd, the AI-first issuer processing platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Sutton Bank, a leading sponsor bank and card issuer for fintechs and embedded finance use cases. Through the partnership, Sutton Bank will serve as a BIN sponsor for Thredd clients seeking to launch and scale prepaid and debit card programs in the United States. The partnership strengthens the U.S. market proposition for global fintechs and embedded finance providers by providing these organizations ...
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) today announced the release of its first set of AI skills – purpose-built, platform-agnostic instruction kits that encode Moody’s analytical frameworks and connect AI agents to its decision-grade intelligence. Available across compatible AI platforms beginning with Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, Moody’s skills enable customers to execute complex analytical workflows through a single natural-language request, with outputs grounded in Moody’s proprietary ratings, re...
FlexGen Power Systems, LLC. ("FlexGen"), a leading battery energy storage solution and energy management software provider, announced today that it continues to grow its global business by building its presence in Europe to increase battery storage capacity on local grids, supporting energy reliability and affordability. FlexGen offers its energy management system, including power plant controls (PPC), analytics, and site-level supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), as well as servic...
GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York City-based private equity firm investing in U.S. lower middle market industrial services and business services companies, is thrilled to announce the promotion of Pratik Rajeevan to Partner. Pratik has significant transaction experience having invested in over ten platform companies and 30 add-on investments during his tenure at GenNx360. His experience includes investments in aerospace and defense, utility and environmental services, and tes...
Federato, the AI-native platform that changes the way insurance work gets done, today announced it is bringing its proven AI-native insurance platform to APAC and Japan. The platform, proven with Fortune 100 carriers in the U.S., will initially focus on carriers and managing general agents (MGAs) writing commercial lines in Australia and New Zealand, and a broader mandate spanning Singapore, Japan, and Korea. Ex-Guidewire exec Roland Slee will lead Federato’s expansion As evidence of Federa...
This investigation by AFP and SourceMaterial reveals that the plastic credits system relies heavily on cement plants, where large quantities of waste are incinerated, making this industry more polluting than aviation.
With the rise of generative AI and the growing use of synthetic images, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has successfully tested a “proof of concept” to certify the authenticity of its photos, ensuring they can be verified wherever they appear online. The Agency now plans to develop this technology further in collaboration with camera manufacturers, editing software developers, and news distributors, working towards a shared industry standard that protects the integrity of photojournalism.