Paris (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 05:02:06 | S.Korea's Park Chan-wook to head Cannes festival jury: organisers
Hong Kong (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 03:29:20 | Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai wins appeal in fraud case
Kyiv (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 03:09:51 | Several explosions heard in Kyiv after air alert: AFP journalist
Havana (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 02:40:36 | Cuba denounces 'infiltration' by armed group in speedboat from US
Basseterre (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 01:02:24 | Rubio warns of 'big problem' if Iran doesn't negotiate missiles
Basseterre (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 00:46:30 | Rubio says Cuba 'needs to change dramatically'
Basseterre (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 00:33:35 | Rubio warns oil sanctions to be re-tightened if Cuba violates 'spirit' of easing
Basseterre (AFP) | 26/02/2026 - 00:23:23 | Rubio says US seeking facts on Cuba boat shooting, will 'respond accordingly'
Seoul (AFP) | 25/02/2026 - 23:59:05 | NKorea says will 'permanently exclude' Seoul from compatriots category
Seoul (AFP) | 25/02/2026 - 23:45:15 | NKorea says is willing to 'get along' with US if acknowledged as nuclear power
Poverty, hunger, the effects of climate change and armed conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine, mean that the number of migrants trying to reach Europe, continues to rise.
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (28 April - 5 May, 2023).
A plane flies by a statue of the Louvre as the waxing gibbous moon rises in Paris, on May 3, 2023.
© Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (21-28 April, 2023).
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (15-21 April, 2023).
Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (8-14 April, 2023).
A plume of steam and gas billows from the Cotopaxi volcano as seen from Quito, Ecuador, on April 10, 2023.
© Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP
Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced its recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms, which evaluates vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. In Volante’s view, Gartner positioned them as a Leader based on their capacity to support enterprise-scale payment processing in banks and financial institutions across multiple regions, deployment models, and operational environm...
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