Turkish father's pain symbolises quake tragedy
It was a moment encapsulating the unspeakable pain of the Turkish earthquake: a father holding his 15-year-old's hand, the only thing visible after her body was crushed by concrete.
Dubai (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 22:14:40 | Pro-UAE Yemen official tells AFP southern forces won't unite under Saudi coalition
Washington (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 20:45:41 | 'Hundreds more' US agents head to Minnesota after shooting: top official
Paris (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 20:44:11 | Iran govt declares three days of national mourning for 'martyrs'
United Nations (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 19:57:07 | UN chief 'shocked' by violence in Iran, urges restraint: spokesman
Washington (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 17:12:41 | Son of ousted shah tells Fox 'prepared to return to Iran' at first opportunity
Beirut (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 17:05:20 | Israeli army strikes south Lebanon after warning: state media
Havana (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 17:02:54 | Cuban president to US: 'No one tells us what to do'
Jerusalem (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 15:48:24 | Israel army issues evacuation warning for Lebanon village ahead of strikes
Jerusalem (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 15:18:16 | Israel's Netanyahu hopes Iran will soon be freed from 'tyranny'
Washington (AFP) | 11/01/2026 - 13:50:22 | Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late'
It was a moment encapsulating the unspeakable pain of the Turkish earthquake: a father holding his 15-year-old's hand, the only thing visible after her body was crushed by concrete.
According to a study led by Forbes and Statista last November, AFP gets the 7th place among the 49 French ranked companies, and the 65th place among the 400 worldwide companies overall. AFP is also the first media that appears in the ranking.
This study was based on a survey of approximately 85,000 women working in 400 multinational companies of 36 countries. The women were invited to assess anonymously their employer's performance regarding gender topics such as gender equality on opportunities for advancement and parental leave.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jean-Pierre Vignolle, at the age of 77.
The event, organized by the Big Data for Smart Society Institute (GATE) in Sofia, is part of a weeklong event from January 23 to 27 titled “United against disinformation”.
The roundtable discussion on January 26 -- which will focus on the Code of Practice for fact-checkers in Bulgaria and Romania -- will be open to the public and will include interested stakeholders from the technology, media and academic sectors as well as NGOs.
AFP has a new short video format to share tips and techniques for digital investigations, drawing on the experience of the world’s largest fact-checking network.
From finding the origin of a video online to using archives to identify old versions of web pages, reading foreign languages with a smartphone or using mapping tools, these videos demonstrate tools used by AFP journalists around the world in their investigations.
They see themselves as the "bold generation" and the "conscious youth" of the African continent. AFP met six African students from Generation Z who, from Dakar to Nairobi, and Johannesburg to Abidjan, displayed a realistic optimism and a desire to transform their countries.
Paris based photographer Olivier Morin received an honourable mention at the Siena Awards on Saturday for a photograph showing fish trapped in a plastic bag.
The photo was taken near Pietarsaari, Finland, on May 3rd 2023, during the spring ice melt.
The Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) is a prestigious photography competition open to professional and amateur photographers worldwide.
Thredd, the leading next-generation global payments processor, today announced that Netbank, the Philippines’ first fully regulated embedded banking platform, has selected Thredd to launch its new Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution, enabling fintechs, e-wallets and banks to rapidly deploy modern, flexible card issuing across both consumer and commercial segments. Netbank’s CaaS solution leverages Thredd’s comprehensive full-stack card issuing platform, supporting both virtual and physical card...
Cooler Master, a global leader in PC components and tech lifestyle solutions, today announced COSMOS Alpha, the next evolution of its iconic COSMOS series. The COSMOS Alpha reflects Cooler Master’s commitment to FreeForm 2.0 with its modular, open, and customizable technology. It gives boundary-pushing PC builders the freedom to shape the form and performance of their system. “COSMOS has always represented the height of craftsmanship and customization,” said Matteo Stracciari, General Manager...
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