07/24/2025 08:00
REPLY: IEO and Laife Reply Innovate Mammography Screening with an AI-based Intelligent Agent Solution

Laife Reply, a company within the Reply Group specialising in AI and Big Data solutions for healthcare, has partnered with IEO (European Institute of Oncology) to create an innovative project leveraging a network of AI-based intelligent agents to support radiologists in mammography screening. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250724793595/en/Based on neural networks and radiomics techniques, X-RAIS integrates a multi-ag...

07/29/2025 10:00
NTT DATA and Mistral AI to Shape Future of Sustainable and Secure Private AI for Enterprises

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, and Mistral AI, a rising innovator in open-weight, high-performance generative AI (GenAI) models, today announced plans to jointly sell and deploy safe and private enterprise-grade AI solutions that are able to foster strategic autonomy for clients. The companies will combine NTT DATA’s comprehensive GenAI and IT services portfolio, global delivery capabilities, industry expertise and trusted client relationships with Mist...

07/29/2025 10:00
Esri, Microsoft, and Space42 Join to Launch “Map Africa Initiative”

Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space42 and Microsoft to support the Map Africa Initiative. The effort is a five-year endeavor to produce the most comprehensive basemap of Africa to date. The initiative will deliver high-resolution, scalable geospatial data across all 54 African countries with the goal to benefit more than 1.4 billion people. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.bus...

07/21/2025 06:00
Regnology to Acquire Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting Business Unit (FRR)

Regnology, a leading software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) unit. The proposed acquisition represents a strategic step in Regnology’s ambition to deliver regulatory intelligence at scale—bringing together complementary capabilities across finance, risk, and regulatory reporting. It also expands Regnology’s presence in key markets and ...

07/21/2025 06:00
EUMETSAT Takes Control of Europe’s First Geostationary Sounder Satellite

After more than two weeks of complex manoeuvring, precise positioning and meticulous checks, EUMETSAT assumed control of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) spacecraft on 18 July 2025, the latest addition to its fleet of geostationary meteorological satellites. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250720937880/en/MTG-S1 in orbit Following MTG-S1’s successful launch on 1 July 2025, the satellite, which carries ...

Breach-Valdez Journalism Prize in Mexico: A Look Back at the Migrant Plight

Two investigations into the plight of migrants won the support of the jury members—including AFP—for this award, which honours the memory of two Mexican journalists murdered in 2017.

Two investigations into the plight of migrants won the support of the jury members—including AFP—for this award, which honours the memory of two Mexican journalists murdered in 2017.

Israël - Hamas: steady under fire

By Phil Chetwynd, AFP Global News Director

 

The Israel-Hamas war is one of the most complex and divisive stories AFP has covered. It touches historical fault lines that are generating visceral emotions in our societies, and in our newsrooms.