Reporters appeal to UN council on behalf of slain colleagues
Journalists from around the globe seized a rare chance Wednesday to plead before the UN Security Council for action over the growing numbers of assassinated reporters.
Washington (AFP) | 20/12/2025 - 01:24:07 | US says more than 70 targets hit in strikes against IS in Syria
Washington (AFP) | 20/12/2025 - 00:13:09 | Trump says Syria strikes 'very serious retaliation' against IS
Washington (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 23:28:45 | Pentagon announces Syria operation in response to attack on US troops
Washington (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 22:02:57 | Trump administration begins release of Epstein files
Gaza City (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 21:48:56 | Gaza civil defence says 5 killed in Israeli shelling of shelter
Kyiv (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 21:46:44 | Russian strike kills seven in Ukraine's coastal Odesa region: governor
United Nations (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 21:22:24 | UN Security Council votes to extend DR Congo mission by one year
Washington (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 19:48:14 | Rubio says nothing will 'impede' sanctions enforcement in Caribbean
Washington (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 19:17:48 | Rubio hopes Thailand, Cambodia will restore truce by Monday or Tuesday
Washington (AFP) | 19/12/2025 - 18:44:53 | Rubio says US won't 'force' a deal on Ukraine
Journalists from around the globe seized a rare chance Wednesday to plead before the UN Security Council for action over the growing numbers of assassinated reporters.
Thony Belizaire, who won numerous awards while working as Agence France-Presse's photographer in his native Haiti for more than 25 years, died on Sunday. He was 54.
Development of a range of services dedicated to mobile telephony providers.
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Ant International today announced it has joined Project Ensemble’s Architecture Community to support the design and advancement of Hong Kong’s tokenisation ecosystem. As a Community member, it will be more involved in defining industry standards and supporting the development of Hong Kong’s tokenisation market, together with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and leading peers. A fintech representative on the Community, Ant International will also contribute its technological and innovatio...
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Québec’s Laval University today signed a partnership agreement under which AFP pledged to host trainee journalists at bureaux within its international network and contribute to the University’s journalism courses.
Latest research from Omdia shows that the Southeast Asia’s smartphone market declined 1% in 3Q25, with shipments totaling 25.6 million units - the third consecutive quarter of year-on-year contraction. Samsung led the region with 4.6 million units and an 18% share, driven by its premium-leaning portfolio in higher-ASP markets such as Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. This helped offset competitors’ gains in more price-sensitive markets like Indonesia and the Philippines. TRANSSION followed close ...
The European Commission (EC) has granted a line extension in the European Union (EU) for Celltrion’s Omlyclo™ (omalizumab), Europe’s first and only omalizumab biosimilar, for the 300 mg/2ml prefilled syringe (PFS). The European Commission (EC) approved Omlyclo™ 75 mg/0.5ml and 150mg/1ml solution for injection in pre-filled syringe in May 2024. Omlyclo™ is indicated for the treatment of patients with allergic asthma, chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal pol...
A veteran French war reporter who was a witness in Dallas to the fatal shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald has died at the age of 94, his family said on Sunday.
'Friendly fraud’ is expected to increase by 25% between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to an analysis of billions of transactions of global eCommerce businesses by ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology. ‘Friendly fraud’ or ‘return fraud’ occurs when legitimate customers dispute transactions post-purchase. Often mistaken for true fraud, these disputes are a growing industry challenge and cost retailers $103 billion in 2024 alone, according t...