The fall of the USSR, an AFP webdocumentary
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.
Bogotá (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 15:12:14 | 6.6 magnitude quake rocks Colombia: geological agency
Warsaw (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 14:01:13 | Poland's Vistula river drops to historic low in Warsaw: official
Dhaka (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 13:56:00 | Dhaka says 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
Madrid (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 10:53:44 | July was Spain's hottest month on record: weather agency
London (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 10:32:59 | Record July heat in regions home to 900 mn people: AFP analysis of Copernicus data
Tehran (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 09:54:43 | Iran says Saudi-Pakistan–Turkey deal shows 'change in perception' towards US
Jakarta (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 09:16:38 | Indonesian president nominates acting head to lead central bank
Kyiv (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 09:07:33 | 5 killed in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv region: official
Moscow (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 08:58:22 | Ukraine drone strike kills 12, wounds 39 in central Russia: official
Quito (AFP) | 10/08/2026 - 06:00:08 | Eight dismembered bodies found in illegal Ecuador mine: police
Sofinnova Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm, today announced that its portfolio company Myricx Bio (“Myricx”) has reached agreement to be acquired by Novartis, for up to $1.5 billion including $1.1 billion cash upfront plus potential milestone payments. This marks Sofinnova Partners' seventh exit in three years. Myricx Bio is a UK-headquartered transatlantic biotech company focused on the discovery and development of a novel class of payloads for antibody-drug co...
Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced new research commissioned by Boomi and conducted by Omdia showing that despite Asia Pacific’s (APAC) rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, a significant number of organisations lack the data architecture needed to achieve measurable return on investment (ROI). This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260615391067/en/Boomi Study Finds APAC Organisations Risking A...
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.
In order to renew the management at SID, Antoine Ludier, CFO of AFP, will temporarily be assuming the direction at SID as from January 16th, since Mr Cremer presented his resignation. AFP is proud of the results of its subsidiary SID, leader in sport news for the German market. SID generated an astonishing turnover of 5,3 M€ in 2011. The editorial teams at AFP and SID will be covering together the London Olympics and the Euro 2012, in order to respond better to our international client's needs.
AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was severely injured on assignment last October in Lebanon, will carry the Olympic Flame on Sunday, 21 July, in Vincennes, France, "to pay tribute to those who have fallen" while doing their job as journalists, she explained.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) announces a new collaboration with Synopsys, Inc., enabling users of Synopsys' simulation tools to navigate directly to Murata's website to access and download the latest high-performance simulation models from Murata. The collaboration covers Synopsys' 3D electromagnetic field analysis tool Ansys HFSS™ and thermal analysis tool Ansys Icepak®, and marks a significant step toward streamlining the simulation workflow for electronic...
A selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists from September 7th to September 13th, 2024.
ABB Robotics is collaborating with California bionics company, PSYONIC, to advance robotic gripping and dexterity using a new approach that utilizes real-world manipulation data from human prosthetic use. By combining the PSYONIC Ability Hand with an ABB GoFa™ cobot, the collaboration will explore how touch and motion data generated by human prosthetic use can be used to train robots to perform delicate, variable tasks that have traditionally been difficult to automate. This press release feat...