AFP wins the Photo of the Year Award at the Istanbul Photo Awards
AFP is also rewarded with the 1st prize in the "News Story" category during the 2019 edition of the competition.
Washington (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:57:07 | Trump says US to hit Iran's trading partners with tariffs
Sydney (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:56:53 | Australia to hold day of mourning for Bondi shooting victims on Jan 22
United Nations (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:17:34 | US slams Russia's use of nuclear-capable missile in Ukraine as 'inexplicable escalation'
New York (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:09:21 | Dow, S&P 500 end at records despite Fed independence angst
Paris (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 20:41:13 | Non-essential French embassy staff have left Iran: sources
Washington (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 19:35:41 | Trump to meet Venezuela opposition leader Machado on Thursday: US official
Istanbul (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 19:33:48 | Aleppo unrest was Kurdish fighters' bid to wreck Turkey peace process: Turkey ruling party
Paris (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 19:21:09 | Iran's Khamenei says strong turnout at pro-government rallies 'warning' to US
London (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 19:04:09 | UK FM urges end to 'horrific' and 'brutal repression' of Iran protests
San Francisco (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 18:29:35 | Apple chooses Google's Gemini AI to power Siri
AFP is also rewarded with the 1st prize in the "News Story" category during the 2019 edition of the competition.
AFP photographer Adrian Dennis has won photograph of the year at the press photographer’s 2013 competition for his striking image of Thai rider Nina Lamsan Ligon and her horse at the London Olympics. He also won the Sports Folio of the Year and Olympic Folio categories in the competition that rewards the best photographs in the British media.
The leading German sports news agency Sport-Informations-Dienst (SID), a subsidiary of AFP, is launching a pilot project to test the automatic writing of sports fixture lists in conjunction with German technology partner aexea. The aim is to explore the possibility of producing sports news with technology which uses a data base and algorithms.
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.
Mobile services
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...