AFP photographers honoured at the World Sports Photography Awards

The Japan Arts Council (President: Mariko Hasegawa), with funding from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, has established the Japan Creator Support Fund to support projects nurturing Japan’s diverse creators and artists, and to support cultural facilities’ function enhancement. We are pleased to announce that the logo for the Fund has been established and that the English-language global website, which is promoting this project overseas, has been officially launched on Monday, June 30, 2025. A pr...

Circular Materials announces two major milestones under the Critical Raw Materials Act: the recovery from industrial wastewater of the first kilogram of ruthenium and the first ton of nickel, preventing the release of heavy metals into the environment. These results were secured through strong collaborations with two leading companies in surface treatments: LEM, core company of the LEM INDUSTRIES Group, specialized in the luxury sector, and Argos Surface Technologies Group, a leader in industri...

Ferno, a global leader in emergency medical solutions, will debut its most advanced powered transport systems at RETTmobil International 2025, Europe’s premier exhibition for rescue and mobility professionals. Visitors are invited to experience Ferno’s next-generation innovations firsthand in Hall 4, Booths 405 and 406. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250513940353/en/Power F2 with Cross Drive and Ferno Connect Headlini...

GIGABYTE, a global leader in IT and AI infrastructure, is set to showcase its full-stack AI solutions at COMPUTEX 2025 from May 20–23, under the theme “Omnipresence of Computing: AI Forward.” With end-to-end innovations spanning cloud, data center, edge, and application, GIGABYTE is redefining what computing can achieve in the AI era. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250514218509/en/GIGABYTE at COMPUTEX 2025: Accelerati...

Reflow Medical, Inc., a leading developer of innovative medical devices focused on complex cardiovascular disease, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo clearance for the company’s Spur Peripheral Retrievable Stent System, a unique clinical solution for the treatment of de novo or restenotic lesions following predilatation in patients with infrapopliteal arterial disease. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.bu...

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced Fundhost Limited, a boutique fund services provider to investment managers in Australia, has selected SS&C to support its fund services operations. Fundhost provides responsible entity, trustee, fund administration, registry, compliance, operations and support services to boutique Australian and international fund managers. The platform has AUD $2 billion in assets under management. Under the...

Tanzania's JP Magufuli Bridge opened to traffic on June 19, marking more than just a transportation milestone. Africa's longest low-tower cable-stayed bridge spanning Lake Victoria also represents five years of successful local capacity building and skills development. Built by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), the project implemented hands-on training programs during complex construction phases like cable installation and cantilever casting. This “learn-by-doing” approac...

Thales, a global leader in technology and cybersecurity, today released the findings of its 2025 Cloud Security Study conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research, revealing that AI-specific security has rapidly emerged as a top enterprise priority, ranking second only to cloud security. Over half (52%) of respondents said they are prioritizing AI security investments over other security needs, signaling a shift in how organizations are allocating budgets in response to the acce...