AFP photographers honoured at the World Sports Photography Awards
The 2025 edition of the World Sports Photography Awards has recognised the work of five AFP photographers on Thursday, 9 January.
Tehran (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 05:47:15 | Tehran calls Trump's threat to pay for shipping damage with Iranian assets 'incendiary precedent'
Moscow (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 04:52:40 | Ukrainian drones hit Saint Petersburg area, triggering warehouse fire: local media
Wellington (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 03:32:09 | New Zealand PM says new US tariffs 'extremely disappointing'
Tokyo (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 03:05:51 | Japan 'regrets' new US tariffs: government
Tokyo (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 01:39:54 | Japan core inflation rose to 1.6% in June: official data
Sydney (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 01:32:17 | Australia says new US tariffs 'should be removed'
Washington (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 01:24:12 | US military launches 13th night of strikes on Iran
Paris (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 01:15:38 | France seeks EU civil protection mechanism for wildfires
Madrid (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 00:34:01 | Spain declares national emergency in Madrid region over forest fires
Washington (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 00:18:47 | Trump says frozen Iranian assets will pay for damage to shipping
Rehlko, a global energy resilience leader delivering innovative solutions across industrial energy systems, powertrain technologies, and home energy applications, today announced the strategic expansion of its Power Control & Distribution manufacturing facility in Cholet, France. The milestone, recognized during a visit by President and CEO Brian Melka on June 3-4, 2026, will significantly enhance Rehlko’s ability to meet surging demand across data center expansion, electrification, and ene...
Cover Genius, the global infrastructure for embedded protection, today announced a USD $100M capital raise, backed by Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners and strategic financing partner focused on enterprise software. The raise values the business at USD $1.9 billion, advancing a new chapter for the company. Cover Genius operates a B2B2C embedded protection platform that connects 200+ partners with 50+ global insurance carriers to protect over 70 million end customers...
ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution with AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock (RTL) that includes a non-network-facing tier (creating a tiered air gap), delayed deletes and immutability for ransomware recovery, announced today that MES Computing, a brand of The Channel Company, has highlighted ExaGrid in its 2026 MES Midmarket 100 list. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260714261987/en/ The annual MES...
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Esri has expanded its Community Maps Program, enabling road closure data to be shared with Google Maps and Waze. The Road Closures solution, in Esri's ArcGIS platform, was introduced last year as a way for users to easily share road closure updates directly with popular consumer mapping providers so they can update their maps with this important information. The solution aimed to bridge the gap between government agencies managing timely road updates and the public, who rely on mapping apps for...
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The 2025 edition of the World Sports Photography Awards has recognised the work of five AFP photographers on Thursday, 9 January.
Samos Energy Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) announced today the closing of its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units, including the full exercise by the underwriters of their overallotment option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 units. The offering was priced at $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000. The units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “SAMO.U” on July 10, 2026. Each unit co...
AFP, alongside its partners in the Lakmusz-HDMO project—an initiative funded by the European Union to combat disinformation—is participating in a week-long event in Budapest to mark International Fact-Checking Day on 2 April 2025.