Tokyo (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 14:46:25 | Japan's ruling coalition wins super-majority in election: NHK
Bucharest (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 14:24:18 | Romania's president says invited to Trump's 'Board of Peace' meeting on Feb 19
Tokyo (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 14:16:23 | Japan PM Takaichi says fiscal policy will be 'responsible'
Bucharest (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 14:08:18 | Romania's president says invited Trump's 'Board of Peace' meeting on Feb 19
Geneva (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 14:01:22 | Three deadly attacks on health centres in Sudan's South Kordofan in past week: WHO
Addis Ababa (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 12:25:38 | Ethiopia demands Eritrea 'immediately withdraw' troops from its territory
Tokyo (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 12:08:54 | Japan's ruling party regains majority in election: media projections
Bangkok (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 11:05:54 | Polls close in Thai general election: AFP
Tehran (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 10:08:00 | Iran doubts whether US taking negotiations seriously: foreign minister
Lisbon (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 09:13:13 | Polls open in second round of Portugal presidential vote
Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of its Stablecoins Advisory Practice. The new value-added service offering by Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) provides actionable insights and recommendations to guide banks, fintechs, merchants, and businesses of all sizes on market fit, strategy, and implementation. As the stablecoin market cap surpasses $250 billion, Visa’s settlement volume has accelerated, reaching a $3.5 billion annualized run rate as o...
AFP photojournalists Roman Pilipey and Luis Tato received multiple awards at the 2024 edition of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, held on 16 November.
Blockstream Capital Partners (“BCP”), today announced the planned acquisition of Corbiere Capital Management, a Jersey-based equities hedge fund manager led by Rodrigo Rodriguez. Komainu, an existing BCP strategic investment, will provide the necessary corporate support, exchange connectivity, collateral management and custodial services. This combination supports BCP’s broader objective of offering a full suite of investment solutions that meet the needs of global institutions seeking both tra...
Mercans, a global leader in payroll technology, workforce management, and HR SaaS solutions, today announced the launch of its next-generation Workforce Management (WFM) and Leave Management Engine - the world’s first platform capable of evaluating unevaluated time and attendance data against any country-specific legislation and client-specific policy framework, and converting it into fully evaluated, payroll-ready time transactions. This breakthrough engine fundamentally transforms how organi...
Multi-Color Corporation (“MCC” or the “Company”), a global leader in prime label solutions, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Court”) for first day relief related to its prepackaged Chapter 11 filed on January 29, 2026. The approved relief affirms that the Company will operate in the normal course, pay all trade vendors and suppliers in full, and maintain a strong liquidity position during the restructuring. As pa...
A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organisations said.
A group of journalists from different media outlets were near Alma al-Shaab close to the border with Israel when they were caught up in cross-border shelling, one of the two wounded AFP correspondents said.
A Lebanese security source had told AFP that initial Israeli shelling followed an infiltration attempt by a Palestinian faction from the Lebanese side of the border.
Leading global news agency AFP releases an online training course to equip journalists and journalism students with tools and techniques to tackle climate misinformation.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced a strategic collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V) to bring stronger identity, user recognition, and security controls to the emerging world of agentic commerce. Through its integration of Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol with Akamai’s edge-based behavioral intelligence, user recognition, and bot and abuse protection, the companies will deliver the identity, ...
