AFP

All article content is © Agence France-Presse.

Page 28 of 64

  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 24: Actor Mel Gibson attends the Los Angeles Special Preview Screening of “Monster Summer” at Directors Guild Of America on September 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ overcomes poor reviews to top slow winter box office with $12 million take

    By
  • DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 22: President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde makes statements during the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)Finance

    European Central Bank set to cut rates for the fourth time in a row in a bid to lower inflation—despite Trump’s threat on the bloc

    By Sam Reeves and AFP
  • BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – AUGUST 27: Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O’Leary talks to media on August 27; 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Group CEO of Ryanair annonced 9 new routes for W2024 from Charleroi airport, and none from Brussels due to the high airport charges. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)Finance

    Ryanair reports strong profits amid higher passenger numbers and ticket prices

    By
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Donald Trump’s Monday swearing-in marks just the second time in US history that a president lost the office and managed to return to power – a comeback cementing his place within the Republican Party as an enduring, transformational figure rather than a one-term aberration. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Elon Musk tells far-right AfD party it is ‘the best hope for the future of Germany’ as election nears

    By Edouard Merlo, Isabelle Le Page, and others
  • Portrait of child in floodwatersEnvironment

    Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year

    By
  • Craftsman Style BungalowLifestyle

    U.S. home sales in 2024 were the lowest they’ve been in nearly 30 years

    By
  • President Donald Trump sitting at a desk in the Oval OfficePolitics

    Trump fires independent watchdogs of federal agencies in ‘widespread massacre’

    By
  • SPAIN – JANUARY 22: The president of Fomento del Trabajo, Josep Sanchez Llibre, attends to the media at the Heritage Hotel, on 22 January, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The president of the Catalan employers’ association will comment on the decision of Banco Sabadell’s board of directors to hold an extraordinary meeting this Wednesday to discuss the transfer of its registered office to Sabadell from Alicante, as reported by the entity to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). (Photo By Mateo Lanzuela/Europa Press via Getty Images)Politics

    Banco Sabadell to relocate HQ to Catalonia—a move that may prompt thousands of Spanish firms to return to the region

    By Valentin Bontemps and AFP
  • BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 15: Oliver Blume, Chief Executive Officer, Volkswagen and Porsche smiles at DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum on May 15, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)Retail

    Volkswagen targets higher EV sales to avoid hefty €1.5 billion EU emission fines

    By
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Defence Secretary John Healey arrives for the Weekly Cabinet Meeting at Downing Street on January 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)Finance

    U.K. signs £9 billion nuclear submarine deal with Rolls Royce—in move to boost national security and create thousands of jobs

    By
  • The Japanese flag flies over the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters complex in central Tokyo on January 23, 2025. The Bank of Japan is expected to announce an interest rate decision on January 24 following two days of meetings. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Japan hikes interest rates to highest level in 17 years as core inflation accelerates to 3%

    By Kyoko Hasegawa and AFP
  • This photo taken on January 21, 2025 shows a pork cutlet dish served with shredded cabbage (C) at the restaurant Katsukichi in Tokyo. The 2024 record summer heat and heavy rain ruined crops, driving up the cost of the usually inexpensive leafy green in what Japanese media has dubbed a “cabbage shock”. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Japan-economy-agriculture-climate-inflation, REPORTAGE by Tomohiro Osaki and Hieun Shin (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    A ‘cabbage shock’ squeezes Japan’s chefs and shoppers: ‘Mind-blowingly expensive’

    By Tomohiro Osaki, Hieun Shin, and others
  • Larry Ellison attends the Rebels With A Cause Gala 2019 at Lawrence J Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USCTech

    80-year-old tech billionaire Larry Ellison makes an unexpected comeback in the Trump era

    By
  • Philanthropist Michael Bloomberg speaking at a podium at a climate eventEnvironment

    Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will fund the UN climate change body after Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement

    By
  • Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk gestures while speaking during an inauguration event at Capital One ArenaTech

    Elon Musk bashes Trump-backed $500 billion AI mega project

    By