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# ![@AFP Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::380648579.png) @AFP AFP News Agency

AFP News Agency posts on X about donald trump, russia, ukraine, australia the most. They currently have XXXXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence

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**Social topic influence**
[donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #2797, [russia](/topic/russia) #2414, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #1972, [australia](/topic/australia) #638, [social media](/topic/social-media) #1060, [salah](/topic/salah) #596, [the first](/topic/the-first) 1.51%, [united states](/topic/united-states) 1.51%, [countries](/topic/countries) #1817, [future](/topic/future) XXXX%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"France is set to hand over a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia on Monday which was looted from the Gobi desert and seized by French customs ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998023924915822649)  2025-12-08T13:36Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements


"Salah dropped by Liverpool for Inter Milan clash"  
[X Link](https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/salah-out-of-liverpool-squad-for-inter-milan-trip-1.500373137)  2025-12-08T16:03Z 2.4M followers, XX engagements


"'Couldn't do anything': deadly Hong Kong fire devours homes of thousands. The blaze still smoldering early Thursday has claimed at least XX lives with authorities reporting hundreds more remain unaccounted for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1993872019557859450)  2025-11-27T02:38Z 2.4M followers, 75.5K engagements


"Johnny Depp's life with former French partner Vanessa Paradis and their two children was "bliss" the US actor told AFP in an interview on Thursday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994134129856925943)  2025-11-27T20:00Z 2.4M followers, 65.8K engagements


"The Winter Egg one of Faberge's most dazzling creations is due to be auctioned in London next week and set another sales price record for the legendary jeweller of Imperial Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994168102905675893)  2025-11-27T22:15Z 2.4M followers, 13.3K engagements


"A jaguar is released back into the wild in a rural area of Novo Airao Amazonas State Brazil. The jaguar was rescued from the Negro River in October after being shot in the head by illegal hunters. It underwent surgery to remove the bullets and after making a full recovery was reintroduced into the wild 📸 State Secretariat for Animal Protection in the Amazonas / AFP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994220240935309752)  2025-11-28T01:42Z 2.4M followers, 15K engagements


"AFPs Pablo Porciuncula photographs a fireworks display next to a new floating Christmas tree installed on the Botafogo waterfront in Rio de Janeiro Brazil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995326159249080615)  2025-12-01T02:56Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements


"The Japanese students turning walking into a viral spectacle For more than half a century students at Nippon Sport Science University have captivated audiences with their synchronised walking -- a practice known as Shudan Kodo meaning "collective action""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995473007813267533)  2025-12-01T12:40Z 2.4M followers, 24.2K engagements


"Champagne from Lady Diana And Prince Charless wedding up for auction A rare magnum of Dom Prignon champagne which was served at Lady Diana's wedding to Prince Charles in 1981 will be auctioned on XX December in Denmark. With an estimated value of between 67000 and 80000 euros the bottle is expected to attract both wine enthusiasts and people who collect royal memorabilia. #AFPVertical 🎥 Camille Bas-Wohlert"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995498194621300938)  2025-12-01T14:20Z 2.4M followers, 16.1K engagements


"New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and US Senator Bernie Sanders rally with Starbucks workers in New York as their strike demanding better hours and pay enters its third week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995629033766199622)  2025-12-01T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements


"The United States has meddled for decades in elections around the world. But no modern president has done so as brazenly as Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995659220415369632)  2025-12-02T01:00Z 2.4M followers, 19.5K engagements


"Protesters and police clash in Bulgaria anti-graft demonstration. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Sofia and other major regional centres across Bulgaria in an anti-government protest triggered by the draft budget for 2026 that protesters say is an attempt to mask widespread corruption"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995718842601935011)  2025-12-02T04:57Z 2.4M followers, 60.7K engagements


"One year ago South Korea's leader declared martial law sending tanks to Seoul and soldiers to storm parliament as lawmakers fought to overturn the decree. AFP talks to three people who were there fighting to protect democracy and whose lives will never be the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995773983627587891)  2025-12-02T08:36Z 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements


"Faberge's The Winter Egg considered one of the most beautiful creations by the legendary jeweller of Imperial Russia could smash records when it goes under the hammer in London. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995800113608790117)  2025-12-02T10:20Z 2.4M followers, 8637 engagements


"Donald Trump's son-in-law and special envoy headed to the Kremlin Tuesday for high-stakes talks on Moscow's offensive in Ukraine as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for an end to the fighting and a "dignified peace". ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995890716325679592)  2025-12-02T16:20Z 2.4M followers, 13.5K engagements


"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a company-wide "code red" as its ChatGPT technology faces stiff competition from other big tech rivals especially Google US media reported. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995895745774231947)  2025-12-02T16:40Z 2.4M followers, 9782 engagements


"Faberge's The Winter Egg considered one of his most beautiful creations sold for nearly XX million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweller of Imperial Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995946132615180541)  2025-12-02T20:00Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"The Kremlin said Tuesday "no compromise" has been reached yet on the key question territory in Ukraine after hours-long talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995990350083620984)  2025-12-02T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 14.9K engagements


"Tech boss Dell gives $XXXX billion to Trumps trust funds for kids. So-called "Trump accounts" containing $1000 for all children born after January X 2025 were part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" which included massive new funding for the new migrant deportation drive while gutting health and welfare support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996063301222986038)  2025-12-03T03:45Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"South Korean prosecutors have demanded a 15-year prison term for former first lady Kim Keon Hee for alleged stock fraud and corruption crimes. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996197735918129494)  2025-12-03T12:40Z 2.4M followers, 18.3K engagements


"He still mocks his predecessor as "Sleepy Joe" Biden. But it was Donald Trump who seemed to be fighting to stay awake at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday renewing scrutiny of the 79-year-old president's health. More: 📸 Andrew Caballero-Reynolds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996297393151586394)  2025-12-03T19:16Z 2.4M followers, 18.5K engagements


"Democrats release photos of Epstein's notorious private island"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996392481483538668)  2025-12-04T01:33Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements


"Netflix releases explosive docuseries about Sean "Diddy" Combs despite the disgraced music mogul's attempts to block its airing. "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" chronicles the career and dramatic fall of the 56-year-old who was sentenced in October to XX months in prison for prostitution-related crimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996400965277065610)  2025-12-04T02:07Z 2.4M followers, 21.2K engagements


"Forecasts of fresh rain raise fears of more damage in flood-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka after earlier deluges killed more than 1500 people in four countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996443745823150479)  2025-12-04T04:57Z 2.4M followers, 9547 engagements


"Russia blocks access to US-owned online gaming platform Roblox accusing it of distributing extremist materials and promoting "LGBT propaganda""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996459578376978796)  2025-12-04T06:00Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements


"Divers haul abandoned 'ghost nets' from seabed off Greek island Off the Greek island of Spetses divers lift abandoned fishing nets from reefs in the Aegean Sea. The nets known as ghost nets continue to trap marine animals on the seabed for years before breaking down into microplastics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996509816320086395)  2025-12-04T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 8536 engagements


"US President Donald Trump will bring together the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo for what he will hail as his latest peace triumph despite ongoing violence on the ground. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996527419897901207)  2025-12-04T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 8424 engagements


"Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva following calls to exclude the country over its Gaza war tactics. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996534969686991250)  2025-12-04T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 7705 engagements


"🏅 The flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was handed to the host city organisers in an Athens ceremony for a two-month torch relay in Italy before the Games open on February X. #AFPSports ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996550087946691038)  2025-12-04T12:00Z 2.4M followers, 8146 engagements


"KFC prepares a finger-licking Christmas in Japan Christmas kicks off in Japan as KFC opens its Tokyo Christmas pop-up restaurant. The fast-food chain offers customers dishes inspired by Japan's "Christmas chicken" tradition dating back to 1974"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996555114450940028)  2025-12-04T12:20Z 2.4M followers, 9516 engagements


"Israeli raids hit south Lebanon as Israel's military said it was striking Hezbollah targets a day after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996599211958075842)  2025-12-04T15:15Z 2.4M followers, 8435 engagements


"Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for a two-day visit aimed at deepening defence ties as New Delhi faces heavy US pressure to stop buying oil from Moscow. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996602915331379556)  2025-12-04T15:30Z 2.4M followers, 43.4K engagements


"Russian President Vladimir Putin bears "moral responsibility" for the 2018 poisoning death of a British woman after a failed assassination attempt against a former Russian double agent a UK inquiry has found. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996610562038370324)  2025-12-04T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 9092 engagements


"US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss strikes on Yemen risked compromising sensitive information and could have put troops at risk the Pentagon's independent watchdog said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996623038423404631)  2025-12-04T16:50Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"The Olympic flame arrives in Rome on Thursday as the Milan-Cortina Winter Games home into view but organisers are rushing to make sure everything is ready for a sprawling sports showcase spread across a vast area of northern Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996655037402013902)  2025-12-04T18:57Z 2.4M followers, 8805 engagements


"US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace deal Thursday even as fresh violence raised questions about the accord to end one of Africa's longest wars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996681854817108183)  2025-12-04T20:43Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements


"Three countries on Thursday pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest after organisers opted not to vote on Israel's future participation allowing it to take part in next year's event"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996704833470882047)  2025-12-04T22:15Z 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements


"Photographs released by the Hanover Animal Protection and Shelter show a drunk raccoon passed out in the bathroom of a Virginia liquor store after ransacking the shop. The raccoon was safely returned to the wild after sobering up at the shelter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996716255886069992)  2025-12-04T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 9408 engagements


"University in Hong Kong suspends student union after a message was posted on campus expressing condolences and urging justice for the victims of a major fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996850283515617593)  2025-12-05T07:53Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements


"Hong Kong dog owner grateful after rescue from fire When Jacky Lee first heard about a raging fire at the Hong Kong housing estate where she lived she feared that she would never see her 15-year-old grey poodle again. The 43-year-old recounts how the dog was finally rescued by firefighters from the still-burning towers and returned to her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996882493425774824)  2025-12-05T10:01Z 2.4M followers, 8373 engagements


"India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hosted Russia's President Vladimir Putin with defence and trade ties centre stage as New Delhi faces heavy US pressure to stop buying Moscow's oil. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996894827204509979)  2025-12-05T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 9626 engagements


"⚽ The draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place in Washington with Donald Trump set to play a prominent part in a star-studded ceremony that will map the path to glory for contenders at the first-ever 48-team finals. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996897363487584700)  2025-12-05T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 8454 engagements


"New Zealand police have recovered a diamond-encrusted green Faberge egg after keeping a six-day watch over the thief accused of swallowing it. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996907412754780403)  2025-12-05T11:40Z 2.4M followers, 14.8K engagements


"The US Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use redrawn congressional districts for the 2026 midterm elections boosting the hopes of President Donald Trump's Republicans to retain control of the House of Representatives. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996914961440755860)  2025-12-05T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 8816 engagements


"🏏 A relentless Australia seized a 44-run lead over England in the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane with aggressive opener Jake Weatherald and Steve Smith leading the charge. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996930061635572137)  2025-12-05T13:10Z 2.4M followers, 8156 engagements


"The Rwanda camp giving a second chance to genocidal enemies Former fighters of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) among them recent recruits and those who participated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda take part in a rehabilitation camp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996952778917265604)  2025-12-05T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 8399 engagements


"🏎 Series leader Lando Norris completed a 'double top' to boost his bid for a maiden drivers' world championship ahead of title rival Max Verstappen in Friday's twilight second practice for this weekend's decisive season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996980544349843649)  2025-12-05T16:30Z 2.4M followers, 9252 engagements


"Heavy rains trigger fresh landslide warnings in Sri Lankas central hills as death toll from last weeks Cyclone Ditwah jumps above 600"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996999550028951647)  2025-12-05T17:46Z 2.4M followers, 9348 engagements


"US President Donald Trump receives the new FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino head of world football's governing body at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997005462265270493)  2025-12-05T18:09Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements


"Famed architect Frank Gehry whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics has died at his home in California. He was 96"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997032511776420243)  2025-12-05T19:57Z 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements


"Next year's FIFA World Cup to be hosted by the United States Mexico and Canada will be the first to feature XX teams. Here's the results of the draw which took place at a star-studded ceremony in Washington"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997043139803045926)  2025-12-05T20:39Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements


"The US Supreme Court is going to decide whether President Donald Trump can end birthright citizenship -- the practice of automatically granting American citizenship to anyone born on US soil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997082317882335318)  2025-12-05T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 9919 engagements


"Holders Argentina and leading contenders Spain were handed kind draws for the 2026 World Cup at a star-studded ceremony where US President Donald Trump took center stage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997093890461938035)  2025-12-06T00:01Z 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements


"🏎 George Russell threw a spanner into the best-laid plans of the three protagonists for the drivers' title with a scorching lap to top the times in final practice for this weekend's decisive season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. #AFPSports ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997299997658734682)  2025-12-06T13:40Z 2.4M followers, 8722 engagements


"🏎 Red Bull's Max Verstappen outgunned his two title rivals from McLaren to take pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and strengthen his bid for a fifth successive title. #AFPSports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997337747447558235)  2025-12-06T16:10Z 2.4M followers, 9953 engagements


"World's most expensive coffee goes on sale in Dubai at $1000 a cup Selling for nearly $1000 a cup a cafe in Dubai is offering the world's most expensive coffee brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1986050910552731812)  2025-11-05T12:40Z 2.4M followers, 1.4M engagements


"French artist JR who made his way from tagging graffiti on the street to being one of the most recognisable figures on the country's art scene has told AFP how he plans to turn the oldest bridge in Paris into an "immersive cave" for his latest project. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995518260985438210)  2025-12-01T15:40Z 2.4M followers, 8954 engagements


"Meta starts to remove under-16s in Australia from Instagram Threads and Facebook ahead of the country's world-first youth social media ban"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996409762045366438)  2025-12-04T02:42Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements


"German President gets royal treatment on UK state visit Britain's King Charles III welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Windsor as the pair hail the countries' deep ties during the first UK state visit by a German head of state in decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996600415148794284)  2025-12-04T15:20Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements


"An advisory panel appointed by the Trump administration's vaccine-skeptic health secretary has voted to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997025454331474350)  2025-12-05T19:29Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements


"AFPs Timothy A. Clary photographs people attending the annual Holiday Nostalgia Rides in the New York City subway system. Every Holiday season the New York Transit Museum and the NYC Transit Authority offer rides in restored vintage subway cars for a chance to step back in time. The Holiday Nostalgia Rides feature eight cars from the 1930s that served on lettered lines through the late 1970s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997939277183832366)  2025-12-08T08:00Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements


"Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged "One Battle After Another" leads the nominations for the Golden Globes with nine organizers announced Monday as the race to the Oscars kicked into high gear. by @paulacramon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998109070964961708)  2025-12-08T19:15Z 2.4M followers, 9288 engagements


"Kenya deploys hundreds of additional police to Haiti aiming to maintain pressure on the island's gangs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998244048088293814)  2025-12-09T04:11Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements


"Australia has banned young teenagers from social media launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook Instagram and TikTok. A raft of the world's most popular apps and websites face US$33 million fines if they fail to purge Australia-based users younger than XX. Australia's government says unprecedented measures are needed to protect children from "predatory algorithms" filling phone screens with bullying sex and violence. The laws came into effect after midnight local time on Wednesday across Australia. 📷 AFP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998399465707700495)  2025-12-09T14:28Z 2.4M followers, 9246 engagements


"BREAKING Cambodia withdrew on Wednesday from the Southeast Asian Games a Games official said as a border conflict with hosts Thailand escalates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998605884671361126)  2025-12-10T04:09Z 2.4M followers, 9176 engagements


"UPDATE Half a million evacuees in Cambodia and Thailand were sheltering in pagodas schools and other safe havens on Wednesday after fleeing renewed fighting in a century-old border dispute in which US President Donald Trump has vowed to again intercede"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998631841738154437)  2025-12-10T05:52Z 2.4M followers, 8017 engagements


"Formula One: Winners and losers in 2025"  
[X Link](https://www.thesouthafrican.com/motoring/motorsport/formula-one-winners-and-losers-in-2025-result/)  2025-12-08T07:11Z 2.4M followers, XXX engagements


"President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday host Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for talks in Paris a French presidential official said as Washington seeks to push a plan aimed at ending the war between Kyiv and Moscow. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994801032350548004)  2025-11-29T16:10Z 2.4M followers, 19.5K engagements


"#BREAKING Trump-backed Trump candidate Nasry Asfura nicknamed "grandad" is leading Sunday's presidential election in Honduras according to partial results from the country's electoral commission"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995359903485976597)  2025-12-01T05:10Z 2.4M followers, 27.6K engagements


"Iran has sentenced in absentia Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and a travel ban over "propaganda activities" against the country his lawyer told AFP on Monday. The travel ban is two years long lawyer Mostafa Nili told AFP adding that they would file an appeal. Panahi won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize this year for "It Was Just an Accident". 📸 Miguel Medina"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995537905142440273)  2025-12-01T16:58Z 2.4M followers, 53.1K engagements


"French President Emmanuel Macron met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday where he is expected to push the Chinese leader to help secure a ceasefire in Ukraine and discuss trade relations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996428149861568836)  2025-12-04T03:55Z 2.4M followers, 257.4K engagements


"Democrats release footage of Epstein's notorious private island Democrats in the US Congress release photos and videos showing the luxury island home where convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly forced underage girls into sex with powerful men"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996932620635029742)  2025-12-05T13:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements


"The European Union has hit Elon Musk's X with a 120-million-euro ($140-million) fine for breaking its digital rules in a move that risks a fresh clash with US President Donald Trump's administration. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996967842898387322)  2025-12-05T15:40Z 2.4M followers, 14.9K engagements


"French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU in remarks published Sunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997667412611874921)  2025-12-07T14:00Z 2.4M followers, 96.5K engagements


"US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under mounting pressure from scandals surrounding strikes on alleged drug boats and his use of Signal to discuss sensitive military information sparking growing criticism and calls for him to quit. by @wgdunlop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997818405555163616)  2025-12-08T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements


"Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer on Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $XX per share challenging a previously announced deal between WBD and Netflix ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998071581550039075)  2025-12-08T16:46Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"US residents will be able to enter America's national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite for free on President Donald Trump's birthday in the latest move by his administration to elevate his profile 🏞"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998086440274501636)  2025-12-08T17:45Z 2.4M followers, 11.6K engagements


"US President Donald Trump says he has reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow American chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998194641661776334)  2025-12-09T00:55Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"Indian pride as Asiatic lions roar back Nearly wiped out by hunting and habitat loss by the early 20th century only about XX Asiatic lions remained. Now in their last refuge Gir National Park lion numbers have risen by a third in five years from XXX to 891"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998298269017923747)  2025-12-09T07:46Z 2.4M followers, 36.2K engagements


"A powerful roar rocked the forest before the silhouette of a lioness appeared at an Indian reserve a potent image of how conservation efforts have brought the creatures back from the brink"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998445570352939207)  2025-12-09T17:32Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements


"Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook Instagram and TikTok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998554518494027924)  2025-12-10T00:45Z 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements


"67 journalists killed in 2025 half in Gaza says Reporters Without Borders. The figure outlined in RSF's latest annual report is an increase on the XX killed in 2024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998586696032563579)  2025-12-10T02:52Z 2.4M followers, 8130 engagements


"AFP Infographic chart listing XX social media platforms that have been banned for under 16s in Australia starting December XX 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998675554476671370)  2025-12-10T08:46Z 2.4M followers, 8323 engagements


"VIDEO: Albania's new AI-generated minister makes first address to parliament The world's first AI government minister defended her role as "not here to replace people but to help them". 'Diella' was appointed by Prime Minister Edi Rama last week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1968700801305477550)  2025-09-18T15:37Z 2.4M followers, 476K engagements


"VIDEO:  Popemobile transformed into Gaza children's clinic The popemobile used by the late Pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem has been modified to be used as a mobile children's clinic in Gaza in accordance with the late pope's wishes #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994004144672088499)  2025-11-27T11:23Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements


"Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off Chinese companies are building on the countrys rapid development of drones and electric cars to get a competitive edge in producing futuristic flying vehicles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994980087742304540)  2025-11-30T04:01Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements


"'We chose it' For decades the PKK has found sanctuary in mountains in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. Even if fighting has stopped the guerrilla lifestyle won't end. It will rather adapt to new "peaceful" ways the commander says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995768359703523766)  2025-12-02T08:13Z 2.4M followers, 84.7K engagements


"For XX years neutrality has been the cornerstone of Austria's foreign policy. But debate has been mounting in the EU member state since Russia invaded Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996373644977623327)  2025-12-04T00:19Z 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements


"In Egypt's Sinai mountains near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses another unmistakable sound rings out: the drilling of construction work. Egypt has undertaken a megaproject aimed at drawing mass tourism to the once serene mountain town of Saint Catherine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996495229323493835)  2025-12-04T08:22Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements


"'Land without laws': Israeli settlers force Bedouins from West Bank community. Ahmed Kaabneh remained determined to stay on the land his family had lived on for generations. But when settlers constructed a shack near his home and started intimidating his children Kaabneh said he had no choice but to flee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996809426301268148)  2025-12-05T05:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements


"An ancient dam pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concluded his fourth state visit to China on Friday striking a more relaxed note in the city of Chengdu after tough discussions on Ukraine and trade with his counterpart Xi Jinping a day earlier. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996909930985517232)  2025-12-05T11:50Z 2.4M followers, 29.6K engagements


"The US town powering the digital world The once-quiet town of Ashburn in Northern Virginia near Washington has transformed into the heart of the world's digital infrastructure handling an estimated XX% of global internet traffic and earning the moniker Data Center Alley"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996942637950193830)  2025-12-05T14:00Z 2.4M followers, 8591 engagements


"French animated film "Arco" -- an optimistic adventure financed by Oscar winner Natalie Portman and adored by critics -- seems to have what it takes to make a run to the Academy Awards thanks to director Ugo Bienvenu. by @Romanuevo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997720385115349210)  2025-12-07T17:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements


"Horror video-game movie "Five Nights at Freddy's 2" proved jump scares can still rake in the cash with a debut that ruled North American theaters industry estimates showed Sunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997784431697010854)  2025-12-07T21:45Z 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements


"ICE agents 'provoke fear' in immigration court. In the corridors of New York's XX Federal Plaza US immigration police agents arrest asylum seekers as they leave the courtroom. Since returning to the White House in January US President Donald Trump has made tackling illegal immigration a priority"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997852968276865464)  2025-12-08T02:17Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements


"Singer Katy Perry and Canada's Justin Trudeau make romance official"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997896872732614805)  2025-12-08T05:11Z 2.4M followers, 26.9K engagements


"Santas ski race and ride camels as Christmas nears. Although Christmas is still a few weeks away Santa is already being kept busy at festive events across the world: from skiing in Switzerland to camel riding in Pakistan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997954544567783502)  2025-12-08T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 8406 engagements


"VIDEO: Syrian city emptied by Assad comes back to life one year after his fall As Syria marks a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government and the end of more than half a century of his dynasty's iron-fisted rule Daraya is slowly coming back to life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998054964590219564)  2025-12-08T15:40Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements


"Ukraine's European allies put on a show of support for President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday at talks in London as they expressed scepticism about parts of the US proposal to end the war with Russia ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998075150785192383)  2025-12-08T17:00Z 2.4M followers, 16K engagements


"Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vows to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to mark the anniversary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998158166207480120)  2025-12-08T22:30Z 2.4M followers, 9527 engagements


"France has returned to Mongolia a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton that was looted from the Gobi Desert and seized by French customs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998217370574168341)  2025-12-09T02:25Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements


"Cambodia and Thailand clash at border as civilian toll rises. The two countries have blamed each other for the renewed fighting which saw Thailand launch air strikes and use tanks against its neighbour on Monday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998255773827178620)  2025-12-09T04:57Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements


"AFP's Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the exhibition "Dynastic Jewels" from the Al Thani Collection at the Hotel de la Marine in Paris. The exhibition will run from December XX 2025 to April X 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998286401238974919)  2025-12-09T06:59Z 2.4M followers, 8885 engagements


"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV in Italy on Tuesday as he prepared to send the United States revised proposals to end Russia's invasion ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998340751814496734)  2025-12-09T10:35Z 2.4M followers, 14.3K engagements


"VIDEO: 📈 Christmas magic meets harsh reality as US shoppers feel inflation sting At a Christmas market in Maryland festive cheer alone can't drive cost of living concerns out of shoppers' minds. "Prices are terrible" says local high school teacher James Doffermyre as American households contend with creeping inflation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998418960476172749)  2025-12-09T15:46Z 2.4M followers, 8375 engagements


"Argentine police raided national football headquarters and several top clubs Tuesday in a sweeping money-laundering probe just months before the world champions defend their title"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998496475328708779)  2025-12-09T20:54Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements


"VIDEO: Japanese aid workers help those impacted by Sri Lanka's worst cyclone this century which killed at least XXX people in late November. The emergency medical camp was set up in the coastal town of Chilaw where the main hospital was flooded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998508717222809916)  2025-12-09T21:43Z 2.4M followers, 9391 engagements


"Liverpool bounced back from a damaging row with Mohamed Salah by beating Inter Milan 1-0 on Tuesday and kicking their Champions League campaign back into life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998531869101445453)  2025-12-09T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 8002 engagements


"Volunteers help clean-up large quantities of bananas that washed up on the south coast of England after an incident in which a container ship capsized near the Isle of Wight. The Baltic Kipper cargo ship lost XX containers on Saturday including eight containing bananas two containing plantains and one containing avocados according to the British coastguard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998657600909426854)  2025-12-10T07:34Z 2.4M followers, 7851 engagements


"Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is "safe" and will reach Oslo by Thursday at the latest but will not accept her Nobel Peace Prize in person Nobel officials have said ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998718819200634954)  2025-12-10T11:37Z 2.4M followers, 9423 engagements


"Liverpool great Steven Gerrard believes the club still need Mohamed Salah as he urged the star forward to "reverse away" from an extraordinary outburst where he accused the faltering Premier League champions of "throwing him under the bus" ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998727628300107993)  2025-12-10T12:12Z 2.4M followers, 6890 engagements


"Several thousand people rallied in Croatia's capital in an anti-fascist march protesting against the rise of World War II revisionism and far-right views in the country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995198645013242048)  2025-11-30T18:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements


"South Africa Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa which has the world's highest HIV burden"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995549736544227654)  2025-12-01T17:45Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE: Pacific island office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets' Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the Cook Islands to cover their tracks an AFP analysis of sanctions data reveals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995747856880128490)  2025-12-02T06:52Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements


"French President Emmanuel Macron touched down on Wednesday in China where he is expected to put pressure on his counterpart Xi Jinping to help secure a ceasefire in Ukraine and discuss trade relations. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996180127680532787)  2025-12-03T11:30Z 2.4M followers, 24.5K engagements


"French cat under house arrest after neighbour's complaint A French cat has been put under house arrest after a neighbour complained he kept jumping into his garden. #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996258209716162669)  2025-12-03T16:40Z 2.4M followers, 174.4K engagements


"President Vladimir Putin is set to begin a two-day visit to India seeking to deepen defence ties even as New Delhi faces growing US pressure to stop buying Russian oil. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996529923662479546)  2025-12-04T10:40Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements


"French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to Xi Jinping to help end the war in Ukraine and to tackle trade deficits as the two leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996532462344659079)  2025-12-04T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 32.1K engagements


"Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is "tragic" that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries have slashed international aid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996693522401898857)  2025-12-04T21:30Z 2.4M followers, 14.3K engagements


"Endangered penguins off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages study shows. Some populations have dropped by XX% in just eight years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996792816014377040)  2025-12-05T04:04Z 2.4M followers, 13.3K engagements


"Pentagon says it has endorsed the tripartite AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and Australia which would involve Canberra's acquisition of at least three Virginia-class nuclear submarines within XX years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996840503703109728)  2025-12-05T07:14Z 2.4M followers, 77K engagements


"President Donald Trump's administration said in a long-awaited new strategy document that the United States will shift from its historic global role toward increasing dominance in Latin America and vigorously fighting migration. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996899860121796616)  2025-12-05T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 21.4K engagements


"Opinions are split as Australia prepares to ban social media for under-16s Parents and children express mixed views on Australia's imminent ban for under-16s to join social media which will come into effect on December XX. Australia's world-first legislation will apply to the most popular social media platforms and websites including TikTok Instagram and YouTube"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997873940400627890)  2025-12-08T03:40Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"AFPs Chandan Khanna photographs an installation called "Regular Animals" by digital artist Mike Winkelmann also known as Beeple which shows wax heads of Elon Musk Mark Zuckerberg Jeff Bezos Kim Jong Un and others on robot dogs during Art Basel 2025 in Miami Beach Florida"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997887256154054664)  2025-12-08T04:33Z 2.4M followers, 17K engagements


"Belfast Christmas market bans sale of AI-generated artwork. In Belfast the battle between technology and tradition is playing out at an artists market. Organisers of the annual Christmas fair have banned AI-generated artwork insisting on "human creativity" as artificial intelligence floods the art world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997907925377954262)  2025-12-08T05:55Z 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements


"UN calls on Taliban to lift its ban on Afghan women working in its offices saying the restriction puts "life-saving services" at risk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997944057566282004)  2025-12-08T08:19Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"The family of Maria Corina Machado and heads of state have arrived in Oslo for this week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honouring the Venezuelan opposition leader who lives in hiding but is expected to attend the ceremony"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998183317116420586)  2025-12-09T00:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"Cambodians take shelter in a Buddhist temple amid renewed clashes with Thailand Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia spread Tuesday to new parts of their contested border as the toll rose to XX killed and more than 140000 civilians fled the violence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998316077147644350)  2025-12-09T08:57Z 2.4M followers, 8669 engagements


"⚽ Lionel Messi won his second consecutive Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player award on Tuesday after sparking Inter Miami to the MLS title and leading the league in goals ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998433172149723605)  2025-12-09T16:42Z 2.4M followers, 8755 engagements


"The Azzedine Alaa Foundation and La Galerie Dior in Paris are presenting an exploration of couture heritage through the exhibition Azzedine Alaa and Christian Dior: Two Masters of Haute Couture. It will run until May X 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998521989267444178)  2025-12-09T22:35Z 2.4M followers, 9269 engagements


"BREAKING Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will not be present to accept her Nobel Peace Prize award in Oslo on Wednesday the Nobel Institute told AFP. Machado who is in hiding will be represented by her daughter at the awards ceremony"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998646679491301795)  2025-12-10T06:51Z 2.4M followers, 27.6K engagements


"Salah turns up for training with Liverpool future in balance"  
[X Link](https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/salah-turns-up-for-training-with-liverpool-future-in-balance-1.500374122)  2025-12-09T13:25Z 2.4M followers, XX engagements


"Kounde double helps Barcelona claim comeback win against Frankfurt in Champions League"  
[X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2025/Dec/10/kounde-double-helps-barcelona-claim-comeback-win-against-frankfurt-in-champions-league)  2025-12-10T07:09Z 2.4M followers, XX engagements


"More than XXX South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country file landmark lawsuit 📸 A building slated for demolition that was once called a "monkey house" a clinic for sex workers hired to serve US soldiers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1965318402760659252)  2025-09-09T07:36Z 2.4M followers, 4.4M engagements


"Faulty engineering blamed for catastrophic implosion of Titanic sub. "Because OceanGate did not adequately test the Titan the company was unaware of the pressure vessel's actual strength and durability says US National Transportation Safety Board"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978647569480688040)  2025-10-16T02:21Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements


"VIDEO: Canada's captive belugas face euthanasia threat and uncertain future Marineland near the famed Niagara Falls was once a profitable theme park but the reportedly bankrupt former tourist attraction is now closed to visitors with XX beluga whales still held in its decaying pools #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1994428435465228767)  2025-11-28T15:29Z 2.4M followers, 209.4K engagements


"Death toll from Sri Lanka floods landslides rises to XXX reports disaster agency. It is the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades and officials say the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region is only just being revealed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995346647870484848)  2025-12-01T04:18Z 2.4M followers, 17.6K engagements


"Hong Kong firefighters save beloved pets. "I was so happy I was out of my mind says Jacky Lee after Jason her 15-year-old grey poodle was saved from the citys deadliest blaze in decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995779355721539872)  2025-12-02T08:57Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"🍾 Charles and Diana's wedding champagne to be auctioned A rare magnum of Dom Perignon vintage 1961 champagne served at the wedding of King Charles III and Princess Diana in 1981 is set to go on auction in Denmark"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1995825417484181614)  2025-12-02T12:00Z 2.4M followers, 8620 engagements


"KFC prepares a finger-licking Christmas with pop-up restaurant in Tokyo. The fast-food chain offers customers dishes inspired by Japan's "Christmas chicken" tradition dating back to 1974"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996418772236742911)  2025-12-04T03:18Z 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements


"Delhi records over 200000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic air New Delhi recorded more than 200000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024 highlighting the adverse effects of toxic air on health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996585303293792417)  2025-12-04T14:20Z 2.4M followers, 9233 engagements


"AFPs Josh Edelson photographs vehicles navigating roadways flooded with ocean water during a King Tide event in Mill Valley California. "King Tides" occur when the Earth moon and sun align to produce unusually high water levels cause tidal flooding and give a glimpse into what things could look like with rising sea levels in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996756649575399677)  2025-12-05T01:40Z 2.4M followers, 11.6K engagements


"US Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed voting map"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996770007271829857)  2025-12-05T02:34Z 2.4M followers, 9561 engagements


"New Zealand police have recovered a diamond-encrusted green Faberge egg after keeping a six-day watch over the thief accused of swallowing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996780015602573679)  2025-12-05T03:13Z 2.4M followers, 20K engagements


"KFC prepares a finger-licking Christmas in Japan Christmas kicks off in Japan as KFC opens its Tokyo Christmas pop-up restaurant. The fast-food chain offers customers dishes inspired by Japan's "Christmas chicken" tradition dating back to 1974"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996902418533982352)  2025-12-05T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 9142 engagements


"President Donald Trump has laid out a radical realignment of US foreign policy shifting the longtime superpower's focus from global to regional brutally criticizing Europe as facing "civilizational erasure" and putting a top priority on eliminating mass migration. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1996970329302868065)  2025-12-05T15:50Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements


"⛸🏅 Ilia Malinin showed why he is red-hot favourite for Olympic gold by winning the Grand Prix Final with a world-record free skate score after landing an incredible seven quads. #AFPSports ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997305062171856993)  2025-12-06T14:00Z 2.4M followers, 8674 engagements


"Guinea's youth risk everything to migrate to Europe Safiatou Bah XX has made her decision. She will leave behind her young children to try to secure their future by migrating to Europe from the Guinean coast - a new perilous migration route emerging in West Africa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997325281770840330)  2025-12-06T15:20Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements


"Christmas cheer returned to the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ on Saturday as Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank lit up a tree for the first time since the war in Gaza began over two years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997456019891621949)  2025-12-07T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements


"British documentary photographer Martin Parr has died at his home in the western English city Bristol at the age of XX his foundation announced on Sunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1997697612007588168)  2025-12-07T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements


"VIDEO: Nightclub fire kills XX in India's Goa A blaze that ripped through a nightclub in the popular Indian tourist resort region of Goa has killed XX people. The fire broke out at the club in Arpora in the north of the coastal state with officials reporting that "electrical firecrackers" had sparked the blaze #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998039162209870086)  2025-12-08T14:37Z 2.4M followers, 9208 engagements


"Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton was spared jail on Monday after being given a suspended sentence for grossly offensive social media posts concerning British broadcaster Jeremy Vine and television pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998064787012391329)  2025-12-08T16:19Z 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements


"Mohamed Salah has been dropped from Liverpool's squad for their Champions League tie away to Inter Milan following incendiary remarks about his relationship with manager Arne Slot and his treatment by the Premier League club ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998068061518106938)  2025-12-08T16:32Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"Lando Norris's success with McLaren in ending Max Verstappen's four-year reign as world champion on Sunday ushered in a winter of radicalchange for Formula One. Here are three things to watch for going into next season:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998131720562831750)  2025-12-08T20:45Z 2.4M followers, 9901 engagements


"Global technology giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to invest $XXXX billion to help build India's artificial intelligence infrastructure with CEO Satya Nadella calling it "our largest investment ever in Asia" ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998410319387886068)  2025-12-09T15:12Z 2.4M followers, 8717 engagements


"VIDEO: At a Christmas market outside the US capital festive cheer alone cannot drive cost-of-living concerns out of shoppers' minds. "Prices are terrible" says local high school teacher James Doffermyre as American households contend with creeping inflation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998480828561502573)  2025-12-09T19:52Z 2.4M followers, 8837 engagements


"BREAKING Brazilian lawmakers approve law to cut Bolsonaro jail term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998628075362283815)  2025-12-10T05:37Z 2.4M followers, 46.2K engagements


"VIDEO: Police bodycam footage shows moments before Luigi Mangione's arrest The Pennsylvania police footage shows the moments before the arrest of Mangione the man suspected of gunning down a US insurance executive in New York City at a McDonald's in Altoona in December 2024. The crime sent shockwaves through corporate America and exposed anger with the profit-driven private healthcare system #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1998735486563606821)  2025-12-10T12:44Z 2.4M followers, 6822 engagements