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"More than XXX people have fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centres and crossed into Thailand Thai official tells AFP after a military raid on the compound. Sprawling compounds where cyber criminals target people with romance and business cons have thrived in Myanmar during its civil war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981259320437199347) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T07:20Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements


"Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who turns XX next week confirmed Thursday he will run for a fourth term in office in 2026 elections. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981362520800538649) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T14:10Z 2.4M followers, 58.2K engagements


"VIDEO Myanmar scam centre raid sends people fleeing to Thailand Men swim across the Moei river to Thailand after a military raid on KK Park one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centres sent hundreds of people fleeing across the border"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981646938966515847) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements


"🎾 Elena Rybakina pulled out injured ahead of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final on Saturday putting Linda Noskova into a title decider against Belinda Bencic. Swiss Bencic defeated Sofia Kenin of the US in a three-set battle in the other Tokyo semi-final"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982054535272288405) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T12:00Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"Turkey's decision to keep an African baby gorilla rescued from trafficking defies logic a Nigerian conservation NGO that was preparing to receive it said Saturday. The primate was five months old when he was discovered at Istanbul airport. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982099844073431053) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 23.6K engagements


"#BREAKING US President Donald Trump said Monday the announcement by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of a nuclear-powered cruise missile test was not "appropriate" "He ought to get the war (in Ukraine) ended. A war that should have taken one week is now soon in its fourth year. That's what he ought to do instead of testing missiles""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982698032148754851) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T06:37Z 2.4M followers, 74.9K engagements


"The Catrinas Parade in Mexico City. AFPs Rodrigo Oropeza photographs celebrations surrounding the traditional festival of The Day of the Dead which in 2003 was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list centers around the belief that the living and the dead can commune during the brief period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982709201269879040) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T07:21Z 2.4M followers, 14.4K engagements


"Sanctions on Russia: could they help end the war in Ukraine US President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Moscow with tough new sanctions targeting Russian oil. The move is a major escalation but will they work to push Russia towards peace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982784342809059389) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T12:20Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements


"⚽ Juventus on Monday sacked coach Igor Tudor after the Serie A club's 1-0 defeat by Lazio meant they had accumulated just five points in their last five matches. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982804494715904131) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T13:40Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements


"Hurricane Melissa was only hours away from expected landfall on Jamaica on Tuesday bringing devastating flooding and winds that officials warn will smash the small Caribbean nation's infrastructure ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983198532405236190) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T15:45Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements


"The Rio de Janeiro public defender's office on Wednesday said a total of XXX people died in the bloodiest police raid against drug gangs in the Brazilian city's history as grieving residents laid out dozens of bodies in the street ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983564520225173935) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements


"UK squandered billions on flawed asylum housing system"  
[X Link](https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/uk-squandered-billions-on-flawed-asylum-housing-system-1.500323006) [@gulf_news](/creator/x/gulf_news) 2025-10-29T16:30Z 2.4M followers, XXX engagements


"#BREAKING Oil firms Norway's Aker BP and Sweden's Lundin Energy merge in XX billion euro deal: statement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1473317542496292875) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2021-12-21T15:40Z 2.4M followers, XX engagements


"#UPDATE Norwegian oil company Aker BP said Tuesday it would acquire Sweden's Lundin Energy's oil and gas activities in a merger valued at XXX billion Norwegian kroner ($13.9 billion XXXX billion euros)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1473335790709182471) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2021-12-21T16:53Z 2.4M followers, XX engagements


"Dozens of people in the French city of Lyon took part in a pet blessing ceremony at the Basilica of Saint-Bonaventure. The church organised the event in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecology known for his love of nature and animals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976120211699839010) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T02:59Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements


"The Czech football federation (FACR) announced the sacking of national team coach Ivan Hasek on Wednesday following a humiliating 2-1 defeat in a 2026 World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978445261027299371) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T12:58Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K 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) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T02:21Z 2.4M followers, 15.6K engagements


"#BREAKING Netanyahu says Gaza war to end after phase two of truce complete including disarming of Hamas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979627313714389359) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-18T19:15Z 2.4M followers, 42.6K engagements


"Max Verstappen made the most of a first-corner collision between the two McLaren drivers to win Saturday's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix and reduce Oscar Piastri's lead over him by eight points"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979676364035776940) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-18T22:30Z 2.4M followers, 14.3K engagements


"A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday Seoul's military said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979910411257270281) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-19T14:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.3K engagements


"#BREAKING French government lists eight items of jewelry stolen from Louvre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979949002771792176) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-19T16:33Z 2.4M followers, 54.3K engagements


"#BREAKING Myanmar's junta raided one of the country's most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices it said Monday after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use at the site"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980083577485193250) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-20T01:28Z 2.4M followers, 35.1K engagements


"Bolivia elects center-right president ending two decades of socialism. With XX% of ballots counted Rodrigo Paz had XXXX% of the vote compared to XXXX% for his rival right-wing former interim president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980092994620383614) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-20T02:05Z 2.4M followers, 67.7K engagements


"Shrapnel from an artillery shell hits California police patrol vehicle in US military live fire show. The Marine Corps -- which had previously insisted there was no safety risk despite the live fire display over an active freeway -- has launched an investigation into the incident"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980169082243596731) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-20T07:07Z 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements


"Infographics showing the location of the Louvre Museum and the exterior and interior of the Apollo Gallery where thieves stole priceless jewels on October 19"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980280470131622241) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-20T14:30Z 2.4M followers, 42.8K engagements


"Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi a China hawk and social conservative forged an 11th-hour coalition deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980505474249191618) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T05:24Z 2.4M followers, 51.9K engagements


"Nepal honours dogs during Hindu festival. People in Kathmandu celebrate Kukur Tihar which is dedicated to honouring dogs as agents of Yama the Hindu God of Death and Justice and for appreciating their loyalty and companionship to humans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980522497394049036) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T06:32Z 2.4M followers, 15K engagements


"France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first former head of an EU state to be jailed proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980565782393176209) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T09:24Z 2.4M followers, 32.4K engagements


"Denmark's Novo Nordisk says it will replace more than half of its board including the chair as the Ozempic and Wegovy maker restructures in the face of rising competition for its anti-obesity treatments. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980647794575659270) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T14:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements


"VIDEO: Nepal honours dogs during Hindu festival celebration People in Kathmandu celebrate Kukur Tihar the second day of the five-day Tihar festival which is dedicated to honouring dogs as agents of Yama the Hindu God of Death and Justice and for appreciating their loyalty and companionship to humans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980650633997762699) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T15:01Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements


"European leaders have thrown their support behind President Donald Trump's peace push for Ukraine while reaffirming their red lines as the Kremlin cast doubt on chances of an imminent summit between the US leader and Vladimir Putin. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980652853170508182) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T15:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements


"#BREAKING Trump pressured Ukraine to give up Donbas region: senior Kyiv official to AFP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980659467172593763) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T15:36Z 2.4M followers, 80.3K engagements


"#UPDATE US President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to cede the eastern Donbas region during talks last week in Washington over how to end Russia's invasion a senior Ukrainian official has told AFP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980659468128977323) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T15:36Z 2.4M followers, 23.3K engagements


"La Sante prison cell in Paris. AFP Infographic showing the typical layout of a X sq m cell in the La Sante prison in Paris where former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was jailed on October XX. The right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding from Moamer Kadhafi's Libya for the campaign that saw him elected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980884480664433086) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T06:30Z 2.4M followers, 27.3K engagements


"VIDEO: Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female PM Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first woman prime minister: as the country's fifth premier in as many years she leads a minority government and will host arrival of US President Donald Trump next week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980942204156678453) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T10:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements


"The EU parliament has awarded the bloc's Sakharov human rights prize to jailed Georgian journalist and editor Mzia Amaghlobeli and Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut calling them symbols of the "struggle for freedom". ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980954836892877124) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements


"VIDEO: Fast and Furriest: Women riders saddle up for Swiss Cow Grand Prix In Flumserberg a resort nestled in the heart of the Swiss mountains nine cows and their female riders line up at a start marked out with hay -- all hoping to claim the crown of the Cow Grand Prix. The race which began in 2006 is open to exclusively women"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980997973807886389) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T14:01Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"Lisbon has opened its cemeteries to the public offering guided night tours by torchlight for a fourth year to showcase the rich architectural and historical heritage of the city's resting places"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981039093153763612) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T16:45Z 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements


"AFPs Thibaud Moritz photographs a fireworks show entitled "Le Dernier Carnaval" (The Last Carnival) orchestrated by artist Cai Guo-Qiang with AI assistance at Paris Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg) to mark its closing for a five-year renovation project"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981214802761421302) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T04:23Z 2.4M followers, 21.9K engagements


"King Charles III to meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff for XXX years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981265161122889983) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T07:43Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements


"VIDEO: Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world but a growing community is exploring hidden Himalayan summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the top"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981284465705128168) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 9582 engagements


"VIDEO Lisbon opens cemeteries to public for guided night tours Lisbon has opened its cemeteries to the public offering guided night tours by torchlight for a fourth year to showcase the rich architectural and historical heritage of the city's resting places"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981349952241516680) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T13:20Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements


"Kenya's marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years for doping the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Thursday. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981370039593844937) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"🏀 NBA coach Chauncey Billups of the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in illegal gambling US officials said. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981377600363606274) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T15:10Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements


"#BREAKING Ecuador's president says he was the victim of attempted poisoning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981554479175459082) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T02:52Z 2.4M followers, 31.6K engagements


"Germany's largest LGBTQ club SchwuZ in Berlin will turn off the lights for good on November X making it the latest casualty of the German capital's nightlife recession"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981609578719535589) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T06:31Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"China will develop its high-tech sector on a massive scale in the next decade top officials vowed Friday a day after meetings on the country's future policy priorities concluded in Beijing. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981712297937571900) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T13:20Z 2.4M followers, 22K engagements


"VIDEO: Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world but a growing community is exploring hidden Himalayan summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the top"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981717312987075027) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T13:40Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"VIDEO Lisbon opens cemeteries to public for guided night tours Lisbon has opened its cemeteries to the public offering guided night tours by torchlight for a fourth year to showcase the rich architectural and historical heritage of the city's resting places"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981732464591610290) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 9992 engagements


"#BREAKING NY attorney general Letitia James pleads not guilty in case pushed by Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981745606461730891) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T15:32Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements


"UPDATE Letitia James the New York attorney general who successfully prosecuted President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to bank fraud charges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981745607665463329) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T15:32Z 2.4M followers, 8937 engagements


"#BREAKING Palestinian factions agree to hand Gaza to technocrat committee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981747233251819598) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T15:38Z 2.4M followers, 37.4K engagements


"An Algerian woman has been sentenced in France to life imprisonment without parole for raping torturing and murdering a schoolgirl in Paris making her the first woman to receive the country's maximum sentence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981816516208377985) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T20:14Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements


"Thailand's former Queen Sirikit the mother of the current king and wife of the nation's longest-reigning monarch has died at the age of 93"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981904289120583830) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T02:02Z 2.4M followers, 21.3K engagements


"The US and China conducted "very constructive" trade talks in Malaysia on Saturday a US Treasury spokesman said ahead of a highly anticipated meeting in South Korea next week. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982065858458563071) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T12:45Z 2.4M followers, 25.5K engagements


"#BREAKING Ireland's Catherine Connolly an independent left-winger was poised Saturday to become the country's new president after her only rival in the election conceded defeat Irish national broadcaster RTE said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982076725086372025) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T13:28Z 2.4M followers, 33K engagements


"⚽ Barcelona star Lamine Yamal will be motivated by criticism ahead of the Clasico said the club's assistant coach on Saturday. Teenage winger Yamal has been in the spotlight in the Spanish capital after joking that Real Madrid "steal" and "complain". ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982077182743875715) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T13:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements


"#BREAKING Israel army says conducts strike targeting Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982142416535605731) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T17:49Z 2.4M followers, 28.2K engagements


"More than 50000 people took to the streets of Spain's eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of last year's deadly floods and denounce the authorities' handling of the disaster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982150164262379934) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T18:20Z 2.4M followers, 17.6K engagements


"Lando Norris will start on pole for the Mexico City Grand Prix after dominating qualifying on Saturday with his McLaren teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri starting from the fourth row"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982235729020465257) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements


"With no majority in parliament and surrounded by allies outraged by his acceptance of a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have set his sights on Israel's next elections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982369863126396946) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T08:53Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements


"The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq urging Ankara to take legal steps to protect the peace process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982439573486555304) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T13:30Z 2.4M followers, 16.2K engagements


"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel would decide for itself when to strike its foes and which countries could join an international security force in Gaza as Egyptian recovery crews arrived"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982477325364080689) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 15K engagements


"VIDEO: Thai influencer blasts spooky sounds into Cambodia The sounds of people screaming and eerie music echo across the Cambodian-Thai border as a land dispute between the two southeast Asian neighbours simmers. The stunt was carried out by Thai nationalist influencer Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet known as Gun Jompalang on social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977006289633869890) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T13:40Z 2.4M followers, 49K engagements


"VIDEO UN chief says Sudan fighting causing 'unbearable' level of suffering UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the level of suffering caused by fighting in Sudan's famine-stricken city of El-Fasher is "unbearable" after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have seized full control of the city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982814600971084222) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T14:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"Samara Martinez a young Mexican woman who is sick and dying smiles as she asks her many TikTok followers a difficult question"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983673954142449908) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"Tadej Pogacar delivers trademark 75km breakaway to win the European road race title in France adding the stars jersey to the world title he won a week ago and his fourth Tour de France triumph in July. 📷 AFP/Jeff Pachoud"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1974885042083295270) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-05T17:11Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements


"WWII bombs litter Solomon Islands. Countless unexploded bombs still lie scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. Of the 50000 bombs found and destroyed in the past XX years well over two-thirds were of American origin. A further XX% were Japanese"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976555830716625358) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T07:50Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements


"WW2 explosives under the surface in the Solomon Islands. AFP Infographic map showing areas in the Solomon Islands where unexploded ordnance has been destroyed by police since 2011"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976557808226029611) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T07:57Z 2.4M followers, 9645 engagements


"Japanese and Allied forces waged a savage campaign across the Solomon Islands from 1942 to 1945 in which tens of thousands were killed. They left behind countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976669067097391264) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T15:20Z 2.4M followers, 14K engagements


"An investigation into the Lisbon funicular crash will publish its first report on Monday into the causes of the derailment which killed XX people in early September. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980250192042475917) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-20T12:30Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"#UPDATE US President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to give up the eastern Donbas region in exchange for peace during "tense" talks last Friday in Washington a senior Ukrainian official told AFP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980677904716460489) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T16:49Z 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements


"AFPs Aris Messinis photographs the Presidential Guard "Evzones" in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Greek Parliament in Athens. The Greek conservative government has provoked a row by planning to ban protests at Greece's top military memorial next to parliament following a recent hunger strike there linked to a tragic rail disaster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980892520646164786) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T07:02Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements


"VIDEO: Nepal honours dogs during Hindu festival celebration People in Kathmandu celebrate Kukur Tihar the second day of the five-day Tihar festival which is dedicated to honouring dogs as agents of Yama the Hindu God of Death and Justice and for appreciating their loyalty and companionship to humans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980967627523588412) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T12:01Z 2.4M followers, 17K engagements


"Flush with cash US immigration agency expands weaponry and surveillance. Since Trump took office on January XX ICE has placed more than $XX million of purchase orders in the "small arms ordnance and ordnance accessories manufacturing" category. By contrast from January XX to October XX 2024 it spent $XXX million on small arms and accessories in total"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981249507137388914) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T06:41Z 2.4M followers, 14.8K engagements


"VIDEO King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in historic first King Charles III becomes the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with a pope in a Vatican service led by Leo XIV. It is also the first time a reigning English or British monarch has prayed publicly with a pope since English king Henry VIII broke with Rome XXX years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981390393368297832) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 17.5K engagements


"Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension with Inter Miami which will see the Argentine superstar remain in Major League Soccer until the end of the 2028 season the club confirmed ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981401480637677895) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T16:45Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements


"Argentines voted Sunday in legislative elections that will determine the future of President Javier Milei's reform agenda and likely trigger market turmoil if voters desert him despite unprecedented US aid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982524127845155268) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T19:06Z 2.4M followers, 22.7K engagements


"US shutdown poker: Which side has the winning hand ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982794650034290910) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T13:00Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"Nepal's interim PM holds first talks with parties and 'Gen Z' since September protests"  
[X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/30/nepals-interim-pm-holds-first-talks-with-parties-and-gen-z-since-september-protests) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T10:57Z 2.4M followers, X engagements


"#BREAKING Germany says will pay local US military employees affected by shutdown ministry tells AFP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980893062986412114) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T07:04Z 2.4M followers, 131.6K engagements


"Russia's central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate and said growth had slowed to almost zero as the economy sags under the cost of the Ukraine offensive and Western sanctions. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981709778612097279) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T13:10Z 2.4M followers, 27.8K engagements


"China and the United States began their latest round of trade talks in Malaysia on Saturday a US Treasury spokesman and Beijing's state media said ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of their leaders in South Korea next week. Read more:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982020559631212939) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T09:45Z 2.4M followers, 23.2K engagements


"Brazil's subsoil is rich in rare earth minerals. The issue could feature at a possible meeting this weekend between Donald Trump and Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Kuala Lumpur"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982228177544978723) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T23:30Z 2.4M followers, 52.1K engagements


"US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday. It's the first leg of an Asian tour that will include high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982321832499011823) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T05:42Z 2.4M followers, 16K engagements


"Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Saturday the country is conducting military exercises to protect its coast against any potential "covert operations" as the United States expands its regional military presence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982394273824690471) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 49.1K engagements


"US President Donald Trump heads to Japan on Monday for the second leg of an Asia tour expected to culminate in a meeting with China's Xi Jinping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982593082018374121) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T23:40Z 2.4M followers, 21.6K engagements


"Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday terminating an already defunct plutonium disposal agreement with the United States that aimed to prevent both sides from building more nuclear weapons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982854806520901898) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T17:00Z 2.4M followers, 29.6K engagements


"AI-generated fakes proliferate as Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica. AFP found dozens of fakes -- most bearing watermarks for OpenAI's text-to-video model Sora"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982999916881289413) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T02:36Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements


"US defense secretary says XX more people killed in strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific with one survivor bringing the death toll from the controversial anti-narcotics campaign to at least 57"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983239592053719437) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T18:29Z 2.4M followers, 14.8K engagements


"#BREAKING Flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa kills at least XX in Haiti: officials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983529556687405397) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T13:41Z 2.4M followers, 21.1K engagements


"VIDEO: 🌀 Monster Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica Ferocious winds and torrential rain hit Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa made landfall the worst storm ever to strike the island nation and one of the most powerful hurricanes on record"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983561684779205043) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T15:48Z 2.4M followers, 9624 engagements


"#BREAKING Trump says clinched one year extendable deal with China's Xi on rare earths"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983758281047716311) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T04:50Z 2.4M followers, 31.5K engagements


"Tens of thousands of people braved blazing heat to pay their respects at a controversial Japanese shrine on Friday as Emperor Naruhito spoke of his "deep remorse" on the 80th anniversary of the nation's World War II surrender ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1956274395523031239) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-08-15T08:38Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"🖼 🎨 They come from a world of underground even subversive art but now US activist Shepard Fairey has joined forces with Britain's Damien Hirst and French street artist Invader with a "joyful" exhibition to show even in dark times there is always hope. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976606147286122829) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements


"⛳ Rory McIlroy and centuries of history blended as the Ryder Cup winner tackled a "special" golf course in the Indian capital teeming with wildlife and hidden from view. Nestled in New Delhi Delhi Golf Club is a green sanctuary steeped in history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979495170128187639) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-18T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements


"JPMorgan Chase officially inaugurated its new Manhattan tower a 60-story skyscraper that also marks a kind of comeback of office working after the pandemic years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980774851364143395) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements


"A huge inflatable Kermit the frog will be the star of the Art Basel Paris contemporary art fair this week in the French capital unnerved by a daring heist at the Louvre. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981027819346907470) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements


"King Charles III the head of the Church England became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in a Vatican service led by Leo XIV. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981314725670498632) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 29.2K engagements


"Trump completes demolition of White House East Wing satellite images show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981520816610136521) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T00:39Z 2.4M followers, 54.5K engagements


"US President Donald Trump said Friday that North Korea was "sort of a nuclear power" as he left the US for Asia on a trip that could include a meeting with Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un. Trump is expected in South Korea on Wednesday for the APEC Forum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981997910574383484) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T08:15Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements


"Thailand's Prime Minister delayed on Saturday his departure to a summit of ASEAN leaders in Malaysia following the death of the Queen mother but said he still wanted to jet in for a peace deal with Cambodia to be witnessed by US president Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982043209162490249) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T11:15Z 2.4M followers, 15K engagements


"The global race for rare earths comes to a forest near Kenya's coast:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982351235266269566) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T07:38Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements


"US President Donald Trump started his Asia tour in Malaysia Sunday by rewarding Cambodia and Thailand with trade deals after co-signing their ceasefire pact and saying he was confident of a "great" trade deal at upcoming talks with China's Xi Jinping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982469770579415433) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T15:30Z 2.4M followers, 16.5K engagements


"VIDEO Project saves family photos damaged in Valencia's floods The 2024 floods in the Valencia region claimed the lives of more than XXX people and caused colossal material damage. The water and mud also deprived many families of their memories. Thanks to a university-led initiative hundreds of family photographs have been rescued from ruin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982739083311874525) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 14.4K engagements


"⚽ Lamine Yamal's words before the Clasico caused more of a stir than his subdued performance on the pitch as Barcelona fell to defeat and the 18-year-old star can take some valuable lessons moving forward. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982789407494041614) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T12:40Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements


"📈 Chart showing the African leaders who have been in power the longest after Cameroon's Paul Biya was re-elected for an eighth term. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982834690814775596) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T15:40Z 2.4M followers, 17.2K engagements


"Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's son urged US President Donald Trump to "seize the opportunity" created by the Gaza truce to secure his father's release and revive the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982900108543894008) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T20:00Z 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements


"A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck western Turkey late on Monday with tremors felt in Istanbul and other cities the country's emergencies agency said. The quake struck at 10:48 pm local time (1948 GMT) and was also felt in the tourist hotspot of Izmir the AFAD agency said. There were no immediate reports of victims. Full story:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982916204277661697) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T21:03Z 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements


"VIDEO: Argentina's Milei plays rock star as Argentina's economy crashes Argentine President Javier Milei headlines a concert in Buenos Aires to mark the release of a book he hopes will revive his sagging fortunes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975883873600020650) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-08T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 1.6M engagements


"#BREAKING Japan lower house appoints Sanae Takaichi as the country's first woman prime minister"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980496924122693684) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-21T04:50Z 2.4M followers, 183K engagements


"The German firm that built the furniture hoist used in the Louvre heist is taking advantage of the scandal to promote the device posting tongue-in-cheek ads about the quality of its equipment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981084390999675319) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T19:45Z 2.4M followers, 53.2K engagements


"Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday she will bring US ties to "new heights" in talks with President Donald Trump while taking a swipe at China and vowing a stricter stance on foreigners"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981621369436602746) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T07:18Z 2.4M followers, 383.5K engagements


"VIDEO Crowds pelt each other with cow dung to mark the end of Diwali Joyful crowds pelted each other with fistfuls of cow manure as part of one village's local ritual to mark the end of Diwali India's most important Hindu festival. #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981737879471579341) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T15:01Z 2.4M followers, 424.5K engagements


"Ivorians were voting Saturdaybetween incumbent President Alassane Ouatarra XX the overwhelming favourite seeking a fourth term in power and an opposition hobbled by former president Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982088507884806227) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T14:15Z 2.4M followers, 14K engagements


"VIDEO: A giant inflatable Labubu floats on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour as part of a new installation. Tourists and locals alike snap selfies at a media preview with the elf-like creature that has taken the world by storm causing Chinese maker Pop Mart's profits to soar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982535452143030464) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T19:51Z 2.4M followers, 30.6K engagements


"Venezuela calls the arrival a US warship in nearby Trinidad and Tobago a dangerous "provocation" The ship's arrival comes amid a mounting military campaign by Trump against alleged drug-traffickers in Latin America which has largely targeted Venezuelans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982644209921261808) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T03:03Z 2.4M followers, 70.4K engagements


"#BREAKING 6.1-magnitude quake hits western Turkey: authorities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982904744361505286) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T20:18Z 2.4M followers, 31.1K engagements


"Fueled by abnormally warm Caribbean waters Hurricane Melissa exploded into a Category X cyclone while moving at little more than a strolling pace -- a dangerous mix that could amplify its impacts through relentless rain storm surge and wind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982917728626487553) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T21:10Z 2.4M followers, 14.5K engagements


"Protesters took to the streets in Cameroon after the world's oldest head of state Paul Biya XX was proclaimed to have won an eighth term as president extending his more than four-decade rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983070840309563525) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T07:18Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements


"VIDEO: Pakistan deploys mobile 'anti-smog guns' to combat air pollution Authorities in Lahore have deployed the devices to curb air pollution ahead of the winter smog season. Pakistan regularly ranks among the world's most polluted countries with Lahore often the most polluted megacity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983180652099903859) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T14:34Z 2.4M followers, 23.8K engagements


"At least XX killed in war-like Rio drug raids. Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city's drug traffickers leaving at least XX dead in war-like scenes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983374663527842019) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T03:25Z 2.4M followers, 75.8K engagements


"#BREAKING Gaza civil defence hospitals say more than XXX killed in Israeli strikes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983465472763846982) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T09:26Z 2.4M followers, 40.6K engagements


"#UPDATE Two men arrested over the jewel heist at France's Louvre museum this month will be charged with theft and criminal conspiracy the Paris prosecutor said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983601169009381511) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T18:25Z 2.4M followers, 9666 engagements


"#BREAKING Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told US counterpart Donald Trump that while the two countries did not always see eye to eye they should strive to be "partners and friends""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983726136551989549) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T02:42Z 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements


"Trump hails tariff rare earth deal with Xi. The world's top two economies agree a deal to trim fentanyl-related tariffs and keep supplies of critical rare earths flowing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983785892071293331) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T06:39Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K 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) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-18T15:37Z 2.4M followers, 471.3K engagements


"US President Donald Trump is set to embark on a major trip to Asia this week with all eyes on an expected meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that has huge implications for the global economy. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981294544252440596) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 21.2K engagements


"A push to revitalise Yiddish and its cultural traditions has gained momentum in Germany the very place where the Nazi regime's Holocaust sought to eradicate the Jewish communities who spoke it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982424474172686758) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T12:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.6K engagements


"Arsenal stretched their Premier League lead to four points as Eberechi Eze's goal beat his former club Crystal Palace 1-0 while Manchester City lost 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982487637760856397) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T16:41Z 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements


"13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to XXX high-power magnets. Surgeons removed the magnets which were clumped together in lines inside his intestines. The magnets which have been banned in New Zealand since 2013 were bought on the online shopping platform Temu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981569538052198755) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T03:52Z 2.4M followers, 74.9K engagements


"Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says a trade deal with the United States could happen within days possibly easing punitive tariffs after months of animosity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982714281868095739) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T07:41Z 2.4M followers, 21.1K engagements


"Optimism grows that Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping will end their bruising trade war during talks this week as the US president touched down in Tokyo on the latest leg of an Asian tour. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982824752822555111) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 33K engagements


"Thousands of devotees waded into the foul waters of the Yamuna river in the Indian capital Monday for a Hindu festival amid political wrangling over the sacred but severely polluted waterway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982945406465327590) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements


"Gunman pleads guilty to killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983076990535028807) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T07:42Z 2.4M followers, 18.9K engagements


"Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a "golden age" of ties on his visit to Tokyo on Tuesday before inking a deal with Washington aimed at securing critical minerals ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983104823974048105) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T09:33Z 2.4M followers, 16.7K engagements


"US online retail giant Amazon said on Tuesday that it is eliminating 14000 jobs to streamline its operations as it invests in artificial intelligence without saying where the cuts will come ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983144742406754662) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T12:12Z 2.4M followers, 14.3K engagements


"VIDEO: Tourists flock to see Louvre window at centre of brazen heist The robbery at the famous Paris museum took place in broad daylight on October XX with thieves making off with jewellery worth an estimated XX million euros ($102 million). Two of the suspected robbers have now been detained #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983164858313982360) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T13:32Z 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements


"#BREAKING Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in western Jamaica as top-level Category X one of the most powerful storms on record: NHC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983219928632037882) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T17:10Z 2.4M followers, 26.9K engagements


"Gaza ceasefire faces new test as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders 'powerful strikes' over alleged violations by Hamas who announce suspension of hostage body transfer ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983229770868343111) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T17:49Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"Hurricane Melissa brings XXX mph (295 kph) winds and torrential rains to Jamaica threatening historic destruction on the island nation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983249155129819153) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T19:07Z 2.4M followers, 11.9K engagements


"Gaza's civil defence agency says at least XX killed by Israeli air strikes after Israel accused Hamas of attacking its troops and violating the US-brokered truce"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983292440367755549) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T21:59Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements


"Trinidad and Tobago says it's mulling a "mass deportation" of undocumented migrants as a diplomatic row deepens with neighboring Venezuela over US military activity in the Caribbean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983311817993793727) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T23:16Z 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements


"#BREAKING Climate change is ravaging the health of people around the world and policy failures are leading to "millions" of avoidable deaths each year an international team of experts said Wednesday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983325370427256929) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T00:09Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements


"Vietnam's former imperial city floods after record rains. Centuries-old buildings in Vietnam's former imperial city of Hue a UNESCO world heritage site are flooded by brown water as heavy rainfall inundates the country's central coastal region since the weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983334756696654032) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T00:47Z 2.4M followers, 42.6K engagements


"North Korea test-fires cruise missiles just hours before US President Donald Trump arrives in South Korea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983345152945987612) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T01:28Z 2.4M followers, 17.1K engagements


"Trump says 'nothing' will jeopardise Gaza ceasefire after Israel carried out air strikes on the Palestinian territory accusing Hamas of violating the truce"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983405866813370454) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T05:29Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements


"Pakistan says negotiations for a lasting truce with Afghanistan have failed warning it will take steps to protect its people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983434606360559664) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T07:23Z 2.4M followers, 11.9K engagements


"#BREAKING Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba as category X storm: NHC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983446382007533978) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T08:10Z 2.4M followers, 20.1K engagements


"#UPDATE A downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early on Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction across Jamaica which authorities have designated a "disaster area" ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983463854618317084) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 9637 engagements


"US President Donald Trump voiced optimism on Wednesday on the eve of crunch trade talks with China's Xi Jinping while also announcing that a deal with South Korea was "pretty much" finalised ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983503928156201002) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T11:59Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements


"VIDEO: 🌀  Devastating Hurricane Melissa slams into Jamaica and Cuba Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category X hurricane with sustained winds of up to XXX km/h the worst hurricane to hit the island since meteorological records began. The scale of the damage was not immediately clear. The hurricane later made landfall in Cuba weakened to a Category X storm #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983514485156450745) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T12:41Z 2.4M followers, 18.8K engagements


"French lawmkers adopted a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act making the country the latest European nation to pass a consent-based law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983598457219903580) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T18:15Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements


"Hurricane Melissa is bearing down on the Bahamas after cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean leaving XX people dead or missing in Haiti and parts of Jamaica and Cuba in ruins 📽 Aerial images show widespread damage in St. Elizabeth Parish Jamaica"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983767944380162549) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T05:28Z 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements


"The proliferation of global nuclear weapons. AFP Infographic showing two charts on global nuclear warhead stockpiles. The first shows the overall dominance of the US and Russia since the 1940s the second shows increases in five countries in recent years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983802284992590027) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T07:44Z 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements


"VIDEO: A massive military parade begins in Beijing attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin with the two guests of honour flanking Chinese President Xi Jinping. Soldiers march in ranks with tanks and missile systems on display for the showpiece extravaganza marking XX years since the end of World War II"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1963095509289103481) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-03T04:23Z 2.4M followers, 245.6K 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) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-09T07:36Z 2.4M followers, 4.4M engagements


"Japan's ruling coalition has collapsed as junior partner Komeito quit the alliance putting in peril Sanae Takaichi's bid to become the country's first woman prime minister. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976601108383433049) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 251.3K engagements


"For one week a corner of London has been transformed into a pocket of ancient Japan with dozens of sumo wrestlers descending on the city in a rare foray outside the sport's homeland #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979145465221263742) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 168K engagements


"French forces' 1944 massacre of African World War II troops demanding pay in Senegal was "premeditated" and "covered up" with previous death tolls vastly underestimated according to a paper submitted to Senegal's president an exclusive copy of which was obtained by AFP ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979199282000368058) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T14:54Z 2.4M followers, 88.3K engagements


"Mexican Alebrijes Parade showcases colorful sculptures ahead of Day of the Dead. Huge mythical creatures made of 'cartoneria' a kind of papier-mache are put on display during Mexico City's Alebrijes Parade an annual event that celebrates the country's handcrafts and folk art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980076616240738354) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-20T01:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements


"#BREAKING State of emergency begins in Lima after wave of violence says Peru president"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1980814405886411191) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-22T01:52Z 2.4M followers, 18.7K engagements


"#BREAKING Maduro says Venezuela has 5000 Russian anti-aircraft missiles to counter US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981160341640823195) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T00:46Z 2.4M followers, 99.1K engagements


"Outgoing New York mayor Eric Adams endorsed former state governor Andrew Cuomo in the November mayoral election The New York Times reported Thursday. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981387656685560188) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-23T15:50Z 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements


"#BREAKING Trump says he is immediately ending all trade talks with Canada accusing it of misquoting former president Ronald Reagan in an advertising campaign against tariffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981561161867747775) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T03:19Z 2.4M followers, 28.3K engagements


"BREAKING New Japan PM says China North Korea Russia military activities of 'grave concern says will take US ties to 'new heights' with Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981594328146260210) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T05:31Z 2.4M followers, 272.1K engagements


"Japan's conservative new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to bring US ties to "new heights" with President Donald Trump while taking a swipe at China and vowing a stricter stance on immigration in her first policy speech. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981659439116554436) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T09:50Z 2.4M followers, 22.2K engagements


"Muscles bulging bodybuilder Takuya Usui settles a woman into her wheelchair at a Japanese care home where jacked Gen Zers are helping to ease labour shortages in a struggling industry. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981677119110299800) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 20.4K engagements


"Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier to counter drug gangs in Latin America marking a massive increase in US firepower in the region. The deployment is sure to heighten fears in Venezuela that Washington's ultimate goal is to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981779212391584159) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T17:45Z 2.4M followers, 59.2K engagements


"US President Donald Trump is heading on a high-stakes trip to Asia where he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and aim for striking a "deal on everything""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1981834771517903277) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-24T21:26Z 2.4M followers, 22.1K engagements


"US President Donald Trump headed Saturday for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping saying that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982129220986790259) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T16:56Z 2.4M followers, 18K engagements


"#BREAKING Trump says not 'wasting time' meeting Putin unless deal on Ukraine likely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982160806528635271) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-25T19:02Z 2.4M followers, 58.7K engagements


"#BREAKING US President Donald Trump arrives in Malaysia on the first leg of his Asia tour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982275630680162802) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T02:38Z 2.4M followers, 24.9K engagements


"President Donald Trump co-signed a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia during the first stop on his Asia tour which is expected to culminate in talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982379173776666691) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T09:30Z 2.4M followers, 23K engagements


"VIDEO: Used fishing nets are collected in Breton ports and sent off from western France to Ukraine where they will be used to cover roads and military infrastructure with the aim of protecting them from Russian drone attacks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982558879327433010) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-26T21:24Z 2.4M followers, 25.5K engagements


"Argentina's budget-slashing leader Javier Milei pulled off a stunning win in Sunday's midterm elections boosting the flagging reform agenda of the US-backed right-winger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982634296113283478) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T02:23Z 2.4M followers, 42.4K engagements


"The blame game. Washington is in a standoff over the US government shutdown. But behind the scenes it's not just about budgets - it's about who's winning the blame game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982665653380108293) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T04:28Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements


"Murder kidnap censorship: the 'new normal' of Tanzania politics A priest attacked after a meeting about democracy with faith leaders an opposition official's corpse found doused in acid an ex-ambassador missing from his blood-stained home -- this is the "new normal" in Tanzania say critics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982681572370190632) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T05:31Z 2.4M followers, 15.8K engagements


"VIDEO Brazil woman sails solo through Arctic Brazilian navigator Tamara Klink says she encountered "very little" sea ice on her solo sail through the Northwest Passage -- a rare feat that would have been impossible without an icebreaker ship three decades ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982723985629401545) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T08:20Z 2.4M followers, 17.6K engagements


"VIDEO: Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world but a growing community is exploring hidden Himalayan summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the top"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982760438933725471) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T10:45Z 2.4M followers, 21.2K engagements


"Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Monday on the next leg of an Asia tour that could see the US president and China's Xi Jinping end their bruising trade war. ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982765019608527014) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T11:03Z 2.4M followers, 24.1K engagements


"VIDEO Giant inflatable Labubu doll floats on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour A giant inflatable Labubu floats on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour as part of a new installation. installation which runs until November X also includes sculptures of Elmo from Sesame Street Japanese manga creation Doraemon and McDonald's mascot Grimace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982769293386236337) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 14.5K engagements


"VIDEO Guinea prepares to cash in on iron ore in Simandou mountains A giant mining project at the foot of the Simandou mountains in southeast Guinea promises to propel the poor west African country into one of world's largest iron exporters. #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982839867991060811) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 22.9K engagements


"Washington is in a standoff and the chips are down -- with the government shuttered for weeks federal workers stuck in limbo and millions who rely on health insurance subsidies scared of losing the shirt off their backs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982848298533957847) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T16:34Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements


"A priest attacked after a meeting about democracy with faith leaders an opposition official's corpse found doused in acid an ex-ambassador missing from his blood-stained home -- this is the "new normal" in Tanzania say critics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982888780521734609) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T19:15Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements


"#UPDATE A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck western Turkey late on Monday with tremors felt in Istanbul and other cities the country's emergencies agency said. The quake struck at 10:48 pm local time (1948 GMT) the AFAD agency said. There were no immediate reports of victims"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982904840788611523) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T20:18Z 2.4M followers, 22.2K engagements


"Two climate activists were Monday spared jail by a UK court after they sprayed two planes with orange paint to protest US pop star Taylor Swift's use of private jets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982911429830205546) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T20:45Z 2.4M followers, 13.6K engagements


"Britain's King Charles III on Monday laid a wreath at the UK's first memorial honouring the contribution by LGBTQ personnel who served in the country's military"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982956728108159415) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-27T23:45Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements


"Russia's Lukoil to sell overseas assets after US sanctions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1982967467862282601) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T00:27Z 2.4M followers, 12.8K engagements


"Tech giants Meta and TikTok say they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warn the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce. There is keen interest in whether Australia's sweeping restrictions can work as regulators around the globe wrestle with the dangers of social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983013933364494771) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T03:32Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements


"Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a "golden age of ties" on his visit to Tokyo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983025870810800621) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T04:19Z 2.4M followers, 46.9K engagements


"Amsterdam celebrates XXX years. It was on October XX 1275 that the citizens of Amstel dam (or "Amstelledamme") were first mentioned in an official document. Today the Dutch capital is grappling with the very modern problems of overtourism and a housing shortage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983036032527237205) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T05:00Z 2.4M followers, 33.7K engagements


"A US Air Force plane from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron known as the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flies into the eye of Hurricane Melissa as the category X Hurricane approaches Jamaica. Jamaican officials have called on the public to get to higher ground and shelters ahead of the storm's arrival with the prime minister warning it could be hugely destructive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983043438107894001) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T05:29Z 2.4M followers, 46.9K engagements


"VIDEO: 🌀 Moment US Air Force plane flies into Hurricane Melissa's eye The aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flies into the eye of Hurricane Melissa as the Category X storm approaches Jamaica. Jamaican officials urged the public to get to higher ground and shelters ahead of the hurricane's expected landfall with the prime minister warning it could bring massive devastation #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983128157646454908) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T11:06Z 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements


"Elon Musk's company xAI has launched Grokipedia -- with content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI assistant Grok -- to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia which he has accused of ideological bias ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983157493086699524) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T13:02Z 2.4M followers, 14K engagements


"VIDEOGRAPHIC: 🌀 How are hurricanes formed Hurricane Melissa potentially the biggest ever to hit Jamaica is on a painstakingly slow path through the Caribbean and expected to make landfall on the island nation's coast on Tuesday #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983191848957944229) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T15:19Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements


"#BREAKING Israel's Netanyahu orders immediate 'powerful strikes' on Gaza over alleged ceasefire violations by Hamas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983206902726094983) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T16:19Z 2.4M followers, 57.4K engagements


"Massive anti-drug oparation in Rio de Janeiro leaves over XX dead including four police officers➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983260479876219029) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T19:52Z 2.4M followers, 66.1K engagements


"A statue of a general for the pro-slavery Confederacy during the Civil War has been reinstalled in the US capital after being toppled during racial justice protests in 2020"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983281115679920225) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-28T21:14Z 2.4M followers, 13K engagements


"Wall Street stocks hit fresh records as a jump in Nvidia shares adds to bullishness over easing US-China trade tensions and market-friendly central bank policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983322893489766563) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 9541 engagements


"White House fires all members of independent federal agency overseeing Trump's building plans in Washington. The Commission of Fine Arts was established by Congress in 1910 and is formed of architects and urban planners. It gives advice on design and preservation in Washington DC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983364626847842723) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T02:45Z 2.4M followers, 29.4K engagements


"Trump says he expects a "lot of problems" to be solved with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in their talks in South Korea on dialling down their hugely damaging trade war. Trump says he is "not sure" whether he will discuss the sensitive topic of Taiwan with Xi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983383530580087032) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T04:00Z 2.4M followers, 25.2K engagements


"'Arrested for singing': Russia's case against teen busker stirs anger. Diana Loginova an 18-year-old Russian street musician who performed anti-war songs in public was arrested for "discrediting the army""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983396517730722198) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T04:52Z 2.4M followers, 15.1K engagements


"#BREAKING Bangladesh's fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina tells AFP that holding elections without her party -- the first since her overthrow -- is "sowing the seeds" of further division"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983425373627928750) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T06:47Z 2.4M followers, 22.4K engagements


"Hurricane Melissa picked up strength as it bore down on Cuba where it is expected to make landfall Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983431131417498079) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T07:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements


"Low turnout as Tanzania votes without an opposition. The main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan are either jailed or barred from running and police have made repeated threats that protests will not be tolerated with tanks stationed around the commercial capital Dar es Salaam"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983438535731400804) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T07:39Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements


"#UPDATE Bangladesh's fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina warned on Wednesday that holding elections without her party -- the first since her overthrow -- was "sowing the seeds" of further division in her country ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983482694190154087) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T10:35Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"VIDEO: At least XX killed in war-like Rio police drug raids Police launched their biggest ever raids on Rio de Janeiro's drug traffickers leaving at least XX dead including four police officers. As many as 2500 heavily armed officers backed by armoured vehicles helicopters and drones took part in the operation in two poor neighbourhoods #AFPVertical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983508421966958907) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T12:17Z 2.4M followers, 27K engagements


"Napoli's Kevin De Bruyne underwent an operation on his injured hamstring in his native Belgium on Wednesday the Serie A club announced with the midfielder expected be out of action for at least three months ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983536135658762733) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T14:07Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements


"#UPDATE Cubans waded through flooded houses on Wednesday and authorities in Haiti reported at least XX people dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983545781253558539) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T14:45Z 2.4M followers, 8962 engagements


"A demolished church roofs blown off homes shattered windows and debris-strewn impassable roads: Hurricane Melissa dealt a direct hit to Jamaica's southwestern coastal communities that face a long haul picking up the pieces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983588215769706870) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T17:34Z 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements


"#BREAKING US Fed announces second quarter-point rate cut of 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983597435076395228) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T18:10Z 2.4M followers, 21.5K engagements


"Despite plummeting relations between Beijing and Washington Shanghai resident Huang is determined that her daughter will complete her costly education in the United States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983609784671633546) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T19:00Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements


"#UPDATE The US Federal Reserve announced its second consecutive quarter-point rate cut to bolster the flagging labor market in a move that highlighted the growing division in its ranks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983621106176291107) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T19:45Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements


"Inter Miami's eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi remains the highest-paid footballer in Major League Soccer with Los Angeles FC's recent arrival Son Heung-min second according to an updated salary list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983651304900616627) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-29T21:45Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements


"#BREAKING Trump says he's ordered US to restart nuclear weapons testing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983707978839576703) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T01:30Z 2.4M followers, 24.7K engagements


"Dutch voters appear to have rejected far-right leader Geert Wilders in favour of a centrist party exit poll suggests. With far-right parties topping the polls in Britain France and Germany the Dutch election was seen as a bellwether of the strength of the far right in Europe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983715803556946144) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T02:01Z 2.4M followers, 17.1K engagements


"Trump orders resumption of US nuclear weapons testing minutes ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in six years on easing their trade war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983719332422066596) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T02:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.9K engagements


"What we do and don't know about Rio's deadly police raid. A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history the country is still piecing together details about the raid against a powerful drug gang in Rio de Janeiro's favelas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983741792387240443) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T03:44Z 2.4M followers, 31.9K engagements


"US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping held their first face-to-face meeting in six years seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983746030534373475) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T04:01Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements


"#BREAKING US President Donald Trump departed South Korea on Thursday after talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ended with no immediate public comment from either leader on whether progress was made"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983751280733438224) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T04:22Z 2.4M followers, 18.4K engagements


"US President Donald Trump said he had ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia -- just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. "Because of other countries testing programs I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis" Trump wrote in a social media post that specifically referenced Russia and China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983819610404098268) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T08:53Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements


"#UPDATE Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed on Thursday to calm the trade war between China and the United States that has roiled global markets with Washington cutting some tariffs and Beijing committing to keep supplies of critical rare earths flowing ➡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1983838445999902974) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-30T10:08Z 2.4M followers, 8881 engagements