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Added on the 18/04/2023 07:59:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of police and ambulances outside of the Apple store in central Amsterdam after an armed assailant held people hostage in the building. The seige ended hours after it began, with the armed assailant under arrest, Dutch police said. IMAGES
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit opens in Tajikistan's capital city Dushanbe. World leaders including Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi attend via video call, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has had to self isolate after dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for the coronavirus. IMAGES
New Yorkers brave the rain for the opening of the world's largest 'Harry Potter' store in Manhattan, a three-story flagship shop whose opening was delayed one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Lines wrap around an Apple store in New York early morning as the Apple's flagship iPhone X hit stores around the world. The company predicted bumper sales despite the handset's eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits. IMAGES
The trial of a French researcher accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law begins in Moscow amid simmering tensions with Paris over Ukraine. Laurent Vinatier, who worked on conflict mediation for a Swiss NGO and was arrested in June, appears in a glass cage for defendants at Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court as the trial opens. He faces up to five years in prison. IMAGES