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A Swiss court has decided to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising sea levels against cement giant Holcim, NGOs helping the islanders said Monday.

Aaron Rodgers' Pittsburgh Steelers clung on for a dramatic 29-24 win against the Lions Sunday, leaving Detroit's playoff hopes hanging by a thread as three NFL teams confirmed their post-season berths.

Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 47 points as the New York Knicks toppled the Miami Heat 132-125 on Sunday.

The fragile global legal framework for nuclear weapons control faces further setbacks in 2026, eroding guardrails to avoid a nuclear crisis.

New Zealand crushed West Indies by 323 runs after tea Monday to win the third Test at Mount Maunganui and seal a 2-0 series victory, with Jacob Duffy's five-wicket haul proving crucial to the win.

Asian markets rallied Monday and gold hit a record high as the latest round of US data boosted hopes for more interest rate cuts, while worries over AI spending also subsided.

Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak lost a bid Monday to have his jail term changed to house arrest, a setback ahead of a separate verdict this week tied to the country's 1MDB scandal.

After four months of restless waiting, filmmaker Kiwi Chow received a dreaded, but not altogether unexpected, message: Hong Kong censors had banned his new movie from reaching the big screen.

New Zealand were on the brink of a 2-0 series win over the West Indies at tea on Monday, needing two more wickets in the final session of the third Test at Mount Maunganui.

Australia's most populous state pushed ahead Monday with what it said were the country's strictest gun laws and a ban on displaying "terrorist" symbols after two gunmen killed 15 people celebrating a Jewish festival in Sydney last week.

The first winds of west Africa's Harmattan dry season are in the air, and Lagos, the economic capital of the continent's most populous country, is abuzz.

The US Coast Guard was pursuing another allegedly sanctioned tanker on Sunday, a US official told AFP, as Washington ramps up its pressure campaign targeting Venezuela's vital oil sector.

In the North Sea where Denmark once drilled for oil, imported European carbon dioxide will soon be buried under the seabed in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project nearing completion.

Aaron Rodgers' Pittsburgh Steelers clung on for a dramatic 29-24 win against the Lions Sunday, leaving Detroit's playoff hopes hanging by a thread and sending two other NFL teams through to the post-season.

From fleets of private trailers to personal chefs and sprawling entourages, Bollywood stars' "obnoxious" demands are driving up production costs and putting a strain on the Indian film industry's finances, insiders say.

Coach Brendon McCullum concedes England got their preparations wrong heading into the Ashes, but believes they can salvage some pride in the final two Tests at Melbourne and Sydney.

Traffic stops and hallways clear as the diva arrives, her attendants escorting her backstage ahead of her rendition of the role she's perfected over years of delighting audiences.

Grace Room Ministries once filled giant stadiums in Rwanda three times a week before the evangelical organisation was shut down in May.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are set to meet Monday in Malaysia for crisis talks aimed at halting deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, which pressed on despite regional and international diplomacy.

Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market.

In a parallel reality, Queen Elizabeth II gushes over cheese puffs, a gun-toting Saddam Hussein struts into a wrestling ring, and Pope John Paul II attempts skateboarding.

News Release Highlights:Forte Group's wholly-owned subsidiary, Naturo Group Enterprises Inc., has received a Liquor Co-Packing Licence, authorizing the Company to pursue beverage alcohol co-packing operations within a designated 10,000-square-foot licensed area of its 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bridesville, British Columbia, expanding the Company's permitted manufacturing capabilities.The licence positions Forte Group to evaluate and pursue future contract manufacturing opportunities with licensed beverage alcohol brands, as well as non-alcoholic "mock" or zero-proof liquor-style beverages, leveraging its broader production platform to support potential new revenue verticals and increased facility utilization.In parallel, the Company is evaluating the pursuit of an additional liquor licence that would permit direct sales to provincial liquor distribution authorities, in response to advanced discussions with an arm's-length strategic third party regarding a potential alcohol co-manufacturing relationship.

WATERLOO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB) today confirmed that it will host an investor-focused presentation and Q&A session with members of the management team, to be streamed from the QNX booth at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / American Critical Minerals Corp. ("American Critical Minerals" or the "Company") (CSE:KCLI)(OTCQB:APCOF)(Frankfurt:2P3) reports that as a result of a review of the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Company is issuing the following news release to clarify its disclosure.

Portal Will Establish the Mine Entrances and is a Critical First Step in Enabling Underground Mine Access and Advancing the ProjectPortal Project Expected to Commence in Q1 of Calendar Year 2026

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / Unusual Machines today announced it has received a purchase order from Performance Drone Works (PDW) valued at $3.75 million to support the scaling of PDW's AM-FPV program and investment in America's sUAS supply base.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / Quantum BioPharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:QNTM)(CSE:QNTM)(FRA:0K91) ("Quantum BioPharma"),understands that Quantum BioPharma shareholder Paul Durkacz has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that investors in Quantum BioPharma were the victims of stock manipulation. The suit alleges that between January 6, 2021, and October 15, 2025, shareholders who sold securities of Quantum Biopharma Ltd., formerly known as FSD Pharma Inc., were significantly and materially harmed.

HALIFAX, NS / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / Namibia Critical Metals Inc. ("Namibia Critical Metals" or the "Company" or "NMI") (TSXV:NMI)(OTCQB:NMREF) today announced that, it has received proceeds of Cdn. $1,154,762 as a result of the full exercise of two separate tranches of previously issued common share purchase warrants totaling 14,761,904. Each whole warrant entitled the holder to receive one common share of the Company. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the warrant exercises for general working capital purposes.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Prospect Ridge") (CSE:PRR)(OTC:PRRSF)(FRA:OED) is pleased to announce visual observations and portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (pXRF) results for the final four holes of a ten hole diamond drill program at the Company's 100% owned Camelot copper-gold project in British Columbia's prolific Cariboo Mining District.

Chicken Mountain's Adit Zone Delivers Near-Surface High-Grade Gold with Expansion PotentialAssay Results Pending from 103 Additional Drill Holes Across Chicken Mountain, Alpha Bowl, Golden Apex, Black Creek and Jam Intrusion Targets

VANCOUVER, BC AND LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / Ovation Science Inc. (CSE:OVAT)(OTC PINK:OVATF) ("Ovation" or the "Company") welcomes the recent U.S. rescheduling of cannabis and the potential introduction of a Medicare program that could allow patient access to much-needed, potentially life-changing CBD therapies, including topical formulations. Ovation's science-based topical / transdermal cannabis products are supported by clinical evidence and demonstrated commercial success through its licensee network.