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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(Euronext Access Paris:MLAPX)(FWB:KL9) ("Apex" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its strategic 100%-controlled Rift Rare Earth Project (the "Rift Project") within the Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex in southeastern Nebraska, U.S.A., is pleased to announce that Euronext Paris has approved the admission of the Company's common shares (ISIN: CA03753D1042, CUSIP: 03753D104) (the "Common Shares") for trading on Euronext Access Paris. Trading of the Common Shares on Euronext Access Paris is expected to commence on July 9, 2026 under the symbol "MLAPX".

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CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE)(OTCQX:VLERF) ("Valeura" or the "Company") provides an operations and financial update for Q2 2026.

LONDON, UK, CALGARY, AB AND VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 9, 2026 / Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM:MKA)(TSXV:MKA) ("Mkango" or "Company") is pleased to announce that Cavendish Capital Markets Limited ("Cavendish") has been appointed as joint corporate broker to the Company with immediate effect. Cavendish will work alongside the Company's existing joint corporate broker, Hannam & Partners, and nominated adviser and joint corporate broker, SP Angel.

Morocco star Ismael Saibari will miss his team's World Cup quarter-final showdown with France, coach Mohamed Ouahbi confirmed on Wednesday.

Belgium meet Spain in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday with the daunting task of breaching the European champions' watertight defence for the first time at the 2026 tournament.

US President Donald Trump ordered new strikes on Iran on Wednesday and warned of "much worse" if Tehran continues to attack vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil shipping channel.

A California man who swapped a library's 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was sentenced on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork.

Paris Saint-Germain's South Korea attacker Lee Kang-In is set to join Atletico Madrid in a deal worth almost 40 million euros ($45.7 million), a source told AFP on Wednesday.

The United States launched new strikes on Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump vowed to hit "hard" following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

With its defiant strikes on ships, Iran is making a paradoxical and explosively high-risk calculation -- that it can boost its long-term deterrence through actions that invite new US attacks.

Taylor Swift fans have paid $25 for pieces of trash -- including cigarette butts and an ovulation test kit -- collected near the US pop queen's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.

Oil prices briefly soared back above $80 per barrel while stock markets slid Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said Washington's ceasefire with Iran was over following renewed strikes in the Middle East.

Morela Luna anxiously awaits the arrival of a team of experts to inspect her partially collapsed home, where her neighbors had to rescue her after Venezuela's double earthquake on June 24 that has claimed more than 3,600 lives.

Meta said Wednesday it plans to build a $9 billion data center in western Canada's Alberta province, in what local officials called one of the largest private-sector investments ever in Canada.

Paris Saint-Germain's South Korea attacker Lee Kang-In is set to join Athletico Madrid in a deal worth almost 40 million euros ($45.7 million), a source told AFP on Wednesday.

England's Morgan Rogers backed Harry Kane to come out on top when he faces Norway's Erling Haaland in an enticing battle between the World Cup sharpshooters on Saturday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered a pistol as a gift to each of his fellow leaders who attended this week's NATO summit in Ankara, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.

Some US Federal Reserve officials saw reasons to hike rates at the central bank's June policy meeting given elevated inflation on fallout from the Middle East war, minutes of the gathering showed Wednesday.

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The United Nations launched an urgent appeal Wednesday for nearly $300 million towards Venezuela earthquake relief operations after the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 3,600 people.

China's test of a long-range submarine-launched missile is a stark demonstration of its growing military power at a time when US attention is primarily focused on the Middle East and the Iran war rather than Asia.

The United States said Wednesday it will delist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decades-old designation that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Justin Bieber has been added to the star-packed lineup of the first-ever World Cup final halftime show as organizers confirmed Wednesday that the entire musical performance will last 11 minutes.

A US appeals court on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's request to have his name restored to the facade of the Kennedy Center while he fights its removal.

Arthur Fery is targeting a fairytale Wimbledon final on his birthday after the history-making British wildcard got a good luck message from the Queen.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander, the oldest active player in Major League Baseball at 43, will retire after the 2026 season, he said on Wednesday.

The Egyptian football federation said on Wednesday it had asked for the officiating team from the Pharaohs' 3-2 defeat to Argentina in the last 16 of the World Cup to be thrown out of the competition.

A brewing "Super" El Nino cycle is poised to unleash heat waves, floods and drought worldwide, with the effects amplified by long term human-caused climate change.

Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova, Marta Kostyuk and Linda Noskova all have their sights set on reaching a first Wimbledon final as they make their last-four debuts at the All England Club.

Daniela Lopez, 40, weeps as she speaks with the psychologist. She clutches her thighs, then her chair, crying and occasionally looking up at the sky, as if searching for answers.

A California man who swapped a library's 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was jailed for a year on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork.