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A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, state prosecutors said.

Lando Norris arrives in Las Vegas this week full of confidence after back-to-back wins and in control of the Formula One world championship race as he eyes a maiden title.

Bangladesh's police have unveiled new uniforms in a symbolic bid to signal reform and rebuild deeply eroded public trust, just weeks ahead of the first elections since a mass uprising.

Asian markets rallied Thursday after blowout earnings from chip powerhouse Nvidia cooled worries over an AI bubble and overshadowed a Federal Reserve report that dealt a blow to hopes for a December interest rate cut.

Inside a lab in the French city of Orleans, scientists are testing out the limits of molecules in our body called messenger RNA -- best known for being used in Covid-19 vaccines -- in the hopes of finding a breakthrough treatment for a particularly deadly cancer.

A South Korean ferry ran aground after the helmsman became distracted by his mobile phone, a member of the coast guard told AFP on Thursday.

Security forces were scouring western Nigeria for two dozen kidnapped schoolgirls on Wednesday, a day after gunmen stormed a church service, killing two people in an attack captured on video.

Temba Bavuma's South Africa are aiming for their first Test series victory in India in 25 years when the second match starts on Saturday in Guwahati.

Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch almost the distance from London to Berlin and cut through the Amazon rainforest.

Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday legislation requiring the release of government records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, spurring a showdown over whether the US president will allow full disclosure -- or return to trying to bury the case.

Denton Loudermill Jr. watched every Kansas City Chiefs game at his sister's house with his family. The Kansas native and his late father were diehard fans.

From the scrappy metal shacks packed tightly on the banks of the thin Jukskei river, the sparkly skyline of Johannesburg's richest neighbourhood less than two miles away was another world.

Some of Jim Henson's most memorable creations go under the hammer in California next week, with the first US auction of puppets and memorabilia from the late entertainer's decades-long career.

People in London were left baffled Wednesday by what appeared to be a botched AI-generated Christmas mural showing a Santa-like figure with a half-orange beard and revellers with disfigured faces.

Australia has conceded defeat in a bruising diplomatic struggle over hosting rights to next year's UN climate summit, with Turkey prevailing despite holding a much weaker hand.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva put his "roadmap" from fossil fuels back at the top of UN climate talks on Wednesday, despite failing in a bold bid to seal an early deal.

Nvidia shares climbed Wednesday after it beat quarterly earnings expectations on fierce demand for its sophisticated chips that power artificial intelligence.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Appulse Corporation ("Appulse" or "the Corporation") today reported financial results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2025.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / NEXGENRX INC. ("NexgenRx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, with quarterly revenue growth of $546,714 to $4,616,066 and quarterly EBITDA growth of $441,224 (to $887,671).

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Onco-Innovations Limited (CBOE CA:ONCO)(OTCQB:ONNVF)(Frankfurt:W1H, WKN:A3EKSZ) ("Onco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its manufacturing partner, Dalton Pharma Services ("Dalton"), has initiated process optimization and intermediate scale-up activities for A83B4C63, the Company's proprietary PNKP Inhibitor Technology. This phase of work is designed to refine and scale the synthesis process under non-GMP conditions as part of Onco's ongoing manufacturing development program, supporting future clinical material production.

Proposed all-stock transaction aims to align JEV’s scalable energy platform with Smartkem’s semiconductor innovations to power next generation AI data centers

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Talent acquisition firm The Caldwell Partners International Inc. (TSX:CWL)(OTCQX:CWLPF) today issued its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, ended August 31, 2025. All references to quarters or years are for the fiscal periods unless otherwise noted and all currency amounts are in Canadian dollars.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Route1 Inc. (TSXV:ROI) ("Route1" or the "Company"), a leading engineering and professional services firm specializing in the deployment and integration of advanced data capture-based technologies, and actionable business intelligence ("ABI") to city, state, and federal first responder departments, public safety and parking managers, today provided important business updates and reported its financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2025.

Mr. Smith Shared His Views on China's Heavy Rare Earth Dual Export Licensing & U.S. Supply Chain Risks During the Morgan Stanley National Security & Critical Materials SymposiumWatch the Full Replay Here: https://video.morganstanley.com/sharevideo/9145f147-0373-477c-965c-c9eff537233b

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Goldcliff Resource Corporation ("Goldcliff" or the "Company") (GCN:TSXV)(GCFFF:OTC PINK) is pleased to announce the closing of the third tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement ("Private Placement") of 3,000,000 flow-through shares (each, a "FT Share") for gross proceeds of $210,000. The securities issued under the Private Placement were offered to purchasers pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions.

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Agereh Technologies Inc. ("Agereh" or the "Company") (TSXV:AUTO)(OTCQB:CRBAF) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement (see press release of November 5, 2025) by issuing 6,409,259 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.0675 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $432,624.98 (the "Offering"). Each Unit consists of one common share (each, a "Common Share") and one common share purchase warrant (each, a "Warrant"), with each Warrant being exercisable to purchase one additional Common Share at a price of $0.09 until November 18, 2027.

Kidoz delivers record results, reinvests in technologyto support scale up growth phase.

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Rocky Mountain Liquor Inc. (TSX-V:RUM) (the "Company" or "Rocky Mountain"), listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), today reported its financial results for the three and nine-months ended September 30, 2025.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Star Copper Corp. (CSE:STCU)(OTCQX:STCUF)(FWB:SOP) ("Star Copper" or the "Company"), a critical mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of up to C$3,000,000 from the sale of up to 3,000,000 units of the Company (each, a "Unit", and collectively, the "Units") at a price of C$1.00 per Unit (the "LIFE Offering") under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (as defined below).

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Lithium South Development Corporation (the "Company" or "Lithium South") (TSX-V:LIS)(OTCQB:LISMF)(Frankfurt:OGPQ) is pleased to provide an update to the Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA") with POSCO Argentina S.A.U. as previously announced July 30, 2025, August 7, 2025, and November 12, 2025.

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