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Anders Dreyer and Amahl Pellegrino scored two goals apiece to lift San Diego FC to a 4-0 victory over Portland Timbers on Sunday and into the second round of the MLS Cup playoffs.

Indonesia added former president Suharto to a list of national heroes during a ceremony on Monday, despite objections from activists and academics over the deceased military dictator's human rights record.

The fourth Twenty20 international between New Zealand and the West Indies was abandoned because of rain on Monday after less than seven overs of play.

Namnyak, a Maasai herder in north Tanzania, fears a carbon credit scheme linked to Volkswagen -- dismissed by NGOs as "greenwashing" -- could destroy her community's way of life.

She lived a life of luxury that earned her the nickname "goddess of wealth", but Chinese businesswoman Zhimin Qian now faces a long jail sentence after police made the UK's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth over $6 billion.

Equities rallied Monday on hopes that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end after reports said lawmakers had reached a deal to break the record-breaking 40-day impasse.

An odor of oil hung over last year's UN climate conference in Baku, capital of fossil fuel-rich Azerbaijan.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday for unprecedented talks just days after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist.

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

In the race for AI dominance, American tech giants have the money and the chips, but their ambitions have hit a new obstacle: electric power.

Long, blond, wavy hair, heavy makeup and cosmetic injections: like many women in Donald Trump's orbit, political consultant Melissa Rein Lively wears her support for the US president on her face.

The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder erased a 19-point first-half deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-100 on Sunday and improve their league-best record to 10-1.

US senators reached a bipartisan deal Sunday that would resume federal funding and end a shutdown which has stretched to a record 40 days and forced many government operations to grind to a halt.

A weakening Typhoon Fung-wong departed the Philippines over the South China Sea on Monday morning, after its driving winds and heavy rain killed at least two people and forced more than a million to evacuate.

NBA great Lenny Wilkens, a Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach, has died at the age of 88, his family said Sunday.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Golden Harp Resources Inc. (TSXVenture:GHR.H) ("Golden Harp"), a Canadian mineral exploration company, today provided an update to its September 3, 2025 news release where it announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") with Timothy A. Young to acquire all of his right, title and interest, subject to certain existing net smelter return royalties, in and to certain mining claims (the "Initial Mining Claims") covering approximately 1,230 hectares. These claims are contiguous, or in close proximity, to Golden Harp's existing Copper Hill Property, and certain of which are located within the boundaries of McFarlane Lake Mining's (formerly Aris Mining Corporation's) adjacent Juby Gold Project.

Barton pivots toward commercialisation with $20m cash in bankHIGHLIGHTS$20m estimated cash balance after proceeds of recent $15m institutional placement and SPPShare Purchase Plan (SPP) opened 23 Oct 2025 at a price of $1.25 / share (a premium to market during the SPP offer), with $660,000 applications accepted and 528,000 new shares to be issuedDefinitive Feasibility Study (DFS) underway for ‘Stage 1' production at Central Gawler Mill, with JORC Mineral Resources upgrade drilling advancing rapidly at ‘Stage 2' Tunkillia Gold Project

NioCorp Now Owns an Entire Square Mile Where it Plans to Site Both its Proposed Critical Minerals Mine and Surface Processing FacilityCompany Retains Additional Land Purchase Options to Support Potential Future Operations and Expansion

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Goldcliff Resource Corporation ("Goldcliff" or the "Company") (GCN:TSX.V)(GCFFF:OTCBB PINKS) is pleased to announce the closing of the second tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement ("Private Placement") of 1,000,000 flow-through shares (each, a "FT Share") for gross proceeds of $70,000. 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.

FRISCO, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GAME), ("GameSquare", or the "Company"), announced today that it expects to release its third-quarter 2025 financial results after the close of business on Thursday, November 13, 2025. A copy of the news release will be available on the investor website.

HILLSIDE, NJ / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Integrated BioPharma, Inc. (OTCQX:INBP) (the "Company" or "INBP") reports its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Portis to Lead New Era of Growth and Innovation

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / PPX Mining Corp. (TSX.V:PPX)(BVL:PPX) (the "Company" or "PPX", including its Peruvian subsidiaries) is pleased to announce that it has received the Directorial Resolution No. 0912-2025-ANA-AAA.HCH dated November 5, 2025, from the Water Administrative Authority ("Autoridad Administrativa del Agua") of Huarmey Chicama, a regional branch of Peru's National Water Authority ("Autoridad Nacional del Agua"), authorizing the execution of water utilization works for the Igor CIL and Flotation Plant (the "Plant"), currently under construction.

Geopolitical Uncertainty Drives Cost to the Forefront of Print Management Challenges

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Lahontan Gold Corp. (TSXV:LG)(OTCQB:LGCXF)(FSE:Y2F) (the "Company" or "Lahontan") is pleased to announce that it has mobilized a track-mounted reverse-circulation ("RVC") drill rig and crew to its Flagship Santa Fe Mine project in Nevada's gold and silver-rich Walker Lane. The MPD-1500 RVC track-mounted drill rig will focus on in-fill drilling, upgrading gold and silver resources from the Inferred to Indicated category, and expanding overall resource numbers at the Slab and York areas of the Santa Fe Mine. The drilling program will consist of up to 25 drill holes totalling 4,000 metres, targeting shallow oxide gold and silver mineralization.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Lir Life Sciences Corp. (CSE:SKNY) (formerly Blackbird Critical Metals Corp.) ("Lir Life Sciences" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, further to its news release dated August 14, 2025, that it has completed the acquisition (the "Transaction") of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Lir Life Sciences Inc. ("Lir Inc."), and that trading in the common shares of the Company resumed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") on November 7, 2025, under the ticker symbol "SKNY".

Partnership seals Sekur's U.S. National Security division embarking on Federal, State and Local U.S. Government sales

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company") today reported that it has received approval to Start Phase II Clinical Trial of NV-387 for the Treatment of MPox by the Regulatory Agency ACOREP of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / McFarlane Lake Mining Limited ("McFarlane" or the "Company") (CSE:MLM)(OTC:MLMLF) a leading Canadian gold exploration company focused on advancing its flagship Juby Gold Project, located within the established Abitibi Greenstone Belt, announces that its board of directors has approved an amendment to the terms of the previously granted aggregate of 35,100,000 stock options (the "Options") issued on November 2, 2024 to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company.

Substantial Existing Rare Earth Tailings Provides Multiple Financing Options and Strategic FlexibilityProven Texas Asset Positions Company to Become Second At-Scale US Rare Earth Elements Supplier

Nike signs on as the anchor customer for the Infinite Loop™ India manufacturing facility.Multi-year offtake agreement secures supply of Twist™, Loop's branded, virgin-quality polyester resin made exclusively from textile waste.Twist™ will feature full traceability via Loop's proprietary chemical tracer technology, providing verifiable textile to textile recycled content.Infinite Loop India is a joint venture between Loop industries and Ester industries.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / Nextech3D.ai (CSE:NTAR)(OTCQX:NEXCF)(FSE:1SS), an AI-first technology company specializing in AI event management through its flagship Map D and Eventdex platforms, 3D modeling, and spatial computing, is pleased to announce that CEO Evan Gappelberg (the "Acquirer") has purchased a total of 550,000 shares (the "Subject Shares") through open market buys with an average purchase price of $0.10/ USD or $0.14 CAD per share.