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Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal.

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, but analysts say her rise does not necessarily signal a feminist victory.

When Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike returns to face his former club Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday, he will find a side which bears little resemblance to the one he left in July.

Ryan Mendes is not even a household name in Turkey, where he plays for second division Igdir, but next summer, football fans around the world will be well aware of both him and his team.

Women's leagues will feature in the new Football Manager video game released next month, a first in the decades-long history of the popular series that simulates team tactics and transfer drama.

France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday after being found guilty of acquiring Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run.

George Springer blasted a three-run home run to end the Toronto Blue Jays' 32-year wait to return to the World Series on Monday, crushing the Seattle Mariners' dreams of a first ever appearance in Major League Baseball's championship finale.

French police stepped up the hunt Tuesday for thieves who stole priceless royal jewels from the Louvre museum in a spectacular daylight robbery.

At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless. No bigger than a lentil, these "nurdles" are destined to be melted down to make everything from car bumpers to salad bowls.

Stocks extended gains Tuesday on further signs that China-US trade tensions were easing, with Tokyo hitting another record as Japan prepares to swear in a new prime minister and bring an end to a period of political uncertainty.

American pianist Eric Lu won the top prize at the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, the contest's Polish organisers said Tuesday.

Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring hidden summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the top.

The fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of progress, with climate change and population growth among factors threatening a resurgence of the potentially fatal disease, campaigners said Tuesday.

Timber imports by companies operating in the European Union can be traced to logging on Indonesia's Borneo island, a new report published Tuesday showed, with NGOs calling for the bloc to stop delaying a ban on deforestation-linked products.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's hate crime bill and a controversy surrounding a Northern Irish rap group have focused Canadian attention on a complex legal question: should displaying certain symbols be a crime?

Peru's Generation Z is leading protests against rampant crime and years of political deadlock -- demanding systemic change after watching seven presidents come and go in a decade.

After a 15-day overland journey during which she feared a heart attack from the high altitude, Venezuelan hairdresser Giovaneska Escobar finally reached Chile, the country where she hoped to rebuild her life with her two young children.

Donald Trump has often been dubbed a political wrecking ball for his unorthodox style -- and now the US president has literally started demolition work on the White House.

Nuno Espirito Santo admitted "we have a problem" after West Ham suffered a lacklustre 2-0 loss at home to Brentford on Monday.

Malaysia modernizes mobile command and control, securing voice and messaging for inter-agency coordination with BlackBerry AtHoc and BlackBerry SecuSUITE

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / ATHA Energy Corp. (TSXV:SASK)(FRA:X5U)(OTCQB:SASKF) ("ATHA" or the "Company") announces that, as a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC"), the Company is issuing the following news release to clarify its disclosure regarding the Angilak Project.

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Targeting commissioning of 'Stage 1' production by the end of 2026HIGHLIGHTS$15m Placement led by Franklin Templeton; $2.5m Share Purchase Plan (SPP) opens tomorrowPlacement and SPP price of $1.25 / share represents a:Discount of 3.8% to Barton's last traded price of $1.30 before the Placement announcement;Premium of 7.6% to Barton's 1 month (20 trading day) VWAP of $1.16 on the same day; andPremium of 9.2% to Barton's last traded price of $1.145 yesterday, 21 October 2025.

LAFAYETTE, LA / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company" or "Viemed") (NASDAQ:VMD), a national leader of in-home, technology-enabled post-acute respiratory care, today announced that it will host its Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Alset AI Ventures Inc. (TSXV:GPUS)(OTC:GPUSF)(FSE:1R6, WKN:A3ESVQ) ("Alset AI" or the "Company") an artificial intelligence ("AI") venture company advancing innovation through strategic investment and cloud computing solutions, announces that, further to its news releases dated August 25, 2025 and August 27, 2025, the early warrant exercise incentive program (the "Incentive Program") intended to encourage the early exercise of up to 19,999,993 outstanding common share purchase warrants of the Company held by Warrantholders (the "Eligible Warrants") expired on September 26, 2025 and no Eligible Warrants were issued pursuant to the Incentive Program.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / CCL Industries Inc., (TSX:CCL.A, CCL.B) a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, will be releasing its 2025 Third Quarter Earnings Results on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. ET and will be holding a live webcast on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, commencing at 7:30 a.m. ET to answer questions in connection with our press release.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / PPX Mining Corp. (TSX.V:PPX)(BVL:PPX - the "Company" or "PPX") is pleased to announce the continuation of its 4,300 meters diamond drilling program in coordination with Proyectos la Patagonia S.A.C. ("PLP"), a partner company. This drilling program is carried out inside the mine, within two drilling chambers. The drilling was executed from the chamber 04, now reported (historic DDH CA-24-07) and has the objective of testing Callanquitas East and the sulfide veins/breccias with four drill holes CA-25-21, CA-25-22, CA-25-23 and CA-25-24. The drill hole CA-25-24 has partial grades, and the company is expecting grades from the last 42 meters to come in later.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Trans Canada Gold Corp. (TSX-V:TTG)(OTCQB:TTGXF) ("Trans Canada" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the Company's geological team has been actively examining and reviewing multiple advanced gold mineral exploration projects with significant near-term growth and exploration drilling potential, situated in several Canadian Provinces and resource jurisdictions favorable to mining. The Company is currently in multiple discussions with gold property owners and vendors in the hopes of making a strategic gold property acquisition shortly, capitalizing on the current prevailing gold price and soaring precious metal market conditions.

AUSTIN, TX, AL / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Eagle Energy Partners ("EEP" or the "Company"), a private U.S. energy company focused on acquiring and developing undervalued assets in proven, well-established hydrocarbon basins, today announced three high-impact initiatives launched during the third quarter of 2025 that position the Company for significant growth in 2026.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / October 21, 2025 / Solitario Resources Corp. ("Solitario" or the "Company") (NYSE American:XPL)(TSX:SLR) is pleased to announce that it has secured drilling permits for its Cat Creek critical metals project in Colorado. The Cat Creek project represents a high-quality undrilled molybdenum-rhenium porphyry system.