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Major doubts over Pat Cummins' fitness and a void at the top of the Australian order has sparked bravado from England six weeks out from the Ashes but David Warner, at least, is having none of it.

Dutch tech giant ASML warned Wednesday of a steep fall in its China business next year, as it booked flat net profits in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the same quarter last year.

Dutch tech giant ASML said on Wednesday it expected its sales in China to fall significantly next year, as it booked flat net profits in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the same quarter last year.

Australian rugby league players who join the rebel R360 competition will be banned for 10 years, the sport's governing body said Wednesday, branding the breakaway project "counterfeit".

Jamaica beat Bermuda 4-0 on Tuesday to seize the lead in Group B of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying as Curacao slipped to second after a 1-1 home draw against Trinidad and Tobago.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto hurled a complete game three-hitter on Tuesday as defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat Milwaukee 5-1 to seize command of their Major League Baseball playoff series.

Thomas Tuchel has completed his first task as England manager with ease as the Three Lions became the first European side to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday.

China's consumer prices continued to fall last month, with official data highlighting the battle leaders face in trying to kickstart domestic spending in the world's number two economy while fighting a trade war with the United States.

With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a masterful complete game victory and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat Milwaukee 5-1 on Tuesday to seize command of their Major League Baseball playoff series.

Haji Wright scored two goals and the United States defeated Australia 2-1 on Tuesday, snapping the Socceroos' 12-match unbeaten streak in an international football friendly at Denver.

Coach Hajime Moriyasu said Japan's first win over Brazil had been decades in the making and backed his players to use it as a springboard to World Cup success.

One person was killed and several more were injured in an explosion Tuesday at a busy shopping center in the port city of Guayaquil, local authorities said, as Ecuador grapples with a surge of violence related to the Latin American drug trade.

Stocks jumped Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month.

Alexis Mac Allister and Lautaro Martinez each scored two goals and Argentina routed Puerto Rico 6-0 in an international football friendly on Tuesday.

Son Heung-min said South Korea need to show the big teams less respect at next year's World Cup after recovering from being "punched" by Brazil to beat Paraguay.

Jamaica seized the Group B lead in the CONCACAF 2026 World Cup qualifying round on Tuesday by routing Bermuda 4-0 after Curacao played Trinidad and Tobago to a 1-1 draw.

Australia must learn from past guerrilla insurgencies and adopt an "unconventional deterrence" policy in facing down threats from China, Russia and elsewhere, one of the country's leading think tanks said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's second term has seen the United States go all-in to boost Big Oil and block renewables -- yet a wave of state and local climate-damage lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry continues to advance.

US and international news outlets including The New York Times, AP, AFP and Fox News on Tuesday declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.

Highlights:Formation has closed $8,262,389.48 in gross proceeds, fully funding its planned 20,000 metre total multi-phase drill program at its flagship N2 Gold Project in Quebec, host to a global historic resource of ~870,000 ounces comprised of 18 Mt grading 1.4 g/t Au (~809,000 oz Au) across four zones (A, East, RJ-East, and Central)2,3 and 243 Kt grading 7.82 g/t Au (~61,000 oz Au) across the RJ zone2,4.Phase 1, consisting of 10,000 metres, commenced on September 25, 2025. Phase 1 will target the "A" zone, a shallow, highly continuous, low-variability historic gold deposit with ~522,900 ounces of which only ~35% of strike has been drilled (>3.1 km open), and the "RJ" zone, host to high-grade intercepts from historical drill holes as high as 51 g/t Au over 0.8 metres2, which was expanded by Agnico Eagle Mines in 2008 in the most recent drilling at the Property.The Company has working capital of ~C$12.7M with zero debt. Inclusive of provincial tax credits from the Quebec government, Formation's exploration budget for 2025-2026 is set at ~$8.1M. The Company will close the balance of its private placements in the coming weeks.

FRANKLIN, INDIANA / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. ("IBC" or the "Company") (TSXV:IB)(OTCQB:IAALF) today announces that the board of directors of the Company has approved the issuance of 705,880 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Common Shares"), to its directors in consideration of their service to the Company for the period from July 2024 through June 2025.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Galway Metals Inc. (TSXV:GWM)(OTCQB:GAYMF) (the "Company" or "Galway") is pleased to announce the addition of Stephen Poitras as Manager for the Company's Estrades Gold and Zinc Project located in the northern Abitibi of western Québec, Canada. The 100%-owned Estrades Project is a high-grade, gold- and zinc-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit. Historically, Breakwater Resources Ltd. invested approximately CAD$20 million developing the precious-metal-rich deposit, which was previously mined via a 200-metre-deep ramp with production in 1990-1991. Galway is currently advancing a Scoping Study for Estrades, with results expected in the fourth quarter of 2025. Mr. Poitras will oversee exploration and development efforts aimed at advancing Estrades and evaluating its broader district-scale potential.

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KELOWNA, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Avant Brands Inc. (TSX:AVNT)(OTCQX:AVTBF)(FRA:1BUP) ("Avant" or the "Company"), a leading producer of innovative and award-winning cannabis products, today released its financial results for the third quarter ended August 31, 2025 ("Q3 2025"). With a growing international footprint and deep penetration into key global medical markets, Avant continues to scale as the go-to Canadian exporter for top-shelf cannabis at commercial volume. The Company delivered its eighth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA1, supported by growth in domestic wholesale revenue and disciplined operational execution.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Carcetti Capital Corp. ("Carcetti" or the "Company") (TSXV:CART) announces that, in connection with the resumption of rotating services by Canada Post, the mailing and delivery of Carcetti's Meeting Materials for its upcoming Annual General and Special Meeting (the "Meeting") are anticipated to be delivered to Canadian shareholders.

LONDON, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Transpacific Resources Inc. ("Transpacific " or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its press release of October 2, 2025, the Company has filed articles of amendment to change its name to "Treasure Oakes Resources Inc." (the "Name Change") and consolidate its issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of twenty (20) pre-consolidation common shares for one (1) post-consolidation common share (20:1) (the "Consolidation"). The Name Change and Consolidation were approved by shareholders of the Company at its annual general and special meeting held on August 7, 2025. The Company has obtained a new CUSIP number (894632108) and ISIN number (CA8946321087) to replace the previous CUSIP and ISIN numbers.

CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:NB) today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering in the United States priced at-the-market in accordance with the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the "Offering"). The Offering consisted of 16,077,175 common shares (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at an offering price of $9.34 per common share (or $9.3399 per pre-funded warrant), for gross proceeds of approximately $150.2 million before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses.

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TORONTO, ON, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / 55 North Mining Inc. (CSE:FFF)(FSE:6YF) ("55 North" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its planned 2026 drill program, which may begin as early as late 2025 if conditions allow for safe and efficient winter drilling.

QUEBEC, QC, QC / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / As a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC"), NuRAN Wireless Inc. ("NuRAN" or the "Company") (CSE:NUR)(OTC:NRRWF)(FSE:1RN) announces the adjournment of its Annual General and Special Meeting.

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), reports that an analyst research report was published on the Company that explains its dual-track, rapid clinical development strategy for NV-387, going after MPox and also after all respiratory viral infections, that include Influenzas, Coronaviruses, RSV among others. The analyst research report was published by proactive investors news (https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1080303/nanoviricides-dual-track-clinical-development-during-2026-1080303.html/long).