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After taking a bow and making an offering of fruit and a dried fish, Ryh Jae-hong tosses a cup of alcohol towards the thick barbed-wire fence that protects South Korea's Gyodong Island from North Korea.

Most Asian stocks rose Tuesday, tracking a rally on Wall Street, after Donald Trump tempered his rhetoric against China, which he has threatened with 100 percent tariffs, while Tokyo struggled amid Japanese political turmoil.

Honduras defeated visiting Haiti 3-0 on Monday in a CONCACAF regional World Cup qualifying match to seize the group lead and boost their hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup.

Nicolas Maduro's time is up but he can still leave power peacefully, Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado told AFP in an interview from hiding on Monday.

In Nepal's capital, young would-be voters line up enthusiastically to register for the first elections since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government, the worst unrest in decades.

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared through Texas's golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk's startup can deliver NASA's lunar projects on time.

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared through Texas's golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk's startup can deliver NASA's lunar projects on time.

Influential Brazilians, from government figures to Indigenous activists, will take center stage during UN climate talks in the Amazon next month.

Brazil's president has slashed deforestation in the Amazon and worked to better protect Indigenous people, giving him a generally positive environmental record as he prepares to host COP30 UN climate talks in a month.

Can oil, the climate villain, be used to pay for its own demise?

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.

Australia's medical cannabis industry is "excessively" prescribing weed with little oversight and needs urgent regulation, the country's top doctors association and pharmacists warned on Tuesday.

Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco each smashed three-run home runs to power Seattle over Toronto 10-3 on Monday, grabbing a 2-0 lead in their Major League Baseball playoff series.

Rescuers scrambled Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing.

Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATESHighlights:Formation has planned a 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 a fully funded 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$4.7M with zero debt prior to the financing, putting it in a very strong financial position to execute its exploration programs. Inclusive of provincial tax credits from the Quebec government, Formation's exploration budget for 2025-2026 is set at ~$5.7M. The financings, if fully subscribed, would increase Formation's working capital to ~$13M and exploration budget to ~$8.5M+.

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / Agereh Technologies Inc. ("Agereh" or the "Company") (TSXV:AUTO)(OTCQB:CRBAF) announces that further to its news releases dated August 27, 2025, the Company has revised the terms of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Offering) of common shares. The Offering will now consist of up to 10,000,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $500,000. Each Unit will consist of one common shares (each a "Unit Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a "Unit Warrant"), with each Unit Warrant being exercisable to purchase one additional Unit Share at a price of $0.10 for twenty-four (24) months from the date of issuance.

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In today's digital economy, data is the most valuable asset for every organization, and ensuring it is both resilient and readily available is critical to unlocking its full value. Through this agreement, Graid Technology will combine the proven enterprise performance of Intel® VROC with the breakthrough innovation of its own SupremeRAID™ portfolio, the industry's first GPU-based RAID architecture for high-performance workloads such as AI and HPC.

Partnership Will Enable Cost Savings By Manufacturing Unique and Flexible UAS Platform in South Korea

Presentation time: Tuesday, Oct 21 at 11:30am PTACCESS Newswire also is proud to announce its back at LD as a Main Event Gold Sponsor.

Award for AI Software Optimization Across Electric Vehicles, Batteries, and Renewable Generation

ATLANTA, GA, GA / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DWTX) (the "Company"), a development-stage biotechnology company developing new medicines to treat pain and neuropathic disorders, today announces that Greg Duncan, Chief Executive Officer will participate at the Maxim Growth Summit presented by Maxim Group LLC. The Summit is being held on October 22 - 23, 2025 at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City.

Breakthrough capability reduces review rates from 100% to as low as 10% while maintaining rigorous SLA compliance and 95%+ quality scores

MSPs Can Increase Revenues While Strengthening Customer Relationships

The signed purchase agreement for the world-leading engine is a major step toward producing a hybrid eVTOL that will go faster, farther, and be the most efficient in the industry

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / Revolve Renewable Power Corp. (TSXV:REVV)(OTCQB:REVVF) ("Revolve" or the "Company"), a North American owner, operator and developer of renewable energy projects, is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at the Planet MicroCap Showcase in Toronto and the Schachter Catch the Energy Conference in Calgary.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / Polaris Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX:PIF) ("Polaris" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a US$3.5 Million Working Capital & a US$10.0 Million Letter of Credit Facility (the Facility) with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and the Export Development Canada (EDC). The Facility will enhance Polaris' liquidity as it continues to work towards growing its current footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean. CIBC has been the lead Banker for Polaris in Canada since 2015, while the EDC has also supported the Company in the past with similar facilities.

All-cash acquisition enhances company https://www.nextechar.com/ capabilities with registration and badge printing; strengthens Nextech3D.ai's position as a unified AI event technology provider

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / ESE Entertainment Inc. (TSXV:ESE)(OTC PINK:ENTEF) ("ESE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Bombee Global Entertainment Ltd. ("Bombee"), a leader in live event production and broadcast services, has been selected as the exclusive production partner for the official launch of FC Supra. The newest soccer team to join the Canadian Premier League (CPL).

VANCOUVER, BC, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2025 / (TSXV:OGN)(OTCQB:OGNNF) Orogen Royalties Inc. ("Orogen" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a purchase and sale agreement (the "Agreement") with a wholly owned subsidiary of Altitude Minerals Ltd. (ASX:ATT) ("Altitude") whereby Altitude has acquired the Firenze gold project ("Firenze" or the "Project"), located in Nevada USA.