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Title-holders Arsenal will kickstart their Women's Champions League defence when they host eight-time winners Lyon on Tuesday as the elite European club competition debuts its new format.

McLaren clinched the Formula One constructors title, but their drivers' tempers frayed in the heat of a Singapore Grand Prix won by the Mercedes of George Russell.

The previously unbeaten Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles both slumped to shock defeats in the NFL on Sunday as the injury-hit Baltimore Ravens suffered a humiliating blowout.

Thomas Muller was among the goalscorers as the Vancouver Whitecaps thrashed the San Jose Earthquakes 4-1 to edge closer to Major League Soccer's Western Conference crown on Sunday.

Tokyo stocks surged more than four percent to a record high Monday and the yen sank on bets that the new leader of Japan's ruling party will embark on a new era of loose monetary policy to kickstart the country's economy.

China's push to develop top-end artificial intelligence microchips is gaining momentum, but analysts say it will struggle to match the technical might of US powerhouse Nvidia within the current decade.

The UN Human Rights Council is set to decide on Monday whether to set up an investigation to gather evidence on the most serious violations of international law in Afghanistan.

World Cup qualifying in Asia reaches its climax over the next week with Patrick Kluivert's Indonesia among six countries vying for two remaining spots from the region.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday hands down its verdict on a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during brutal attacks in Darfur.

Franco-Belgian designer Matthieu Blazy is set to make his debut in one of the most coveted jobs in the fashion industry on Monday when he sends out models for Chanel for the first time.

Husamettin Dogan, the only man left appealing his conviction for sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot, is hoping to rid himself of the label of rapist when he steps back into court in France on Monday.

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.

Gisele Pelicot, 72, who became an icon for women in a mass rape trial last year that resonated around the world, is to reluctantly break months of silence to face in court the one man in the case who still denies he raped her.

Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States are due to convene in Egypt for talks on Monday, with US President Donald Trump calling on negotiators to "move fast" to end the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip.

After a series of interviews, Nicole Becker was ecstatic to receive a job offer from a sportswear brand. But like many Americans navigating a tough job market, she was soon confronted with a sobering reality -- the recruiter was a scammer.

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia's competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution.

UK police are to be given greater powers to restrict protests as a minister said repeated large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations had caused "considerable fear" for the Jewish community.

VANCOUVER, BC, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / Future Fuels Inc. (TSXV:FTUR)(FSE:S0J)(OTCQB:FTURF) ("Future Fuels" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has acquired high resolution geophysical data that covers the Mountain Lake System at its wholly owned Hornby Basin Project (the "Hornby Project" or the "Project"), located approximately 95 kilometres southwest of Kugluktuk, Nunavut Territory.

Results Underscore Robust Economics and a U.S. Manganese Ore to HPMSM Pathway

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CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / Source Energy Services Ltd. ("Source" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has accepted Source's application to amend its previously approved Normal Course Issuer Bid ("NCIB") to purchase up to 1,189,458 of its outstanding common shares ("Common Shares") for cancellation through the facilities of the TSX. The number of Common Shares authorized for purchase represents 10% of Source's public float as of April 30, 2025, as calculated pursuant to TSX rules. Under the amended NCIB, Source is permitted to purchase up to $15.6 million of its Common Shares, subject to the maximum of 1,189,458 Common Shares including 392,900 Common Shares purchased prior to the amendment of the NCIB. The amended NCIB will terminate on May 12, 2026 and allows for a further 796,558 Common Shares to be purchased for cancellation. Pursuant to the rules of the TSX, the maximum number of Common Shares that the Company may repurchase in any one day is 25% of the ADTV, which totals 7,289 Common Shares and is unchanged from the previously approved NCIB. Source may also make one block purchase per calendar week which exceeds the daily repurchase restriction.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / Galway Metals Inc. (TSX-V:GWM)(OTCQB:GAYMF) (the "Company" or "Galway") is pleased to report drill results for two diamond drill holes at the Southwest Deposit within its 100%-owned flagship Clarence Stream gold project in New Brunswick, Canada. Clarence Stream host district-scale potential along a 65-kilometre strike length of highly prospective gold showings and anomalies; and a 2022 MRE of 12.4 Mt @ 2.3 g/t Au Indicated for 922,000 oz., and 16.0 Mt @ 2.6 g/t Au Inferred for 1.334 M oz. gold from the NI 43-101 technical report titled "Technical Report on the Clarence Stream Mineral Resource Project, New Brunswick, Canada" dated March 31, 2022, by SLR Consulting Ltd.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / Park Lawn Corporation ("Park Lawn"), is pleased to announce that, effective today, it acquired substantially all of the assets of Atlanta Crematory located in Stone Mountain, Georgia; Cremation Society of Georgia located in Atlanta, Georgia; Wages & Sons Funeral Home located in Stone Mountain, Georgia; Wages & Sons Funeral Home Gwinnett Chapel located in Lawrenceville, Georgia; and Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel Crematory located in Lawrenceville, Georgia (collectively "Wages"). This transaction strengthens Park Lawn's presence in the greater Atlanta, Georgia market through the addition of two (2) stand-alone funeral homes as well as a cremation focused provider.

MONTRÉAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / Valsoft Corporation Inc. ("Valsoft"), a Montreal-based company specializing in the acquisition and growth of vertical market software businesses, is pleased to announce the creation of seven dedicated operating groups to oversee its expanding portfolio of companies.

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / HOUSTON, TX and SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / BrYet US, Inc. ("BrYet"), a biotechnology innovator developing a drug with the potential to be a first-in-class medicine for metastatic disease, today announced that it has received an Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval for its first-in-human clinical study of ML-016.

CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:NB), announced today that it has finalized the purchase of an additional 325.77 acres of land associated with its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project (the "Elk Creek Project") in Nebraska. The acquisition provides NioCorp with ownership of all land that hosts the Elk Creek Project's Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve and all acreage necessary to commence construction once project financing is obtained. This ownership position includes all necessary surface and mineral rights.

Correction: The Juby Gold project has a non-compliant (NI 43-101 compliant) inferred resource of 1,488,000 ounces at 0.98 gpt gold.

Additional update: Results of ongoing investigator-initiated proof-of-concept trial in United Arab Emirates (UAE) demonstrate further reduction of total parenteral support (PS) (comprised of total parenteral nutrition and supplementary IV fluids) of approximately 37%

MANAMA, BH / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / FinTech Forward 2025 (FF25), the region's premier strategic financial technology event, today announced that two globally renowned innovators will headline this year's edition as title speakers: Changpeng Zhao (CZ), former CEO of Binance and Dhiraj Mukherjee, Cofounder of Shazam. Their participation reflects the flagship event's growing role as a global stage for innovation, convening leaders who have transformed industries and reshaped how millions around the world engage with technology and financial services.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / Tornado Infrastructure Equipment Ltd. ("Tornado" or the "Company") (TSX-V:TGH)(OTCQX:TGHLF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") with The Toro Company whereby a subsidiary of The Toro Company (the "Purchaser") will acquire all of the outstanding Class "A" common shares ("Shares") of the Company in an all cash transaction (the "Transaction") for CAD $1.92 per Share (the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price represents an aggregate fully diluted equity value for Tornado of approximately CAD $279.3 million. Upon completion of the Transaction, Tornado will be an indirect wholly-owned private subsidiary of The Toro Company.

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