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Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online.

A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.

A streak of super-hot tropical nights broke a century-old South Korean weather record, according to official data released Thursday, as the peninsula bakes in a prolonged heatwave.

Veteran Wallabies scrum-half Nic White announced his retirement Thursday, with the 35-year-old saying it was the right time to pass the baton to a younger generation.

For over a month, Alberto has hardly dared to leave the small room he rents in someone's backyard for fear of encountering the masked police who have been rounding up immigrants in Los Angeles.

Behind the growing international success of a Mexican restaurant named one of world's best is a love story between two gourmets with a passion for blending traditional and contemporary flavors.

Time is running short for governments to strike deals with Washington to avert tariff hikes that Donald Trump has vowed against dozens of economies -- and the US president continues to expand his trade wars.

Both England and India are set to field new-look teams when the decisive fifth and final Test of an enthralling, gruelling, and often spiky series gets underway at the Oval on Thursday.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Zimtu Capital Corp. ("Zimtu" or the "Company") (TSXV:ZC)(FSE:ZCT1) is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 10,000,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.15 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $1,500,000 (the "Offering").

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Tactical Resources Corp. (TSXV:RARE)(OTC:USREF) ("Tactical Resources" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a third amendment (the "Third Amendment") to its previously announced business combination agreement (as amended, the "Business Combination Agreement") with Plum Acquisition Corp. III (OTC:PLMJF) ("Plum"), a special purpose acquisition company.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / PJX Resources Inc. ("PJX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the second tranche of our previously announced (see July 16, 2025, press release) non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement" or "offering") of 12,430,905 units of the Company for gross proceeds of $1,652,460.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Kidoz Inc. (TSXV:KDOZ)(OTCQB:KDOZF) ("Kidoz" or the "Company"), mobile AdTech developer and owner of the market-leading Kidoz Contextual Ad Network (www.kidoz.net) is pleased to announce that it has engaged the services of Independent Trading Group ("ITG") pursuant to a market-making services agreement dated July 30, 2025 between the Company and ITG (the "Agreement").

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Gold Mountain Mining Corp. ("Gold Mountain" or the "Company") (TSX:GMTN)(OTCQB:GMTNF)(FRA:5XFA) announces that it and its two subsidiaries, Bayshore Minerals Incorporated ("Bayshore") and Elk Gold Mining Corporation ("Elk Gold"), have received "demand for payment" letters from their creditor, Nhwelmen Construction GP Ltd. as general partner of Nhwelmen Construction Limited Partnership ("Nhwelmen"). The demands are for a total of approximately $11,157,548.28, comprising a total of approximately $4,839,740.06 for contract work on the Company's Elk gold mining project and approximately $6,317,808.22 under a convertible debenture dated June 18, 2024, as amended July 11, 2025.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / INNODATA INC. (Nasdaq:INOD) today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / PPX Mining Corp. (TSX.V:PPX)(BVL:PPX) (the "Company" or "PPX") is pleased to announce that it was the best-performing mining stock on the Bolsa de Valores de Lima ("BVL") during the first half of 2025. Based on market data compiled from Bloomberg, PPX's share price increased by more than 133% (from US$0.03 to US$0.07) between January and June 2025, outperforming all other mining issuers listed on the exchange. During the same period, the mining index of BVL (SPBLMPT) increased by 11.9%.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Karbon-X Corp. (OTCQX:KARX), a leader in end-to-end climate solutions, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Global Frontier Advisors L.P ("GFA"), a premier U.S.-based strategic advisory firm that facilitates access at the nexus of national security, economic resilience, and frontier market development. GFA delivers high-impact solutions where geopolitical complexity meets economic opportunity. Together, the two organizations will identify, develop, and commercialize carbon offset projects across key jurisdictions.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Polaris Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX:PIF) ("Polaris Renewable Energy" or the "Company"), is pleased to report its financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. This earnings release should be read in conjunction with the Company's condensed consolidated interim financial statements and management's discussion and analysis, which are available on the Company's website at www.PolarisREI.com and have been posted on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. The dollar figures below are denominated in US Dollars unless noted otherwise.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Forward Water Technologies Corp. ("FWTC" or the "Company") (TSXV:FWTC) is pleased to announce a proposed non-brokered private placement of convertible debentures (the "Convertible Debentures") for proceeds of up to $750,000 (the "Private Placement"). The Convertible Debentures will mature on the date that is 36 months from the date of issuance (the "Maturity Date") and bear interest at 14% per annum, payable annually. Until the principal and all interest owing are paid, a holder shall have the option to convert the principal and all accrued interest owing pursuant to the Convertible Debenture into common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.07 per share during the first year of the term, and at a conversion price of $0.10 thereafter, subject to customary adjustments.

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CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / CANEX Metals Inc. ("CANEX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from an induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey recently completed over the Louise Copper-Gold Porphyry Project (Louise Project) in British Columbia. A new and previously unknown chargeability target has been identified two kilometres west of the historic Louise deposit and has been named the West Louise Target. In addition, a steeply dipping zone of high chargeability has been identified below and to the north of the historic Louise deposit and has been termed the Louise Deep Target. The Louise Deep Target is interpreted to have potential to host the mineralized roots of the historic Louise system and shows continuity to roughly 1000 metres below surface, the limit of the geophysical survey. Neither the West Louise nor Louise Deep targets have been drill-tested previously.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "GSilver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF) is providing an update on exploration and development work at the Company's wholly-owned Valenciana Mines Complex ("VMC") located in Guanajuato, Mexico.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / AZARGA METALS CORP. ("Azarga Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV:AZR) is pleased to announce that it has reached terms with Minera Alamos Inc. ("Minera Alamos") whereby Azarga Metals will exercise the option to purchase the Marg Project, located in Central Yukon.

COEUR D'ALENE, ID / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Idaho Strategic Resources (NYSE American:IDR) ("IDR", the "Company" or "Idaho Strategic") is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Toboggan project from Hecla Silver Valley, Inc., ("Hecla") a wholly owned subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Torq Resources Inc. (TSXV:TORQ)(OTCQB:TRBMF) ("Torq" or the "Company") announces it has elected to terminate the option to earn its interest in the Margarita Project, Chile due to financial constraints and the Company's increasing focus on the US$48M Earn-in Option granted to Gold Fields on the Santa Cecilia copper/gold project.

Initial mapping and prospecting identify multiple zones of copper mineralization spatially associated with the MobileMT anomalies

WHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 31, 2025 / Athena Gold Corporation (CSE:ATHA)(OTCQB:AHNRF) ("Athena" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its flagship Laird Lake gold project in Ontario's prolific Red Lake Gold District, alongside an update on its Excelsior Springs project in Esmeralda County, Nevada.