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The International Court of Justice is preparing to hand down its first-ever opinion on climate change, seen by many as a historic moment in international law.

The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a seminal ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change and whether polluters should pay up for the consequences.

Is "drill, baby, drill" compatible with "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

Acrobatics, fortune tellers, opulent gowns and palace intrigue: the New York debut of the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra was a performance befitting the era it recalls.

World champions Australia on Wednesday appointed Kevin Walters head coach for the first rugby league Ashes series against England since 2003.

American transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women's events at the Olympics and Paralympics after a recent policy change by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had agreed to a "massive" trade deal with Japan that would include a 15 percent tariff on its exports.

Wallabies great Kurtley Beale says the First Nations and Pasifika XV deserve regular fixtures against touring sides after the inaugural team's stirring performance against the British and Irish Lions.

AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday that chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas militants.

BURLESON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Sadot Group Inc. (Nasdaq:SDOT) ("Sadot Group", "Sadot" or the "Company"), an emerging global Agri-Foods company, today announced the pricing of its best efforts public offering of 2,500,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $1.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $2,500,000, before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by the Company. The offering is expected to close on July 25, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Star Copper Corp. (CSE:STCU)(OTCQX:STCUF)(FWB:SOP) ("Star Copper" or the "Company"), a critical mineral exploration and development company, announces that it has been requested by OTC Markets Group Inc. ("OTC Markets") to issue this statement regarding recent promotional activity concerning the Company and its common shares (the "Common Shares") traded on the OTCQX Marketplace, specifically the distribution of promotional material (the "Promotional Material") published by Upswitch Media Corp. or its affiliates (collectively, "Upswitch").

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Pivotree Inc. (TSXV:PVT) ("Pivotree" or the "Company"), a leading provider of frictionless commerce solutions, will release second quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 before the market opens. The webinar will be hosted by Bill Di Nardo, CEO, and Mo Ashoor, CFO, followed by a question and answer period.

BURLESON, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Sadot Group Inc. (Nasdaq:SDOT) ("Sadot Group", "Sadot" or the "Company"), today announced that it intends to offer to sell shares of its common stock in a best efforts public offering. All of the shares of common stock are to be sold by the Company.

MIRAMICHI, NB / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / SLAM Exploration Ltd. ("SLAM" or the "Company") (TSXV:SXL) announces that its board of directors has approved the grant of incentive stock options (the "Options") to directors, officers, employees and consultants to acquire a total of 2,900,000 common shares in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $0.08. All Options were granted pursuant to the Company's 10% rolling stock option plan (the "Plan") and are subject to the terms of the Plan, the applicable grant agreements and the requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange. The Options are exercisable for a five-year term expiring July 22, 2030.

AMPRIOR, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Plaintree Systems Inc. today announced its intention to initiate an orderly wind-down of the business and operations of its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Aerospace USA Inc. Following its closure, Plaintree will proceed with the liquidation of Summit's assets.

NSPA Supports Denmark and European Countries in MQ-9B Acquisition and Sustainment

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Forward Water Technologies Corp. ("FWTC" or the "Company") (TSXV:FWTC) is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a contract dated June 26th, 2025 for a technology evaluation project with a Fortune 500 Europe company having global operations. The project will assess of the effectiveness of FWTC's iFO water treatment technology for treating wastewater from product manufacturing.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Vox Royalty Corp. (TSX:VOXR)(NASDAQ:VOXR) ("Vox" or the "Company"), a returns focused mining royalty company, is pleased to announce a significant development at the producing, gold royalty-linked Binduli North gold project in Western Australia. Norton Gold Fields Pty Ltd ("Norton"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong and Shanghai-listed, Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd., has received regulatory approval for a new Mining Proposal (defined below) that includes a planned major expansion to processing throughput and infrastructure.

Companies Sign Memorandum of Understanding as Part of New “Minerals For National Automotive Competitiveness (“MINAC”) Collaborative Joined by Select Group of Miners and ProcessorsInitiative Aligns with Presidential Executive Order on Critical Minerals

FREMONT, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Exclusive Networks, a global leader in cybersecurity, has established a North American distribution agreement with A10 Networks that will magnify the reach of the distributor's security and infrastructure solutions for on-premises, hybrid cloud and edge-cloud environments.

Sadot finalized all the documentation required for its 37.5% stake ownership in the Special Development Group (SDG)Expected to issue 1.1-1.2 million verified carbon credits from peatland and mangrove which are among the world's most effective carbon sinksPartnership reinforces Sadot's role as a next-generation agri-food company - combining operational excellence with environmental innovation to drive sustainable valueMcKinsey and BCG forecast nature-based credit prices could increase 3x-10x by 2030

RLTR surpasses tech heavyweights Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), AMD, and Palantir (PLTR), so Far This week.

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / NanoViricides, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE Amer.:NNVC ) (the "Company"), and a clinical stage, leading global pioneer in the development of broad-spectrum antivirals based on host-mimetic nanomedicine technology that viruses cannot escape, explains that the strong effectiveness of its broad-spectrum antiviral drug against all viruses that the drug NV-387 was tested against to date will drive significant valuation for its portfolio. The Company further elucidates that the MPox, Smallpox, and Measles indications of NV-387 are expected to enable rapid regulatory development towards approval and realization of early revenues from multiple pathways.

VANCOUVER, BC AND WEST PALM BEACH, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. ("AgriFORCE" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:AGRI), a digital infrastructure company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to acquire a minority stake in an international, regulated payments services provider. The partnership is being finalized and is expected to close in coming months.

La Dolfina/Scone Captures the Title Over Kazak, 9-8, in Front of Record Crowd

Acquisition strengthens Obagi Medical's product portfolio with proven, scientifically backed, injectable portfolio

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / BioNxt Solutions Inc. ("BioNxt" or the "Company") (CSE:BNXT)(OTC PINK:BNXTF)(FSE:BXT), a bioscience innovator specializing in advanced drug delivery systems, is pleased to announce the successful formulation of a sublingual thin-film prototype for its lead clinical stage candidate, BNT23001, using the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) cladribine. This proprietary thin-film formulation is being developed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).

Highlights:Formation has planned a 20,000 metre multi-phase drill program at its flagship N2 Gold Project near Matagami, 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 has been expanded to a fully funded 10,000 metre program focusing on targets in 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. Formation anticipates commencing its drill program in early August.Formation will also focus on N2's significant base metal potential, where it recently completed a revaluation process which revealed significant copper and zinc intercepts within historic drillholes with significant gold grades (>1 g/t Au).The Company has closed ~$4M across two tranches, bringing its working capital to ~C$5M with zero debt. Inclusive of provincial tax credits from the Quebec government, Formation's exploration budget for 2025-2026 is set at ~$5.1M, putting it in a very strong financial position to execute its exploration programs.Formation is now funded to complete the $5M work commitment required to earn-in to 100% of the N2 Gold Project within two years, four years ahead of schedule.

LONDON, GB / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Ecora (LSE:ECOR)(TSX:ECOR)(OTCQX:ECRAF) issues the following trading update for the period 1 April to 30 June 2025.

England coach Sarina Wiegman said she felt "many emotions" after her team produced another dramatic comeback to beat Italy in extra time on Tuesday and reach the final of the Women's Euro 2025.

Tears of joy and relief flowed freely Tuesday as Venezuelan Maikel Olivera returned home to his mother's embrace after four months of "hell" in a Salvadoran prison.

Chloe Kelly scored a dramatic late winner in extra-time as reigning champions England came from behind to beat Italy 2-1 on Tuesday and reach the Women's Euro 2025 final.