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A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf.

A study published Thursday in the journal Science reveals that global warming has significantly intensified El Niño cycles over the past four decades. Researchers analyzing fossil corals from the Galápagos Islands found that these climate events are now stronger and more volatile than any recorded during the pre-industrial era, posing greater risks for extreme weather worldwide.

For Italian football this has been a chastening year, yet, ahead of a likely frenzy before their transfer window shuts on September 1, Serie A clubs have spent the summer asserting their place in Europe's financial pecking order.

Siya Kolisi will captain the most experienced South Africa team in history when they seek to level a series with arch rivals New Zealand in Cape Town on Saturday.

A tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas has paid $5.3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal ahead of El Nino-related restrictions, the waterway's deputy administrator, Ilya Espino de Marotta, told AFP on Thursday.

Japanese organisers have told late additions to next month's Asian Games to find their own accommodation, saying they don't have the money or space to deal with ballooning participant numbers.

They came to the Himalayas seeking spiritual renewal, drawn by Tibet's sacred, snow-capped Mount Kailash.

China and Nepal warned of fresh flooding risks, complicating rescuers' search Friday for more than 1,400 people missing after a deadly deluge and landslides swept away entire villages along their remote Himalayan border.

The United States has threatened the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, but analysts say that a successful chokehold would require unlikely cooperation from China.

Asian stocks mostly rose Friday ahead of a closely watched speech by Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh that investors will be parsing for clues about the outlook for interest rates amid elevated inflation and no sign of an end to the Middle East crisis.

A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticizing the Pentagon.

The high-profile US murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a woman who says she suffered from postpartum psychosis before strangling her three young children, has sparked a debate in the United States over maternal mental health.

From a distance, the Shaolin Temple outside Lusaka appeared almost like a mirage, a slice of central China dropped into the Zambian landscape.

Some video game fans are flabbergasted at Sony's decision to discontinue disc sales from 2028 at Germany's Gamescom trade show -- leading to calls for a boycott.

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami on Thursday appointed his fellow Argentine Cristian "Kily" Gonzalez as new head coach of the reigning Major League Soccer champions.

Two air traffic controllers left work early ahead of a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport in March, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Protests over security in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta escalated into clashes between locals and police Thursday, a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 28, 2026 / Norsemont Mining Inc. (CSEX:NOM)(OTCQX:NRRSF)(FRA:LXZ1) ("NOM" or the "Company") announces that it intends to restate its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the "2025 Annual Statements") and the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2026 (the "2026 Q1 Statements") to correct the classification of certain of its convertible debentures and related derivative financial liability, and to include descriptions of certain royalties that had previously been disclosed in the Company's technical report.

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The Company reported a record quarterly billed revenue of $13.6M (CAD $19.4M) in Q2 2026, representing a YoY increase of 23% from Q2 2025.The Company achieved positive EBITDA of $0.4M (CAD $0.6M) and Adjusted EBITDA of $0.6M (CAD $0.8M) in Q2 2026.The Company completed its planned facility consolidation, anchored by its newly operational Bolingbrook facility, and now operates from two modern manufacturing facilities totaling 210,000 square feet.The Company received a US$765,000 capital grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) under the Business Attraction Prime Sites program, as previously announced on August 12, 2026.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 28, 2026 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "Guanajuato Silver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF) announces that the Company has granted incentive stock options of the Company as outlined below.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 28, 2026 / Churchill Resources Inc. ("Churchill" or the "Company") (TSXV:CRI.V) is pleased to report final assay results from its Spring 2026 program of core drilling and trenching at the Black Raven Project. The work was focused on both Pomley Cove Pond ("PC Pond") where the Company's recent discovery of a potentially extensive polymetallic vein swarm associated with rhyolitic volcanic rocks has been significantly expanded, and a second round of delineation drilling of the Frost Cove North antimony-gold prospect.

Dr. David Kideckel, PhD, MBA, joins as Chief Financial Officer, bringing nearly two decades of life sciences, capital markets and corporate advisory experienceCurrent CFO, Mirza Rahimani, transitions to Vice President of Finance, providing continuity across financial reporting and operationsAppointment strengthens Lobe's leadership team as the Company advances L-130, its differentiated conjugated psilocin therapeutic being developed at sub-hallucinogenic doses for chronic cluster headache

HighlightsAbasca Resources Inc. has filed an independent technical report on SEDAR+, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101, supporting the updated pit-constrained mineral resource estimate for its 100%-owned Loki Flake Graphite Deposit.The MRE established an Indicated Resource of 6.99 Mt at 8.27 % graphitic carbon ("Cg"), representing 67% of the prior Inferred Resource on a contained graphite basis, while the Inferred Resource grew 40%, from 11.31 Mt at 7.65% Cg to 15.83 Mt at 6.93% Cg.The Report provides the geological foundation and mineral resource base underpinning the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") announced on August 19, 2026.Abasca has commenced its summer exploration program at the Loki Deposit, focused on continuing to collect data required for environmental impact, permitting and feasibility study. In-fill drilling will facilitate the collection of representative samples for a pilot plant that will further test the graphite flotation flowsheet, targeting concentrate grading 95% Cg or greater for downstream battery-grade anode testing.The Company has elected to file semi-annual interim financial statements and related MD&A.

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Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate at Motapa379,000 oz Measured and Indicated; 131,000 oz Inferred(NYSE AMERICAN:CMCL)(AIM:CMCL)(VFEX:CMCL)

Expansion of Bojorquez Target and Discovery of New Zone 4 km North of Main Zone within Central Corridor, Exploration Ongoing

Golf equipment giant Callaway on Thursday severed ties with the media firm behind an advert that showed a male golfer shoving a woman to the ground as outrage over the commercial continued to spread.

Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi kept faith Thursday with the same side that narrowly lost to world champions South Africa for the clash this weekend against Australia.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will step up efforts to isolate Iran economically as he hosts G20 counterparts next week, a US official said Thursday, in a gathering clouded by war and trade tensions.