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Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine but was later able to walk off the field, five years after suffering a cardiac arrest during the European Championship.

There are two ways to think about electric vehicles in Nigeria.

The European Central Bank is expected to hike interest rates this week for the first time in two and a half years as the Iran war energy shock stokes inflation.

US chip titan Nvidia on Monday announced a large-scale data centre construction project in South Korea with SK Telecom, among a raft of other business deals in the country.

Six people were wounded Sunday in a stabbing at New York's Penn Station, the city's mayor said, as the metropolitan area geared up to host two major sporting events -- the NBA Finals and football's World Cup.

Early results showed Peru's razor-tight presidential runoff Sunday remained too close to call, with four-time candidate Keiko Fujimori in a statistical tie with her leftist rival.

Pope Leo XIV will give an unprecedented address on Monday to the Spanish parliament and is set to meet with victims of sexual abuse by clergy.

Seoul's Kospi stock index dived more than eight percent to lead a rout across Asia on Monday as tech firms were hammered and strong US jobs data fuelled bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least one person, collapsing buildings, and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.

Soaring ticket prices and extra security for US President Donald Trump do not alter the electric energy of fabled Madison Square Garden as it hosts games three and four of the NBA Finals.

Captain Mitchell Marsh and star batsman Travis Head were ruled out of Australia's one-day international series in Bangladesh Monday with Josh Inglis to lead the side.

Five people were wounded Sunday in a stabbing at New York's Penn Station, according to the city fire department, as the metropolitan area gears up to host two major sporting events -- the NBA Finals and football's World Cup.

Nelly Korda won the US Women's Open on Sunday, holing a clutch birdie putt at 17 and sealing a one-shot triumph at Riviera Country Club with a heart-stopping short putt at the last.

Was he a frustrated Uber driver with an axe to grind against the rich? Or is he a scapegoat for the failings of California firefighters?

From handcuffed extra-terrestrials to an orbital missile command center -- US President Donald Trump is unleashing a relentless stream of AI-generated imagery that analysts view as an effort to dominate the attention economy ahead of perilous midterm elections.

Nelly Korda won the US Women's Open on Sunday, rolling in a clutch birdie putt at the 17th hole to break free of a crowded leaderboard and triumph by one stroke at Riviera Country Club.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Credissential Inc. ("Credissential" or the "Company") (CSE:WHIP), a vertically integrated AI software development company, announces that, further to its news release dated May 21, 2026, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") by issuing 3,062,500 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.16 per Unit for gross proceeds of $490,000.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Polaris Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX:PIF) ("Polaris" or the "Company") announced that Mexico's Secretary of Energy (Secretaría de Energía, "SENER"), and the Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad, "CFE") have completed the first national competitive selection process under the CFE Mixed Development Program.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Linear Minerals Corp. (CSE:LINE)(OTC:LINMF)(WKN:A40 Y3E) ("LM" or the "Company") is pleased announce that it has entered into a term sheet ("Term Sheet") dated June 4, 2026, with Consolidated Lithium Metals Inc. ("CLM"), pursuant to which CLM intends to acquire a 100% undivided interest in the Augustus Lithium Project and additional LM claims, located in the Abitibi and James Bay regions of Québec (the "Project") (the "Proposed Transaction"). The Abitibi and James Bay claim block are located over 200km apart and do not form the same claim block.

VICTORIA, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Boron One Holdings Inc. ("Boron One" or the "Company") (TSXV:BONE) is pleased to announce that the Company has closed its previously announced oversubscribed private placement ("Private Placement"), announced on June 1, 2026. The Company accepted subscriptions totaling 20,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit, for gross proceeds of $1,000,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (the "Warrants") exercisable for three years from the date of closing, at an exercise price of $0.06 in the first year, and $0.10 in the following two years (the "Warrant Exercise Period"), subject to the Corporation's option to accelerate the expiry date if the stock trades at $0.15 per common share for the initial exercise period and $0.25 per common share for the subsequent period.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQX:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has drawn down the full $4,000,000 principal amount available under its previously announced amended and restated convertible loan facilities (the "Amended and Restated Convertible Loans") with Kings Chapel International Limited ("Kings Chapel") and certain funds managed by Epic Capital Management Inc. ("Epic Capital", and together with Kings Chapel, the "Lenders").

Lisa Conte, Jaguar's founder, president & CEO, presenting virtually on June 10, 2026 at the Emerging Growth Conference; click here to register

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Aureum Exploration Inc. ("Aureum" or the "Company") (CSE:AURM) is pleased to announce that it has closed its initial public offering ("IPO") in which it issued 5,359,500 common shares of the Company (the "Offered Shares") at a price of $0.10 per Offered Share for total gross proceeds of $539,950. The Offered Shares were issued pursuant to a prospectus of the Company dated March 10, 2026 (the "Prospectus") filed with the Alberta Securities Commission, the British Columbia Securities Commission, and the Ontario Securities Commission.

New Slate of Business Partnerships Established Following the Last Blue Magic Netherlands Event

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Four Nines Gold Inc. (CSE:FNAU)(OTCQB:FNAUF)(FWB:F8NA) ("Four Nines" or the "Company") is pleased to announce commencement of trading on OTCQB Under Ticker "FNAUF". Four Nines Hayden Hill property is a past producing gold-silver mine (480,000 oz Au, 1.3 M oz Ag recovered) that has sat undrilled for 29 years. The Company has an experienced team with a great track record that sees excellent exploration potential in the Hayden Hill project. A new low-sulfidation epithermal structural model - validated by high-grade surface sampling and historical drill data - points to untested high-grade feeder zones at depth that were entirely missed by shallow, oxide-focused historical drilling. The Company is fully funded for its maiden drill program and has received Lassen County California approval for its exploration plan, which includes drilling on up to Ten (10) sites of core drilling.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Marimaca Copper Corp. ("Marimaca Copper" or the "Company") (TSX:MARI)(ASX:MC2) is pleased to report additional assay results from its ongoing drilling program at the Pampa Medina deposit, located at low altitude approximately 28km east of the Company's Marimaca Oxide Deposit ("MOD") (Figure 1) in Antofagasta Region, Chile. Drilling completed on 150m centres continues to demonstrate continuity of ultra-high-grade copper-silver mineralization across the central zone of the Pampa Medina deposit, with SPRD-05 intersecting 96m at 1.19% Cu and 11.7g/t Ag, including 16m at 5.70% Cu and 62.6g/t Ag and 4m at 11.32% Cu and 144g.0/t Ag. The sediment-hosted system is demonstrating strong lateral continuity across the initially defined 3km x 1.5km area of interest ("AOI"), reinforcing the significant scale of the deposit.

SHELTON, CT / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the "Company"), a clinical stage leader developing antiviral drugs that viruses cannot escape, NanoViricides announces that it has proposed a Phase II Clinical Trial of NV-387 Oral Gummies as a Treatment for the Current Bundibugyo Ebolavirus to the Committee in Charge in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

GelrinC®, positioned as the first off-the-shelf cell-free hydrogel implant for knee cartilage repair, is approved for sale in the European UnionRegentis is growing its network of European Centers of Excellence designed to support surgeon education, clinical guidance, and knowledge sharing around cartilage repair and the use of GelrinCGelrinC's 10-minute procedure offers a safe and effective alternative to traditional microfracture and complex cell-based therapies addressing a $3 billion U.S. market

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. ("Avino" or the "Company") (ASM:TSX)(ASM:NYSE American)(GV6:FSE) is pleased to announce two key executive appointments to the senior management team as the Company moves forward with its transformational growth strategy.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / High Tide Resources Corp. ("High Tide" or the "Company") (CSE:HTRC) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at the Labrador West Iron Project near Labrador City, NL. Mobilization is complete, and two drills are now turning as part of the Company's 2026 field program.

VANCOUVER, BC AND HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / International Battery Metals Ltd. ("IBAT" or the "Company") (TSXV:IBAT)(OTCQB:IBATF), an advanced technology provider of modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) systems, today announced it will host a conference call on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2026, ended March 31, 2026.