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The United States and Iran traded strikes Monday as negotiations between the two sides stalled and Tehran again insisted any peace deal must also cover Israel's escalating offensive into Lebanon.

Mexican star Guillermo Ochoa is set to become the first goalkeeper to appear in six World Cup finals after being named in the co-hosts' squad.

Philippine police arrested a lawmaker on Monday over a multi-billion dollar graft scandal, making him the highest-ranking government official held in the case that caused mass protests in the country.

Former England midfielder James Milner has announced his retirement from football at the age of 40 after a 24-year Premier League career.

Work on Brisbane's new centrepiece 2032 Olympics stadium began on Monday after days of protests against the project by Indigenous and environmental groups.

The New Zealand government on Monday stepped in at the eleventh hour to try to save Super Rugby's Moana Pasifika from extinction.

Food sellers on Chinese delivery platforms must have physical shopfronts and indicate if they do not offer dine-in services under new rules unveiled on Monday to stamp out "ghost" takeout merchants.

Virat Kohli was hailed as the "heartbeat" of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru dressing room after his unbeaten 75 secured a second straight IPL championship.

Australia's economy minister said Monday that "legitimate" concerns were driving a rise in support for the far right after a bombshell opinion poll showed the populist One Nation is now the country's most popular party.

Australia scrum-half Jake Gordon had surgery on a torn Achilles Monday, ruling him out of the three Nations Championship Tests next month.

Nvidia unveiled a powerful laptop chip for Windows machines on Monday, staking its claim in the market for next-generation consumer PCs integrated with artificial intelligence.

The United States and Iran said Monday they had again traded strikes, straining an already fragile ceasefire as negotiations between the two sides have stalled.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi swept the end-of-season IPL awards and in doing so won an SUV -- but the 15-year-old cricket prodigy will have to wait three years to drive it.

The elevator display reads "433", the number of metres below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

The UN Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the fighting in Lebanon after Israel's military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort in Lebanese territory, diplomatic sources told AFP.

Nvidia unveiled a powerful laptop chip for Windows machines on Monday, staking its claim in the market for next-generation consumer PCs integrated with artificial intelligence.

Australia coach Tony Popovic called on his players to be "fearless" after unveiling a youthful World Cup squad on Monday that includes Italy under-21 international Cristian Volpato.

Oil rose while Asian equities firmed Monday as a surge in artificial intelligence-linked stocks helped offset uncertainty over US-Iran talks.

Four-time Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka will go head-to-head in the first French Open women's night match in three years on Monday, as a host of men's players eye a maiden major quarter-final.

Through the noise of rushing papers and whirring belts at a print factory in Kyoto, two creators watch their photo essay come to life in broadsheet form -- part of an effort to win new audiences in the age of AI.

In a vast Colorado laboratory nestled at the foot of the Rockies, a US scientist waits and wonders if President Donald Trump's administration will dismantle his acclaimed institute.

Marilyn Monroe's hometown of Hollywood kicks off Monday a series of special events marking the 100th anniversary of the movie icon's birth.

Outgoing US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Sunday delivered a staunch defense of the need for the central bank to maintain independence and credibility, as it comes under assault from President Donald Trump.

Briton Max Burgin stunned Olympic 800 metres champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the Rabat Diamond League meeting on Sunday while Kenny Bednarek eased to a supremely comfortable 200m win over Letsile Tebogo.

Colombia's first-round presidential vote Sunday triggered a runoff between a hard‑right pro-Trump showman and a leftist philosopher-turned-senator, after the bloodiest campaign in over a decade.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Lobe Sciences Ltd. (CSE:LOBE)(OTCQB:LOBEF)(Frankfurt:LOBE.F), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that advances high-potential drug candidates for diseases with significant unmet medical needs, under a disciplined, pharmaceutical development platform, progressing assets from early development to clinical stages, through focused subsidiary companies, today announced that it has entered into agreements to settle C$1,372,761.20 in outstanding management and director fee debt through the issuance of an aggregate of 12,749,643 common shares of the Company (the "Settlement Shares") at a price of $0.11 per Settlement Share (the "Debt Settlement").

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Four Nines Gold Inc. ("Four Nines" or the "Company") (CSE:FNAU)(OTCID:FNAUF) announces that, further to its news release dated May 20, 2026, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") by issuing 12,283,877 units of the Company (each, a "Unit") for gross proceeds CAD $4,299,356.95.

THUNDER BAY, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Clean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air Metals" or the "Company") (TSX.V:AIR)(FRA:CKU)(OTCQB:CLRMF) announces that it has filed its audited consolidated financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the year ended January 31, 2026, available for viewing on www.sedarplus.ca.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Maple Leaf Critical Minerals 2025 Enhanced Flow-Through Limited Partnership - National Class and Quebec Class (the "Partnership") is pleased to announce that on May 29, 2026, the Partnership completed its rollover transaction whereby the assets of the Partnership were transferred to the Maple Leaf Gold & Critical Minerals Class (formerly the Resource Class) (CDO 100- Class A or CDO103- Class F) mutual fund (the "Gold & Critical Minerals Mutual Fund") in exchange for Series A or Series F shares of the Gold & Critical Minerals Mutual Fund.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Faraday Copper Corp. ("Faraday" or the "Company") (TSX:FDY)(OTCQX:CPPKF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Cornoyer as Vice President and General Manager and Cynthia Salas as Director, Human Resources to support the advancement of copper projects in Arizona. Both roles are based in Arizona. Additionally, the Company is pleased to announce updates to senior management titles to better align with future growth and team structure.