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New AC Milan coach Ruben Amorim vowed on Tuesday to honour the legacy of club legend Franco Baresi, who died last week, as he sets about reviving the fortunes of the ailing Italian giants.

Firefighters are rushing to contain a forest blaze in the southeast of the Netherlands that spread overnight to engulf 100 hectares (247 acres) on Tuesday, authorities said.

Cuba struggled to restore power Monday after another nationwide blackout, with the extended darkness prompting some frustrated residents to bang pots and pans in small-scale protests.

Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high levels of humidity.

Japan needs to boost its military with a "sense of urgency and crisis", its defence minister said Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.

Stocks stabilised in Asia on Tuesday after last week's tech-led rollercoaster ride as investors tracked a record day on Wall Street, while oil prices edged up after their recent plunge with Donald Trump and Iran giving conflicting views on peace talks.

Myanmar's ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is expected in Thailand on Thursday, making his first trip there since becoming civilian leader as he seeks a return to the diplomatic fold for his pariah state.

For 115 days, captain Mohammad Shafiqul Islam was stranded on the high seas of the Gulf, watching missiles light up the night sky and rationing food and water for his crew.

New Zealand hooker George Bell has returned home from South Africa after suffering a calf strain while training in Cape Town, the All Blacks announced on Tuesday.

Cuba on Monday began gradually restoring power after suffering another nationwide blackout, the sixth since the year began, though bad weather created new disruptions, officials said.

A huge forest fire near Bordeaux in southwestern France has revealed World War II shells in the village of Le Porge, where all residents returned to their homes on Monday after days of demining operations.

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche appeared on track Monday to become the next US attorney general after two Republican senators dropped their opposition to his nomination.

A centuries-old annual bird chick hunt on a remote Scottish island, known as the Guga Hunt, has been banned this year, the authorities said Monday, citing conservation concerns.

Key regulatory and quality management accreditations position the CSE-listed clean energy technology provider for accelerated commercialization and potential major enterprise contracts to manufacture and sell, residential and commercial, Zero Emissions Heating Systems using Hydrogen as a heat energy source.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Lupaka Gold Corp. ("Lupaka" or the "Company") (TSXV:LPK)(FRA:LQP) advises as to its progress in pursing receipt of the full proceeds of the ICSID Arbitration AWARD announced by the Company on July 2, 2025.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Nextech3D.ai (CSE:NTAR)(OTCQB:NEXCF)(FSE:1SS) ("Nextech" or the "Company"), an AI-first event technology and 3D modeling company, today provided an update regarding its previously announced acquisition of all outstanding shares of ARway Corporation (CSE:ARWY)(OTC PINK:ARWYF) ("ARway") that it does not already own.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Nextech3D.ai (CSE:NTAR)(OTCQX:NEXCF)(FSE:1SS) ("Nextech" or the "Company"), an AI-first event technology and 3D modeling company, today provided an update regarding its previously announced acquisition of all outstanding shares ("ARway Shares") of ARway Corporation (CSE:ARWY)(OTCQB:ARWYF) ("ARway").

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Nextech3D.ai (CSE:NTAR)(OTCQX:NEXCF)(FSE:1SS) ("Nextech" or the "Company"), an AI-first event technology and 3D modeling company, today provided an update regarding its previously announced acquisition of all outstanding shares ("ARway Shares") of ARway Corporation (CSE:ARWY)(OTCQB:ARWYF) ("ARway").

Agreement Builds on NioCorp and Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works® Joint Development Program to Develop Scandium-Based Defense TechnologiesPentagon-Funded Joint Development Effort Is Helping to Establish America's First-Ever Integrated Scandium-to-Warfighter Supply Chain

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RALEIGH, NC / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / ACCESS Newswire Inc. (NYSE American:ACCS), an industry-leading communications company, today announced it will host a conference call and live webcast on August 11, 2026, at 9:00am Eastern Time to discuss the results of the second quarter 2026.

Two industry pioneers join forces to give the market software that scales with every stage of a lending business, backed by AI that lenders can trust

New offerings leverage Snowflake CoCo, Cortex AI, and phData's engineering expertise to help enterprises modernize analytics, accelerate migrations, deploy governed AI applications, and operationalize intelligent workflows faster.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Infield Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:IN) ("Infield" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has increased the Kings Canyon land package (the "Property") by approximately 85 percent through the staking of 132 additional lode claims contiguous with ground currently held under an option agreement dated February 28, 2024. The expansion increases the Company's land position from 3,135 acres to 5,818 acres (Figure 1).

A new facility puts Colz Electric within faster reach of homes and businesses. While a relaunched website and upgraded service standards round out the company's biggest expansion since 2013.

First paid deployment puts secure AI agents to work with live company data

Twelve datasets and evaluation systems, built by hand from thousands of real-world security flaws, give model builders and enterprises a proven way to keep AI-generated code from introducing vulnerabilities.

FRISCO, TX / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / GameSquare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GAME), ("GameSquare", or the "Company"), announced today that it expects to release its second-quarter 2026 financial results after the close of business on Monday, August 10, 2026. A copy of the news release will be available on the investor website.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "GSilver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF) announces the receipt of formal approval from Mexican government agencies to commence a surface drilling program at the Company's wholly owned El Horcon ("Horcon") project located in Jalisco, Mexico, approximately 60km to the Northwest of the city of Guanajuato.

QUEBEC, QC / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / NuRAN Wireless Inc. ("NuRAN" or the "Company") (CSE:NUR)(OTC PINK:NRRWF)(FSE:1RN), a pioneering rural connectivity company and one of Africa's fastest-growing Network-as-a-Service ("NaaS") operators, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive subscription agreement (the "Subscription Agreement") with an institutional investor (the "Investor") for a $6,500,001 investment in the Company (the "Financing"), the completion of which is expected to satisfy the final outstanding requirement for the listing of the Company's common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Digi Power X Inc. (NASDAQ:DGXX)(Cboe Canada:DGX) (the "Company" or "Digi Power X"), an AI data center infrastructure operator, plans to announce its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 (the "Second Quarter Results") (all amounts in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated) on August 14, 2026 and will provide an update on its operations at that time.

MONTRÉAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (TSX-V:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FSE:F12) ("Critical Elements" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the resumption of its Phase 2 Summer 2026 exploration program, including 10,000 meters of systematic drilling around the 100% owned Rose West Discovery ("Rose West"), located in Eeyou Istchee, Québec.