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The coach of the first North Korean sports team to visit the South in eight years batted away questions Tuesday about the prospect of South Koreans cheering his side, saying: "We are here solely to play football."

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with his Chinese counterpart and his "long-time good friend" Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit by Donald Trump.

Millions of exhaust-belching motorbikes zip through Hanoi's narrow streets every day fuelling its chronic air pollution, but authorities have backtracked from an ambitious plan to ban them in favour of electric two-wheelers.

Japanese economic growth surpassed expectations at the start of 2026, official data showed on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is mulling an extra budget as concerns grow over inflation due to the Middle East war.

The 2026 World Cup has bucked the trend of international football's struggles to compete with the riches of the club game when it comes to securing some of the world's best coaches.

Aryna Sabalenka looked unbeatable when the clay-court season got underway last month, but now as the world number one arrives in Paris for her latest tilt at winning Roland Garros, her dominance of the women's game has started to show cracks.

Freiburg have never won a trophy nor qualified for the Champions League, but could achieve both with victory against Aston Villa in the Europa League final in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Aston Villa are taking inspiration from the club's former European champions as they seek to end their 30-year trophy drought in the Europa League final against Freiburg on Wednesday.

Jannik Sinner will head into the French Open as the most overwhelming favourite to win the men's title since Rafael Nadal's hey-day and with the career Grand Slam firmly in his sights.

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang expects China to eventually open its market to high-end US chips that can train and run artificial intelligence systems.

Asian markets were mixed Tuesday as oil prices eased on hopes of a US-Iran deal, though elevated crude levels capped investor appetite for risk.

A shooting Monday at a mosque complex in southern California killed three people, with two suspected teenage gunmen later found dead in a car from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.

From gardens to inspire younger generations, to havens of peace and sanctuary, to a hothouse space designed to stir desire, the UK's top flower show is flourishing.

Every Sunday, percussionists, dancers and everyday residents of the US capital gather in a Washington park for a drum circle -- a decades-old tradition that historically celebrated Black liberation.

In a lot behind a disused West Virginia gas station at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Roy Funkhouser is surrounded by about a dozen beekeepers and countless buzzing bees.

It's the middle of the night in Havana, but Alejandro Benitez is just getting down to work.

An attempt in Italy to introduce a consent-based rape law is floundering and experts warn rapists could stand to gain after the far right torpedoed an "only yes means yes" definition.

A former boss of a notorious Libyan prison faces three days of hearings at the International Criminal Court from Tuesday, accused of war crimes including murder, rape and torture.

Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Argentina's Ushuaia on Monday laid the very first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease, AFP journalists observed.

His face smiles out from every kiosk in Rome on the cover of the ubiquitous "sexy priest" calendar sold to tourists but Giovanni Galizia was never a man of the cloth.

Targeting New JORC Mineral Resources at 'Challenger 3' Target

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Onco-Innovations Limited (CBOE CA:ONCO)(OTCQB:ONNVF)(Frankfurt:W1H, WKN: A3EKSZ) ("Onco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, further to its news release dated April 28, 2026, continued progress in the intermediate1 scale-up and process development activities for the A83 and B4 precursor components supporting the Company's lead oncology program, ONC010, a novel nanoparticle-formulated PNKP inhibitor currently advancing through IND-enabling development.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Marimaca Copper Corp. ("Marimaca Copper" or the "Company") (TSX:MARI)(ASX:MC2) is pleased to provide an update on permitting and development activities at the Marimaca Oxide Deposit (the "MOD" or the "Project"). The Company continues to advance the project toward a Final Investment Decision ("FID") with critical path items remaining on schedule in 2026.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Rocky Shore Gold Ltd. ("Rocky Shore" or the "Company") (CSE:RSG)(OTCQB:RSGLF) is pleased to announce that it has filed the NI 43-101 Technical Report (the "Report") supporting the Mineral Resource Estimates for the Mosquito Hill and Reid Gold Deposits at the Company's Gold Anchor Project.

Inspiring resilience

Proposed initiative would evaluate the potential generation of Verra-aligned Plastic Waste Reduction Credits for approximately 200,000 railroad ties made from recycled plastic currently installed across railroad infrastructure in North America.

DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Recently, financial authorities have been placing greater weight on transparency, operational monitoring, and security-focused technology.

VANCOUVER, BD / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Lithium South Development Corporation (the "Company" or "Lithium South") (TSX-V:LIS)(OTCQB:LISMF)(Frankfurt:OGPQ).

Acquisition extends AP Technologies' vertically integrated catheter platform into nitinol and precision laser processing. Dundalk, Ireland joins the company's network of Centers of Excellence as its first European operation.

MONTREAL, QC AND GURUGRAM, INDIA / ACCESS Newswire / May 19, 2026 / Loop Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOOP) today announced that its joint venture, Ester Loop Infinite Technologies Private Limited ("ELITe"), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Gujarat to support the development of Loop's India manufacturing platform.

First MVID patient enters the active treatment only extension phase after completion of randomized double-blind crossover period to evaluate longer-term safety and efficacy with liquid oral crofelemer as adjunctive treatment for MVID, an ultrarare pediatric disease with a lethal natural history and no approved therapies, requiring lifelong parenteral support (PS)

Company Signals Momentum as Nextech Accelerates Growth and Prepares to Showcase Continued Expansion Across Its AI EventOS Platform