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Dexter Barsigan has spent the past 13 years making a living with his bare hands and a pair of pliers, stripping scrapped laptops and air conditioners for metal he can sell to junk shops in the Philippines.

Behind a car repair business on a nondescript Thai street are the cherished pets of a rising TikTok animal influencer: two lions and a 200-kilogram lion-tiger hybrid called "Big George."

Heavy rain in the Chinese capital Beijing has killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday.

A nearly 200-year-old pub, the Radnor Arms in rural Wales stood abandoned a few years ago. Water ran down the walls, ivy crept around broken windows and rats' skeletons littered the floor.

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A Colombian court on Monday found Alvaro Uribe guilty of witness tampering, making him the South American country's first ex-president to be convicted of a crime.

Palantir, an American data analysis and artificial intelligence company, has emerged as Silicon Valley's latest tech darling -- one that makes no secret of its macho, America-first ethos now ascendant in Trump-era tech culture.

Five people including a police officer and the suspected gunman were dead following a shooting Monday in central Manhattan, US media reported.

Thailand's army accused Cambodia Tuesday of violating an hours-old truce, saying clashes continued despite a deal meant to end the bloody fighting that has engulfed their jungle-clad frontier.

Heavy rains in the Chinese capital Beijing have killed 30 people and prompted authorities to evacuate 80,000, state media said Tuesday.

A gunman was dead Monday following a shooting in central Manhattan, New York police said, amid reports a police officer was killed and several civilians struck, provoking a lockdown in the area.

MONTREAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Alphinat Inc. (TSXV:NPA.H:NEX) announces a net income of $29,127 for the third quarter 2025 ended May 31 st , 2025 compared to a net loss of $(43,866) for the same period ended May 31 st , 2024.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Zimtu Capital Corp. (TSXV:ZC)(FSE:ZCT1) ("Zimtu" or the "Company") announces that it has granted a total of 1,450,000 stock options and 745,000 restricted share units ("RSUs") to certain directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company.

THUNDER BAY, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Clean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV:AIR)(FRA:CKU)(OTCQB:CLRMF) announces the results of the Company's annual general meeting of shareholders, which was held earlier today.

Shares Issued and Outstanding: 168,638,937

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Guanajuato Silver Company Ltd. (the "Company" or "GSilver") (TSXV:GSVR)(OTCQX:GSVRF) is pleased to announce that it is expanding its senior management team with the addition of Rick Trotman as Senior Vice President.

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AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:THR) ("Thermon"), a global leader in thermal management, power distribution, and environmental controls, today announced its universal availability of their new Poseidon™ Liquid Load Bank (for US markets) and Pontus™ Liquid Load Bank (for non-US markets). These advanced systems are designed to accurately simulate real-world thermal and electrical demand, providing mission critical component test validation for data centers and other High Performance Computing (HPC) environments.

Expanded License Agreement Brings Ovation's Science-Based Topicals to Largest Medical Cannabis Market in the USA

Florida's horse stables to host first mobile bioreactor turning manure into energy and agricultural products.

753 m of diamond drilling in two holes completed at Mt. Hinton,Channel sampling of sheeted quartz veins underway at Rye Property,Drill permit granted for Rye Property.

ARNPRIOR, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Plaintree Systems Inc. (CSE:NPT) ("Plaintree" or the "Company").

Multiple battery system products launched for airport ground support equipment platforms for a a major USA based OEM supplierElectrovaya to showcase its new products at the International GSE Expo being held in Las Vegas, NV through September 16-18, 2025

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX:HSLV) ("Highlander Silver" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results from the first seven holes drilled to test a conceptual open pit target along a ridgeline where the Bonita vein system is exposed 10km to the south of the Ayelen underground deposit at its San Luis gold-silver project in Central Peru.

Company Delivers Strong Operating Leverage and Momentum Ahead of Full-Year Fiscal 2025

DURECT's lead asset, Larsucosterol, is an epigenetic modulator with FDA Breakthrough Therapy DesignationPotential to be the first FDA-approved therapeutic option for the treatment of patients with alcoholic hepatitisProposed acquisition strengthens Bausch Health's commitment to hepatology and patients suffering with liver disease complications globally

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / American Critical Minerals Corp. ("American Critical Minerals" or the "Company") (CSE:KCLI)(OTCQB:APCOF)(Frankfurt:2P3) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Agapito Associates, LLC ("Agapito" or "Agapito Associates"), to define a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Exploration Target for Lithium at the Company's Green River Project. Agapito will also update the Company's existing Technical Report prepared by them and effective September 12, 2012. Such report was focused on the Potash potential of the Green River Project and included a 43-101 Exploration Target for Potash. However, given the emergence of the lithium brines in the Paradox Basin as a major potential source of lithium and the speed and success of development on neighboring projects, it makes sense to now include lithium as a key focus for the Company. Agapito's work is expected to be completed early in the fourth quarter of 2025. The Company will release the results as received.

Biolog, a leading provider of microbial identification and phenotypic characterization tools and services, announced today that both its anaerobic media and anaerobic chambers have received CE marking, clearing the way for broader international use

Completion of Hole C marks deepest drilled depth to-date

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / Lobe Sciences Ltd. (CSE:LOBE)(OTCQB:LOBEF)(FWB:LOBE.F), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutics for rare and underserved diseases, today announced its formal engagement with ArcStone Securities and Investments Corp. ("ArcStone"), a capital markets advisory firm.