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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.

VROC™ by Graid Technology brings active development, Intel® Xeon® 6 platform support, and no-cost upgrades to an established CPU-based NVMe RAID foundation.

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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.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / CCL Industries Inc. (TSX:CCL.A)(TSX:CCL.B) (the "Company"), a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, announced today the closing of the acquisition of Sleever International Company SA, its subsidiaries and related companies ("Sleever"), a privately owned manufacturer of shrink sleeve labels, extruded films and application equipment for consumer packaged goods and healthcare customers globally. The new label and film businesses will immediately be renamed CCL Label and Innovia Films respectively, while the application equipment business will retain the Sleever name.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Revolve Renewable Power Corp. (CSE:REVV)(OTCQB:REVVF) ("Revolve" or the "Company"), a North American owner, operator and developer of renewable energy projects, is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at the Small Cap Growth Virtual Investor Conference hosted by virtualinvestorconferences.com, on June 4, 2026.

Promotion reflects continued investment in organizational infrastructure and operational scale

Beijing's Current Heavy Rare Earth Restrictions Are a Permanent Strategic Shift, Not a Temporary Bargaining Tactic, Smith WarnsTrump Administration is Moving Aggressively to Accelerate the Build-Out of Domestic Mine-to-Manufacturer Supply ChainsIndustry and the Pentagon Still Face Dangerous Shortages Until the US Production Comes Online, Including NioCorp's Elk Creek Project in Nebraska

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AibleClaw applies serverless GPU economics to scheduled agent workloads, using NVIDIA Cloud Functions as part of the NVIDIA DSX OS software portfolio to help reduce operating costs for governed, long-running enterprise AI agents.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Skyline Investments Inc. (the "Company" or "Skyline") (TASE:SKLN), a Canadian company that specializes in hotel real estate investments in the United States and Canada, published its results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Company invites individual and institutional investors, as well as advisors and analysts, to attend online at VirtualInvestorConferences.com

EXTON, PA / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Resin Solutions LLC, a leading provider of advanced material solutions, today announced the launch of Stratix™, a new brand identity reflecting the company's deepened strategic focus on the Aerospace and Defense sector.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Klondike Gold Corp. (TSXV:KG)(FRA:LBDP)(OTCQB:KDKGF) ("Klondike Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to report receipt of funds in the first quarter of YE2027 from exercise of warrants and stock options and receipt of gold royalty payments from Armstrong Mining Corp in respect of placer mining operations at the Montana Creek Placer Property1 within the Company's 100%-owned Klondike District Project, located in the Dawson mining district of Yukon Territory, Canada.

Offtake and Credit Facility Agreements with Ocean Partners

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Datametrex AI Limited (the "Company" or "Datametrex'') (TSXV:DM)(FSE:D4G)(OTC:DTMXF) is pleased to announce that Hilco Global has completed its initial qualifying due diligence review of the patent portfolio owned by the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Paymetrex Payment Solutions Inc. ("Paymetrex").

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Eskay Mining Corp. ("Eskay" or the "Company") (TSXV:ESK)(OTC PINK:ESKYF)(Frankfurt:KN7)(WKN:A0YDPM) is pleased to announce details of its 5,000 meter diamond drilling program scheduled to commence in July 2026.

VTEM Survey Generating Critical Element Targets in the Mineral-Rich Province of New Brunswick, Canada

Drilling 10th Hole at the Mexican Hat Gold Project

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / June 1, 2026 / Aclara Resources ("Aclara" or the "Company") (TSX:ARA) is pleased to announce that the Penco Module ionic clay project (the "Penco Module" or the "Project"), being developed in partnership with Grupo CAP in Chile, has received a Consolidated Evaluation Report from Chile's Environmental Assessment Service ("SEA") of the Biobío Region, recommending approval of the Project's Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA").