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Oil prices fell Friday after Donald Trump again pushed back a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though most equities also dropped as traders shrugged at the news following a series of conflicting messaging from the White House.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi's parents told AFP how they made a practice pitch in their village in India's poorest state to spark the teenage cricket prodigy's stunning rise -- and now his younger brother hones his skills on it.

World number one and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka powered past second-ranked Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to line up a Miami Open title clash with Coco Gauff.

The colourful residents of Copenhagen's libertarian Christiania enclave, long a refuge for anarchists, hippies and artists, fear new housing within its borders could spell the end of the freetown's identity.

Kon Knueppel scored 26 points as the Charlotte Hornets maintained their late-season charge for an NBA playoff berth with an emphatic 114-103 defeat of the high-flying New York Knicks on Thursday.

While the world frets about surging energy prices pushed up by the Middle East war, one small German village has been reaping the benefits of its turn to climate-friendly renewables.

The United States is set to come under scrutiny Friday on day two of the World Trade Organization's ministerial conference, with Washington wanting to shake up the multilateral trade system.

A cyclone off Australia triggered outages at two of the world's largest LNG plants, energy giant Chevron said Friday as Middle East turmoil stoked soaring demand for the fuel.

A US federal judge on Thursday suspended sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on Anthropic, saying the measures likely violated the law in blacklisting the AI powerhouse for expressing unease about the Pentagon's use of its technology.

US paper currency will soon bear Donald Trump's signature, the Treasury Department announced Thursday, in a move that would be a first for a sitting American president and coincide with the country's 250th anniversary.

Bolivia produced a second-half fightback to shatter Suriname's unlikely dream of World Cup qualification with a 2-1 victory in their FIFA playoff game in Mexico on Thursday.

A second grader's plushie is going to the Moon!

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Battery X Metals Inc. (CSE:BATX)(OTCQB:BATXF)(FSE:5YW0, WKN:A41RJF) ("Battery X Metals" or the "Company") an energy transition resource exploration and technology company, announces that, effective March 18, 2026, it has confidentially submitted an amended draft registration statement on Form F-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with a proposed public offering of its common shares in the United States on a U.S. National Securities Exchange.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Usha Resources Ltd. ("Usha", "USHA" or the "Company") (TSXV:USHA)(OTCQB:USHAF)(FSE:JO0), a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company, is pleased to announce the completion of a significant extension to its 2024 ground IP survey (See News Release, December 24, 2024) aiming to evaluate the potential of the three geophysical high potential zones, identified by the initial IP survey, and also enhancing target definition and focusing exploration efforts on identifying potential sulphide-associated mineralization at its Southern Arm polymetallic VMS property ("Southern Arm" or the "Property") in the metal-rich northwest Abitibi sub province of mining-friendly Quebec province.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Troubadour Resources Inc. ("Troubadour" or the "Company") (TSXV:TR)(OTC:TROUF)(FSE:2QD0, WKN: A3DBDE) announces that its board of directors has approved the implementation of a consolidation of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of ten (10) pre-consolidation common shares for one (1) post-consolidation common share (the "Consolidation"). The Consolidation was approved by shareholders at the Company's annual general and special meeting held on March 11, 2026.

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Company completes previously announced private placement

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Further to its news releases dated February 17 and March 23, 2026, Churchill Resources Inc. ("Churchill" or the "Company") (TSXV:CRI) is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has approved the Company's previously announced definitive option agreement (the "Option Agreement") with Canstar Resources Inc. ("Canstar") whereby Churchill has the option to acquire a 100% undivided interest in certain mining claims comprising the Golden Baie antimony-gold property located in central Newfoundland.

IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation ("Nymox", "The Company") (OTCQB:NYMXF) will be shortly updating the Board of Directors. Patrick Doody has retired from the Board. The Company gratefully acknowledges with thanks to Mr. Doody for his service starting in 2023.

HONG KONG, HK / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange ("HKEX"): 1878, TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V"): SGQ) (the "Company" or "SouthGobi") today announces its financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. All figures are in U.S. dollars ("USD") unless otherwise stated.

The sale of this 956,865-square-foot portfolio showcases the increasing demand among institutional investors for grocery-anchored and necessity-based shopping centers.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Pasinex Resources Limited (CSE:PSE)(FSE:PNX) ("Pasinex" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement of units ("Units") for gross proceeds of C$1,613,000 (the "Offering"), previously announced on February 23, 2026. This financing follows the Company's recent sales of high-grade zinc material from its Pinargozu mine in Türkiye and supports the continued advancement of production and development activities.

World-class hydrometallurgical experts to drive licensing, JV evaluation and scaling of proprietary RCL technologyHighlightsScientific Advisory Board established to accelerate commercialization and global deployment of Temas' proprietary RCL technology.Board comprised of leading hydrometallurgical experts, strengthening technical credibility and execution capability.Advisory Board to support the evaluation of third-party mineral deposits and mining tailings for RCL application and potential joint-venture / licensing opportunities.Temas' 100% owned RCL technology platform comprises granted process patents, covering the extraction of multiple metals and feedstocks, including but not limited to Refractory Gold, Titanium, Polymetallic Sulphides, Nickel Laterite, Critical Minerals and Rare Earths.

Tightening share structure ahead of fully-funded, maiden drill program in Red Lake

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Sands China, Amap and Macau Pass Sign Strategic Cooperation Memorandum to inject new vitality into Macao's development as a City of Gastronomy

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Battery X Metals Inc. (CSE:BATX)(OTCQB:BATXF)(FSE:5YW0, WKN:A41RJF)("Battery X Metals" or the "Company") an energy transition resource exploration and technology company, announces that it has engaged certain arm's length service providers to provide digital marketing and investor awareness services to increase market awareness of the Company and its business.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2026 / Sintana Energy Inc. (TSX-V:SEI)(AIM:SEI)(OTCQX:SEUSF) ("Sintana" or the "Company") announces that it has received a notice of exercise in respect of stock options over 800,000 common shares of no-par value each in the Company ("Common Shares"). The options are being exercised by Mr. Sean Austin, the Company's co-secretary and treasurer. Following the exercise of the options, Mr. Austin will hold a total of 6,925,000 shares in the Company, or 1.35% of the Company's total issued shares. The options were exercisable at a price of $0.11 per share, and Mr. Austin has paid CAD$88,000 to the Company in respect of the exercise.

Ukraine’s campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has developed into a direct assault on one of Moscow’s most important economic arteries. The focus is not on symbolic targets but on the nodes through which a large share of Russian crude exports is loaded and shipped. Pressure on the Baltic outlets of Primorsk and Ust-Luga is especially significant because they handle a major part of seaborne exports. Add the after-effects of the disruption around Novorossiysk, interruptions in the Druzhba corridor on Ukrainian territory, and growing pressure on tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, and the picture becomes larger than a handful of dramatic fires. What is under attack is the export chain itself: storage, loading, routing, maritime dispatch and ultimately cash flow.Current estimates indicate that roughly 40 percent of Russia’s oil export capacity has at times been disrupted or temporarily knocked offline. That amounts to around 2 million barrels per day that failed to reach the market as planned or had to be rerouted with delay and higher cost. For the Kremlin, this matters because oil is not merely a commodity; it remains one of the pillars of federal revenue. When terminals go down, ships queue, cargoes must be reassigned and transport risks rise, the economic impact widens even if part of the volume is later recovered. The strikes therefore hit the area where Russia, despite sanctions, price caps and alternative shipping arrangements, has tried hardest to preserve hard-currency income.What makes the Ukrainian approach notable is that it is designed less for one-off spectacle than for repeated operational disruption. Every hit on port infrastructure, pumping systems, storage tanks or loading chains can create bottlenecks far beyond the point of impact. A delay of only a few days can alter tanker rotations, export schedules, settlement timing and production planning. The fact that one facility may resume operations relatively quickly does not remove the vulnerability exposed by the pattern. Moscow is being forced to reshuffle volumes, test alternative routes and absorb added risk at nearly every step of the process. That is a structural problem for an export model that depends heavily on a limited set of maritime hubs.

Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes was sent to the exit after two-thirds of an inning while other pitchers and new technology created a historic Thursday of Major League Baseball season openers.

Italy will face Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place at the 2026 World Cup after beating Northern Ireland 2-0 on Thursday, as Wales and the Republic of Ireland suffered agonising penalty shootout defeats in their qualifying play-off semi-finals.