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Hunkered down at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US President Donald Trump kept an unusually low profile after announcing the start of huge military strikes on Iran.

China's leaders are set to unveil strategies to confront challenges that include sluggish consumption, a shrinking population and shifting geopolitical landscapes when they gather in Beijing this week for the annual Two Sessions political meeting.

The United Kingdom's overhaul of its asylum program takes effect on Monday, the Home Office announced, with the new rules drastically cutting protections for refugees and their children.

Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.

CBS, a mainstay of the broadcast television landscape, has been rattled by editorial changes that insiders fear are tied to President Donald Trump's influence, as concerns grow about a broader erosion of media independence in the United States.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Inter Miami fought back from 2-0 down to complete a 4-2 victory over Orlando City in Major League Soccer's Florida derby on Sunday.

As Greenland's rare earths and minerals are sized up, the head of the Arctic territory's main business group has warned against deals simply shipping its resources and profits overseas.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will seek to reset strained ties and push efforts to diversify trade beyond the United States when he meets his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday.

Oil prices soared and stocks fell in Asia on Monday after US-Israeli strikes on Iran sent investors fleeing the prospect of an extended conflict in the crude-rich Middle East.

The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics.

At 84 years old, Miriam Margolyes knows what it's like to be elderly.

Foreign films used to be almost an Oscars afterthought, but the directors of the five movies nominated for the best international feature prize say they increasingly feel like part of a new normal on Hollywood's biggest night.

Israel and Hezbollah traded fire, while President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the deaths of US service members and said the war with Iran could last for weeks.

Israel announced new "large-scale" strikes on Iran, while President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the deaths of US service members and said the war could last for weeks.

President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Iran's cleric-run state, which fired missiles across the Middle East even as the headquarters of its elite Revolutionary Guards was reduced to rubble.

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Pacific Avenue Capital Partners ("Pacific Avenue"), a Los Angeles-headquartered private equity firm focused on corporate carve-outs and other complex transactions in the middle market, today announced that an affiliate of Pacific Avenue has entered into an agreement to acquire Care.com from IAC Inc. (NASDAQ:IAC).

PREXA365, the premier rental management software, is proud to announce the Rental AI Agents designed to transform the rental decision making.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Justera Health Ltd. (CSE:VTAL)(OTC PINK:SCRSF) ("Justera" or the "Company") announces that it signed a definitive share and asset purchase agreement (the "Share and Asset Purchase Agreement") with 2657953 Ontario Inc. (the "Purchaser") to sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of its wholly owned subsidiary, Port North Extracts Inc. ("Port North") on February 26, 2026, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

TORONTO, ON and HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Park Lawn Corporation ("Park Lawn" or "PLC"), is pleased to announce that, effective today, it acquired substantially all of the assets of South Mississippi Funeral Services, LLC, comprised of a group of businesses located in southern Mississippi (collectively, "SMFS"). The SMFS acquisition significantly expands Park Lawn's footprint in the Mississippi market through the addition of twenty (20) stand-alone funeral homes and two (2) combination funeral home and cemetery properties.

BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Bioxytran, Inc. (OTCQB:BIXT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing carbohydrate-based therapeutics, today announced results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 1b/2a clinical study evaluating oral ProLectin-M in hospitalized patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Copper Road Resources Inc. (TSX-V:CRD) ("Copper Road" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement consisting of the sale of critical mineral flow through common shares (the "Offering"). The Offering will consist of the sale of up to 5,652,174 common shares, to be issued as "flow-through shares" (the "FT Shares") within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)(the "Tax Act") at a price of $0.115 per FT Share for gross proceeds of up $650,000.

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DALLAS, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / In 2025, businesses across industries turned everyday activities into measurable outcomes by adopting unified systems, automation and AI-powered workflows that replaced manual work and disconnected tools. From turning conversations into revenue to making follow-up automatic, customers demonstrated that execution supported by the right technology can compound into long-term growth.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / Norsemont Mining Inc. (CSE:NOM)(OTCID:NRRSF)(FWB:LXZ1) ("Norsemont" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has engaged DAES Consultores (www.daesconsultores.cl) to complete an Environmental Impact Declaration (Declaración de Impacto Ambiental) ("EID") by December 2026 for its Choquelimpie gold-silver-copper project in northern Chile. The primary focus of the EID is to assist the Company through the regulatory pathway for future project development. Biologists are currently at the project site and the initial focus is on biological characterizations (terrestrial fauna, flora and vegetation). Three additional visits are planned for the remainder of the year.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / NextSource Materials Inc. (TSX:NEXT)(OTCQB:NSRCF) ("NextSource" or the "Company") announces that Mr. Jaco Crouse has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer after accepting a senior role with another organization. Mr. Crouse will remain employed by the Company for a transition period of up to four months to support an orderly handover of responsibilities.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 2, 2026 / NextSource Materials Inc. (TSX:NEXT)(OTCQB:NSRCF) ("NextSource" or the "Company") announces that it has entered into a binding agreement (the "Agreement") with Syrah Resources Limited ("Syrah") for the supply of natural graphite fines for NextSource's planned battery anode facility ("BAF") in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ("UAE").