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Kosovo influencer Tringa Kadriu sees the slimming drug Ozempic as a chance to shed excess pounds -- and she is not the only one in her Balkan nation, where more than half the population is overweight.

Drones struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan on Tuesday, officials said, the third straight day the Sudanese army-aligned government's seat of power has come under attack.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time since he won reelection on a pledge to stand up to the US president's tariffs and threats to annex the United States' northern neighbor.

Dutch medical device maker Philips reported a net profit for the first time in three quarters Tuesday despite weak sales in China but warned of "intensified" uncertainties due to tariffs.

Drones struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan on Tuesday, officials said, the third straight day the Sudanese army-aligned government's seat of power has come under attack.

An Australian woman accused of murdering three people with a toxic mushroom-laced lunch rejected offers of help before serving the dish, the sole guest to survive the deadly meal told a court on Tuesday.

Aaron Gordon scored a last-gasp three-pointer and Nikola Jokic produced a 42-point masterpiece as the Denver Nuggets stunned the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 in a dramatic NBA Western Conference semi-final series opener on Monday.

The excited little girl who first touched a plane two decades ago is now flying high as the face of India's fast-modernising military and its only woman Rafale fighter pilot.

Zhao Xintong's stunning World Snooker Championship triumph went viral back home on Tuesday with trailblazer Ding Junhui leading the tributes to China's latest sporting superstar.

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect a new pope, animating users from the White House on down.

Jannik Sinner will delight crowds at the Rome Open this week when the world number one makes his return to tennis, but the Italian's three-month doping ban has allowed other local rising stars to move into the limelight.

Ousmane Dembele and his fellow attacking players may have stolen most of the limelight on Paris Saint-Germain's run in this season's Champions League, but the form of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been just as important in taking the French giants to the brink of the final.

The dollar rose in Asia on Tuesday fuelled by hopes for trade deals to avert Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, while equities mostly rose as investors await the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision.

Bangladesh hoped to celebrate progress towards eradicating tuberculosis this year, having already slashed the numbers dying from the preventable and curable disease by tens of thousands each year.

Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle may be one of the favourites to be named the next pope, but a Catholic Sister who has known him for half a century says she will never pray for it to happen.

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive the ailing economy and boost the diplomatic standing of the EU's most populous country.

Jalen Brunson scored 29 points as the New York Knicks overturned a 20-point deficit to stun the Boston Celtics 108-105 in overtime in their opening NBA Eastern Conference semi-final series clash on Monday.

Jannik Sinner is the star of the show at the upcoming Rome Open as the world number one and Italian tennis hero gears up for his return to the courts after a contested doping ban.

Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. On the other end of the video call was 97-year-old Andree Dupont, living in France.

Martin Odegaard has urged Arsenal to "stick together" after their recent failures as they aim to defy the odds in Wednesday's decisive Champions League semi-final showdown with Paris Saint-Germain.

New Zealand's prime minister on Tuesday proposed banning children under 16 from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech platforms.

News Release Highlights:Identification of a new solvent that enhances separation of oxides from graphite in Battery X Recycling Technologies' proprietary eco-friendly flotation process.Preliminary trial results show a 26.5% to 31.5% relative increase in oxide recovery (from 36.59% to 38.03 in prior tests to 48.10%) and a 5.5% to 6.3% relative increase in graphite purity (from 68.66% to 69.20% in prior tests to 73.0%).Graphite recovery remained high at ~97% (96.30%), oxide purity remained consistent at ~90% (89.90%), and flotation time held steady at 5-7 minutes; further trials underway to optimize solvent use and flotation stages.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Barton Gold Holdings Limited (ASX:BGD) (Barton or the Company) advises that the attached presentation has been released to the market.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Ascendant Resources Inc. (TSX:ASND)(OTCQB:ASDRF) ("Ascendant" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that shareholders of the Company ("Shareholders") overwhelmingly approved the Arrangement Resolution and the Sprott Resolution (each, as defined herein) at the special meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held earlier today at the Company's office.

BILLERICA, MA / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Tecogen Inc. (NYSE American:TGEN) will release Q1 2025 financial results on Monday, May 12th after close of market. The earnings press release and supplemental earnings presentation will be available on the Company's website at www.Tecogen.com in the "Investor Relations" section under "Financial Results." Members of Tecogen's senior management will hold a conference call and webcast on May 13th at 9:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss the Company's financial performance for Q1 2025.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Green Bridge Metals Corporation (CSE:GRBM)(OTCQB:GBMCF)(FWB:J48,WKN: A3EW4S) ("Green Bridge" or the "Company") is pleased to provide initial results from its VTEM™ geophysical survey over the Titac property, part of the South Contact Zone Project. Initial review indicates that the Oxide Ultramafic Intrusions that host the titanium resource (46.6 Mt at 15% TiO2) at Titac South and the known titanium and copper mineralization at Titac North are clearly defined by magnetic highs (Figure 1). During this survey, five additional magnetic highs have been identified as having very strong potential as drill targets for similar titanium-vanadium and copper mineralization.

BUENOS AIRES, AR / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Loma Negra, (NYSE:LOMA)(BYMA:LOMA), ("Loma Negra" or the "Company"), the leading cement producer in Argentina, today announced results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025 (our "1Q25 Results").

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY, ATLANTA, GA AND NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / As previously disclosed, and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 25 and 26, 2023, by and among Heramba GmbH ("Heramba"), Heramba Holdings, Inc. ("Heramba Holdings"), Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH ("KB GmbH") and Knorr-Brake Holding Corporation ("KB US"), as amended pursuant to the Amendment Agreement to Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2024, on February 6, 2024, (i) KB GmbH, as sole shareholder of Kiepe Electric GmbH, sold and transferred 85% of the equity interests in Kiepe GmbH, as well as certain receivables and shareholder loans, to Heramba, and (ii) KB US, as the sole member of Kiepe Electric LLC ("Kiepe US" and together with Kiepe GmbH, "Kiepe"), sold and transferred all ownership interests in Kiepe US, as well as certain receivables, to Heramba Holdings.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Global Education Communities Corp. ("GECC" or the "Company") (TSX:GEC)(OTCQB:GECSF) today announced that its subsidiary, GEC Education Mega Center Limited Partnership, has entered into various agreements with Pure Group of Companies ("Pure Group") to develop the flagship GEC Education Mega Centre ("EMC") project in Surrey, British Columbia. The construction budget for EMC is $330 million. The transaction completed effective May 1, 2025.

Net sales from continuing operations of $63.3 million, Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations of $4.6 million, and Earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.31Completed sale of Big 3 Mold's ISBM business unit on April 30, 2025Revamped Big 3 Precision's geographic footprint for improved focus, production and cost-efficiencyCompleted 200,000-share repurchase program; new 400,000 share buyback program authorized by Board

MCLEAN, VA / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Gladstone Capital Corporation (Nasdaq:GLAD) (the "Company") today announced earnings for its second quarter ended March 31, 2025. Please read the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and the Investors section of the Company's website at www.GladstoneCapital.com.