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Asian markets extended losses with Wall Street on Tuesday as investors jockeyed for position ahead of key US jobs and inflation data, while sentiment remains subdued by worries over a possible tech bubble.

Police armed with rifles will be part of a beefed up security presence at the third Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval after the Bondi Beach shooting attacks, officials said, while flags will be flown at half-mast.

Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, proudly points to an armada of machines busy eating away at sheer walls of dusty white rock that stretch into the distance.

US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot.

Chile has became the latest Latin American country to ditch the left after voters, driven by fears of crime and migration, elected on Sunday their first far-right leader since the end of a vicious military dictatorship in 1990.

Three years after ChatGPT made OpenAI the leader in artificial intelligence and a household name, rivals have closed the gap and some investors are wondering if the sensation has the wherewithal to stay dominant.

Fit-again opener Usman Khawaja was overlooked for the third Ashes Test in Adelaide on Wednesday as Australia skipper Pat Cummins and veteran Nathan Lyon were named to make their return.

A father and son were likely driven by "Islamic State ideology" when they fired on Bondi Beach in one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

World number one Scottie Scheffler has been voted PGA Tour Player of the Year for a fourth straight season after a campaign that included two major wins, the tour announced on Monday.

Google, Microsoft, and Apple claimed the top three slots. The US has the most representation, while China surpasses Japan and firmly holds the third position again.

POST FALLS, IDAHO / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Trustpoint Xposure has officially achieved its AEO Certification, marking a major milestone in the evolution of modern PR and visibility strategy. As artificial intelligence becomes the primary way audiences search for information, the agency now stands as the first PR firm to earn formal recognition for structured authority engineering and AI search optimization.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / The Chris Paul Family Foundation, Feed the Children and YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City came together today to host a Resource Rally, providing food, hygiene items and other essentials to 200 families in the Oklahoma City community.

The Appointment Strengthens the Agency's Structured Authority Engineering and AI Search Visibility Operations 

WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN), a leader in AI-powered marketing technology, announced today that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 after market close on Thursday, December 18, 2025.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Tactical Resources Corp. (TSXV:RARE)(OTC PINK:USRED) ("Tactical" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that, at the annual general and special meeting (the "Meeting") of holders of common shares ("Shareholders") held today, Shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favour of the special resolution (the "Arrangement Resolution") to approve the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") entered into among the Company, Plum Acquisition Corp. III ("Plum"), Plum III Amalco Corp. ("Amalco"), and Plum III Merger Corp. ("PubCo" and collectively with the Company, Plum, Amalco, the "Parties") pursuant to which the Parties intend to carry out a business combination transaction (the "Business Combination"). Pursuant to the business combination agreement (the "Business Combination Agreement") dated August 22, 2024, as amended on December 10, 2024, January 28, 2025 and July 30, 2025, Plum will redomicile and continue into the Province of British Columbia from the Cayman Islands and amalgamate with PubCo (the "SPAC Amalgamation") to form one corporate entity ("New PubCo"). Immediately following the SPAC Amalgamation, Amalco will amalgamate with Tactical (the "Company Amalgamation") to form one corporate entity, such that, following, and as a result of, the Company Amalgamation, Tactical will continue as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo, which will be renamed "Tactical Resources Corp." or such other name as may be agreed to between the Parties, and in connection with the Business Combination, the Parties have applied to list the common shares of New PubCo ("New PubCo Common Shares") on the Nasdaq Stock Market ("NASDAQ"), with such listing anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2026 subject to the satisfaction of applicable listing requirements and receipt of all necessary approvals.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Linear Minerals Corp. ("Linear" or the "Company") (CSE:LINE)(OTCQB:LINMF) (WKN: A40 Y3E) is pleased to announce it has closed the first tranche of the non-brokered private placement previously announced on December 10, 2025 for gross proceeds of up to $900,000. As part of the closing the first tranche, the Company will issue 3,000,000 flow-through common shares at a price of $0.05 cents per share for gross proceeds of $150,000. In addition, the Company will issue 3,000,000 hard-dollar units at a price of $0.05 cents per share and one common share purchase warrant for gross proceeds of $150,000. Each hard-dollar warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of 25 cents for a period of one year from the issue date and will pay 6% cash in finder's fee of $9,000.

AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / BetterWay™ blood testing by Babson Diagnostics, a science-first healthcare technology company transforming diagnostic blood testing, announced today that it has achieved SOC 2 type I compliance through a third-party audit of its information security and privacy controls. Compliance with SOC 2's high standards reflects Babson Diagnostics' commitment to secure and patient-centered healthcare.

QUEBEC, QC / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / NuRAN Wireless Inc. ("NuRAN" or the "Company") (CSE:NUR)(OTC PINK:NRRWD)(FSE:1RN), a leading provider of mobile and broadband wireless infrastructure, announces that further to its press release dated December 5, 2025 (the "Dec 5 NR"), the Company intends to close the Restructuring Transaction on December 23, 2025. As described in the Dec 5 NR, the Restructuring Transaction will result in the Company issuing an aggregate of $30,000,000 of Units (as defined in the Dec 5 NR), at the Issue Price (as defined in the Dec 5 NR) per Unit.

KELOWNA, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX, LEXXW) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules of an aggregate of 2,661,600 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $1.315 per share. In addition, in a concurrent private placement, the Company issued unregistered warrants to purchase up to 2,661,600 shares of common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.19 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of the effectiveness of the resale registration statement registering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the unregistered warrants.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Gold does not change easily. Its rules, rituals, and trust frameworks have been built over centuries, reinforced by habit as much as by law. When gold markets do shift, it is rarely because of rhetoric or regulation. They move when infrastructure evolves so decisively that the old way of doing things starts to look inefficient by comparison. That is what is happening now, and Dubai is at the center of it.

ANN ARBOR, MI / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / University Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQB:UNIB or "UNIB") announced that University Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UNIB, will acquire effective on December 31, 2025 an additional 37.4999% of the shares of Credit Union Trust for $3.75 million, increasing its ownership to 49.9999%. The acquisition is a key part of University Bank' wealth management strategy. All regulatory approvals and all paperwork required for the share acquisition have been completed and the closing has been scheduled for month-end to simplify the post-acquisition accounting requirements under GAAP.

JACKSON, WYOMING / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Labor Smart, Inc. (OTCID:LTNC) today announced a strategic portfolio alignment designed to enhance execution efficiency, sharpen operational focus, and support long-term shareholder value.

Remergify Inc., a leading strategic advisory firm specializing in asset monetization and blockchain integration, to use its expertise in blockchain, tokenization and AI expertise to spearhead the tokenization of WEEDs launch into the world of Crypto!

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / For years, even decades, analysts kept waiting for gold to reclaim its role as the foundation of global money. They predicted a return to a monetary gold standard, a moment when central banks would peg currencies to bullion again. But while the world argued about economic theory, the real revolution arrived from an unexpected direction. The next global gold standard will not be financial. It will be forensic.

Highlights:Anson and POSCO have made strong technical and commercial progress on cooperation at the Green River DLE Demonstration Plant, with workstreams advancing positively across all review areas.Cooperation between the parties has strengthened through detailed engineering assessments and senior-level engagement, supporting POSCO's ongoing evaluation of the project.POSCO advises that completion of its due diligence and internal approval process is now expected in Q1 2026, providing a clear timeline for the next stage of the proposed investment.

** A copy of the lawsuit and verdict form can be found HERE **Plaintiffs' attorneys Houman Sayaghi and Neama Rahmani of Los Angeles-based West Coast Trial Lawyers are available for interviews.

RENO, NV / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / The Board of Directors of Brookmount Gold (Brookmount Explorations, Inc.) (OTC:BMXI) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ryan Raharja currently a senior auditor with Russell Bedford SBR Indonesia, as Chief Financial Officer for Indonesian Operations. Ryan is a licensed CPA and holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta and a Masters Degree in International Business from Spolecsna Akadamie Nauk in Poland.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / For a century, the world has operated on a comfortable illusion. Central banks believe they know how much gold they hold. Sovereign wealth funds assume their reserves are exactly what the paperwork claims. Bullion banks trust that what sits beneath their headquarters is perfectly authentic. But the truth is far more fragile. No country on earth has ever conducted a full, bottom-up authentication of its gold reserves. Not one. Reserve systems rely on certificates, refinery stamps, and legacy chain-of-custody documents that lose meaning the moment a bar is melted or restamped. The world's most important financial backstop has never been tested with modern tools.

Seeing the surge in the popularity of crypto investments, IRAEmpire has published a new guide on how to start a crypto IRA to help investors make better informed decisions.

Employees give back to local nonprofits, contributing hundreds of hours to support underserved populations.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / If you live in Port Charlotte and have multiple missing teeth, you may want to consult a reliable dentist in Port Charlotte, FL, about getting dentures. A trusted dentist can help you explore your options, explain the types of dentures available, and create a personalized treatment plan to restore your smile, comfort, and ability to eat and speak with confidence. Here are some factors you should consider to make a stress-free choice.