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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.

LUXEMBOURG / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Ternium S.A. (NYSE:TX) announced that its annual general meeting of shareholders and its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on May 6, 2025 approved all resolutions on their agendas.

N-trans-caffeoyltyramine (NCT) is a natural product compound attracting considerable interest from researchers and drug developers for its potential role in healthy liver fat metabolism, gut barrier function, and mitochondrial activity.eXoZymes used its AI-driven development platform to progress from idea to purpose-built subsidiary in less than 3 months and at a fraction of normal SynBio R&D cost.NCTx is scaling up an exozyme biosolution to overcome a longstanding bottleneck in sourcing the NCT compound from nature, where it occurs only in trace amounts.Interesting pre-clinical data point towards Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) that affects more than 30% of the global population.Only NCTx can make both the natural product NCT, and a range of very interesting new-to-nature analog versions, expanding the pharma potential.NCT is the first of more "powered by eXoZymes" natural product nutraceuticals, that also have the potential to become pharmaceuticals.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:WHLR) (the "Company") announced today that it has reported its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the "Form 10-Q") with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Company has posted supplemental information to its website regarding its financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Both the Form 10-Q and the supplemental information can be accessed by visiting the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.whlr.us/.

TAMPA, FL / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) released its financial results for the first quarter of 2025. The company's earnings release and supplemental materials are available at https://investors.mosaicco.com/financials/quarterly-results.

TAMPA, FL / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) is advancing its strategy to redefine growth, and is proud to announce a successful biostimulant product launch in China. Neptunion is our newest biostimulant product - it helps crops address abiotic pressures such as drought, salinity and heat by adding stress resistant properties into water soluble fertilizers. Our Mosaic Biosciences product line offers sustainable ag technology to enable growers to improve yields while minimizing environmental impacts.

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Vision Marine Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:VMAR) ("Vision Marine" or the "Company"), a company specializing in electric marine propulsion systems, announced today it filed a new U.S. patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for software-driven overload protection of cooling-pump motors integrated within the Company's proprietary E-Motion™ high-voltage ("HV") powertrain.

PHOENIX, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Crexendo, Inc. (NASDAQ:CXDO), an award-winning software technology company that is a premier provider of cloud communication platform and services, video collaboration and managed IT services tailored to businesses of all sizes, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / (NYSE:KFS) Kingsway Financial Services Inc. ("Kingsway" or the "Company"), the only publicly-traded US company employing the Search Fund model to acquire and build great businesses, today announced that it will report financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, after the close of trading on Thursday, May 8, 2025.