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The Dallas Mavericks, rocked by the sudden trade of superstar Luka Doncic and wracked by injuries, were blown out 144-101 by the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.

President Donald Trump said he will discuss the punishing tariffs he has levied on Canada and Mexico with both countries on Monday, after arguing that Americans may feel economic "pain" from the 25 percent duties but that it will be "worth the price."

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will urge European leaders to "continue bearing down" on Russian President Vladimir Putin when the UK premier becomes the first to attend a European Council gathering since Brexit on Monday.

Music's brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammys, music's biggest night in their sexiest, skin-baring ensembles.

Spain's former football chief Luis Rubiales goes on trial on Monday over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso with the player scheduled to take the stand.

Steven Nelson has spent more than a dozen years on Death Row in Texas and is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of a pastor that he insists he did not commit.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.

Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a "criminal organization" on Sunday, as Donald Trump said the agency was "run by radical lunatics" and said he was considering its future.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country's leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Onco-Innovations Limited (CSE:ONCO)(Frankfurt:W1H,WKN: A3EKSZ) ("Onco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, further to its news release dated January 22, 2025, that it has completed the acquisition (the "Acquisition") of all of the outstanding share capital of Inka Health Corp. ("Inka Health"), a Canadian-based software company pioneering the use of advanced AI-driven analytics and real-world multimodal data to revolutionize clinical research and drug development. In consideration for the Acquisition, Onco has issued to the former holders of the Inka Health shares an aggregate of 1,775,147 common shares of the Company ("Consideration Shares"). All of the Consideration Shares are subject to resale restrictions whereby 10% will be released and tradeable four months from the closing date of the Acquisition ("Closing Date"), 15% of the remaining Consideration Shares will be released and tradeable within six months from the Closing Date, and a further 15% of the remaining amount will be released and tradeable every six months thereafter.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Armory Mining Corp. (CSE:ARMY)(OTC PINK:RMRYF)(FRA:2JS) (the "Company" or "Armory") a resource exploration company focused on the discovery and development of minerals critical to the energy, security and defense sectors, would like to provide a corporate update.

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OVERLAND PARK, KS / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Tortoise Capital today announced the following unaudited balance sheet information and asset coverage ratio updates for closed-end funds TYG and TEAF.

WATERLOO, ON and EDEN PRAIRIE, MN / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Arctic Wolf® and BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB), two global leaders in security software and services, today announced the successful closing of the acquisition of BlackBerry's Cylance® endpoint security assets by Arctic Wolf. The two companies entered into a definitive agreement on December 15, 2024.

SHELTON, CT / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / The Eastern Company (NASDAQ:EML) today announced the declaration of its regular quarterly cash dividend of eleven cents ($0.11) per share, payable March 14, 2025, to common shareholders of record as of February 14, 2025. This dividend represents the Company's 338th consecutive quarterly dividend.

Calls for Repeal of Measure That Would Limit Catch Size

CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Export-Import Bank ("EXIM" or the "Bank") is advancing NioCorp's application for prospective EXIM project financing of its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project ("Elk Creek Project") in southeast Nebraska to an independent Technical Review, part of EXIM's second level of project due diligence.

Attendees will have the opportunity to view and purchase Vision Marine's latest advancements in electric boating, including one third-party model powered by the E-Motion™ 180E electric powertrain, alongside two proprietary electric models.

HALIFAX, NS / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Namibia Critical Metals Inc. ("Namibia Critical Metals" or the "Company" or "NCMI") (TSXV:NMI)(OTCQB:NMREF) is pleased to announce that its joint venture partner, JOGMEC, has approved an additional $1,154,000 CDN budget for JOGMEC's fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, which is additional to the $550,000 increase announced on January 22, 2025. This brings JOGMEC's total expenditure commitments to $16,245,000.

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) welcomes renowned Southern Kurdistan-based scholar and political scientist Himdad Mustafa as special advisor to MEMRI's Kurdish Studies Project. Mr. Mustafa is a senior researcher whose main areas of specialization include Kurdish, Iranian, and Turkish studies with a special focus on Kurdish history in Late Antiquity.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / SPETZ INC. (the " Company " or " Spetz ") (CSE:SPTZ)(OTC:DBKSF) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement dated February 2, 2025 (the "Definitive Agreement") with Sonic Strategy Inc. ("Sonic Strategy") to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Sonic Strategy (the "Sonic Shares") from its shareholders (the "Sonic Shareholders"). Upon completion of the arm's length acquisition (the "Acquisition"), Sonic Strategy will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Spetz and the Sonic Shareholders will become shareholders of Spetz.

ST JOHN'S, NL / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Sokoman Minerals Corp. (TSXV:SIC)(OTCQB:SICNF)("Sokoman" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its December 4, 2024, December 17, 2024, and December 31, 2024 news releases the Company has closed its non-brokered flow-through and non-flow-through private placement financing (the "Financing") for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,706,250.

Accelerating Commercialization of AI-Driven Enterprise Applications

The vaccine candidate is being evaluated in a ring vaccination trial as part of a comprehensive public health response

Tech-Centric Delivery Company Now Serving 105M Americans Across 44 Metropolitan Areas

BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning and retail optimization software, today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Spare Parts/MRO Industries 2024 Vendor Assessment (Doc ID #US51541424, December 2024).

ROCKY MOUNT, NC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Ted E. Whitehurst, President and CEO of PB Financial Corporation (OTCQX:PBNC), the holding company for Providence Bank, announced today the Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.57 per share on common stock outstanding to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 11, 2025. The dividend is payable February 27, 2025. This is an increase of 9.62% from the dividend paid during the 1st quarter of 2024. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annual basis and a yield of 4.75% (based on closing price on January 31, 2025, of $47.99/share).

Strategic initiatives established in 2023 drive strong results for 2024.See associated, unaudited summary consolidated financial data for additional information.

Lee joins Clearinghouse on February 3

Trial taking place at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, a flagship United Arab Emirates hospital and largest teaching medical center in Abu DhabiCrofelemer, Jaguar's novel plant-based prescription drug, has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA and the European Medicines Agency for both SBS-IF and MVIDProof-of-concept (POC) data generated from this study could potentially lead to reimbursed early patient access in certain European countries for crofelemer for these rare/orphan diseases

Tax Workout Group (TWG) is pleased to announce the launch of its newest practice group - estate planning and trust.