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Despite his optimism even Real Sociedad coach Pellegrino Matarazzo would not have banked on going five games unbeaten after his appointment, including clashes against champions Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Asian stocks sank Friday amid fresh worries over vast investments in artificial intelligence, gold and silver tumbled after hitting multiple record highs and oil retreated on hopes for an easing of US-Iran tensions.

Kim Jong Un vowed to "transform" North Korea with a drive to build public health facilities, leisure complexes and industrial plants over a third of the country, state media said Friday.

Wildcards John Peers and Olivia Gadecki became the first team to retain the Australian Open mixed-doubles title since 1988-89 when they outlasted French pair Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard on Friday.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that the UK has a "huge amount to offer" China, after his attempts to forge closer ties prompted warnings from US President Donald Trump.

Kaori Sakamoto is a fun-loving big sister to her Japan team-mates but a stone-cold competitor on the ice, determined to seize her last chance of Olympic figure skating gold.

From his newly built three-storey home outside Hanoi, Trinh Tat Thang has watched the surging global gold price with mounting dread.

Superstars Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga are primed to make history on Sunday in Los Angeles at the 68th Grammy Awards, honoring the best in music.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped to avoid military action against Iran, which has threatened to strike American bases and aircraft carriers in response to any attack.

The US dollar sank to a four-and-a-half-year low against the euro this week after President Donald Trump said the weakened currency was doing "great."

Two Somali-American co-workers have created a network to provide medical house calls to community members afraid to go outside in the face of the massive immigration operation underway in Minnesota.

Two giants stare each other down before colliding with a dull thud. After years on the sidelines, sumo is back centre stage as part of Japan's soft power arsenal overseas.

"Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.

US President Donald Trump cut short a cabinet meeting on Thursday, declaring previous marathon sessions in which he was spotted resting his eyes were "pretty boring."

A man dressed as Batman berated officials in the California city set to host the Super Bowl next month over claims they could let ICE officers patrol the NFL championship game.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed to a personal request to halt attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, after Moscow's strikes left millions without heating during an "extreme" cold snap.

US sprint star Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested on Thursday in Florida, where she was reportedly clocked driving over 100 mph.

Artificial intelligence helps doctors spot more cases of breast cancer when reading routine scans, a world-first trial found Friday.

Arsenal travel to Leeds on Saturday desperate to prevent a Premier League wobble becoming something more serious as Manchester City and Aston Villa wait to pounce.

Argentina's government on Thursday declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer.

Justin Rose conjured a bogey-free 10-under par 62 to grab the first-round lead at Torrey Pines, where Brooks Koepka showed signs of rust but basked in a warm welcome on his return to the PGA Tour on Thursday.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Empress Royalty Corp. (TSXV:EMPR)(OTCQX:EMPYF) ("Empress" or the "Company") announces that, further to the appointment of Daniel Burns to the Company's board of directors, the Company has granted 250,000 restricted share units ("RSU") to Mr. Burns pursuant to the Company's Equity Incentive Plan.

Net income for 2025 exceeded 2024 by $3.9 million.See associated, unaudited summary consolidated financial data for additional information.

BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / United Acquisition Corp. I (the "Company"), a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, announced the closing of its initial public offering of 10,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit on January 30, 2026. Total gross proceeds from the offering were $100,000,000 before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Noram Lithium Corp. ("Noram" or the "Company") (TSX.V:NRM)(OTCQB:NRVTF)(Frankfurt:N7R) is pleased to announce that it has arranged a fully allocated non-brokered private placement financing (the "Offering") of up to 10,675,000 units (each, a "Unit") at a price of $0.10 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $1,067,500.

WARRENTON, VA / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Oak View Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCID:OAKV), parent company of Oak View National Bank (the "Bank"), reported net income of $7.22 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to net income of $6.10 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of 18.48%.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Alta Copper Corp. (TSX:ATCU)(OTCQX:ATCUF)(BVL:ATCU) ("Alta Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted the final order in connection with the previously announced proposed acquisition (the "Transaction") by Nascent Exploration Pty Ltd ("Nascent"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortescue Ltd, of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company not already held by Nascent, by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and pursuant to the terms of an arrangement agreement dated December 13, 2025.

GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Moolec Science S.A. ("Moolec" or the "Company"), a science-based food ingredient company focused on scalable protein solutions for the global market, today announced that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel") has granted the Company's request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to certain conditions.

Athena to host an onsite Bitcoin kiosk experience at MARTE Museum, highlighting regulated, user-friendly access to Bitcoin across Latin America (LATAM)

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN / ACCESS Newswire / January 30, 2026 / Lendway, Inc. (the "Company") today announced that it will change its corporate name to Bloomia Holdings, Inc. The name change is expected to be effective on or around February 2, 2026, on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the "NASDAQ"). Concurrent with the corporate name change, the Company's common stock will begin trading under the symbol TULP on the NASDAQ. The Company's CUSIP number will remain the same. As previously announced, the name change better aligns the Company's corporate identity with its current operations and long-term growth objectives.

Global casino authority expands Las Vegas footprint through partnership with professional lacrosse team