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Eddie Jones will coach Japan at the 2027 Rugby World Cup after surviving a performance review at the end of a mixed second year back in charge.

Yes to rethinking childhood vaccines, but no to more chemicals in agriculture: supporters of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are in open revolt over the Trump administration's approval of new, highly persistent pesticides.

President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of US troops to the Caribbean and warned of strikes on Venezuelan soil.

In pursuit of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about $400 billion on specialized chips and data centers, but questions are mounting about the wisdom of such unprecedented levels of investment.

Devon Conway scored an unbeaten fifty to guide New Zealand to 112-2 at lunch on day two of the second Test in Wellington on Wednesday, in reply to the West Indies' 205.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / LIR Life Sciences Corp. (CSE:SKNY)(Frankfurt:N790, WKN: A41QA9) ("LIR" or the "Company") announces that it has filed a provisional patent application intended to cover a needle-free delivery platform for GLP/GIP[1]-based therapies used in obesity and metabolic disease. LIR filed the provisional patent application titled "Transdermal and Lingual Delivery System for GLP-1 Inhibitors" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The filing is intended to protect LIR's approach to delivering these therapies through the skin, with the goal of replacing or reducing the need for injections.

Adjourns 2025 Annual Meeting of StockholdersUrges Stockholders Who Have Not Voted To Get Votes In

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GGL options up to 90% of the vein system at its Gold Point ProjectInitial cash payment of US$190,000Retained upside via staged share payments, a 2% NSR and future Performance RightsTeck terminates option at Le Champ porphyry target

MELVILLE, NY AND DAVIDSON, NC / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. (NYSE:MSM), a premier distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) products and services to industrial customers throughout North America, today announced that the Company's conference call to review its fiscal year 2026 first quarter results, as well as its current operations, will be broadcast online live on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Today, eXoZymes Inc. (NASDAQ:EXOZ) ("eXoZymes") - a pioneer of AI-enhanced enzymes that can transform sustainable feedstock into nutraceuticals and new medicines - announced the successful achievement of a 100-fold scale-up of its N-trans-caffeoyltyramine (NCT) production process using its proprietary exozyme-based, cell-free biomanufacturing platform. This effort, with a conversion level of over 99% from feedstock to product, marks a major milestone in the scalability of the exozymes platform.

DOHA, QA / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Gem Space, a secure messenger, offers a super app that combines chats, calls, video conferences, and a news feed. It serves as a corporate messenger and video conferencing platform for international companies, with features for data sovereignty, team collaboration, business process synchronization, and productivity.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / The fashion industry has spent years promising circularity. Recycling initiatives, take-back bins, and ESG roadmaps have filled annual reports with optimism, but these efforts have struggled to scale because they have all relied on a single fragile assumption. The belief that recycled materials could somehow be tracked without a system capable of tracking them. That assumption has now reached its limit.

Reflecting on Milestones That Transformed Freight Factoring and Client Success

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Black Titan Corporation (NASDAQ:BTTC) released the fifth pillar of its DAT+ framework, outlining the liquidity and operational criteria used to assess digital assets within an institutional environment.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / The market keeps trying to put SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) in a box. Plastics. Metals. Electronics. Rubber. Fashion. Every time a new industrial win lands, analysts scramble to guess which vertical SMX belongs to. The answer is simpler than anyone expected. SMX is involved with virtually all of them, building a molecular identity network capable of spanning every material class that moves through global trade.

ORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Exousia Pro, Inc. (OTCID:MAJI), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on proprietary exosome-based delivery systems, is excited to announce that it has executed a Letter of Intent to acquire a high-growth, established telehealth organization. Once acquired the Telehealth Platform will operate under Exousia Pro's newly-formed subsidiary, Exousia Health, Inc.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Black Titan Corporation (NASDAQ:BTTC) announced the fourth pillar of its DAT+ initiative, outlining a framework for structured collaboration with decentralized projects demonstrating technical strength and long-term potential.

HomeAid's Expansion Marks a Milestone in Supporting Individuals Facing Homelessness

Top Gold IRA companies ranked and compared in the latest guide released by IRAEmpire for 2026 investors. Amid geopolitical tensions and volatile US economy, these best gold IRA companies rankings aim to help consumers make better-informed decisions.

These funds will support catalytic capital for small business owners as they enter their busiest time of year and prepare for international sporting events coming to the U.S.

Arctaris Impact Investors Collaborates with Millstream Partners To Bolster Workforce Housing and Facilitate Job Growth in Provo - A Growing Submarket Anchored by Brigham Young University

Hundreds of Local Nebraskans Turn Out to Support Elk Creek Critical Minerals ProjectEXIM President and Chairman John Jovanovic Highlights the Elk Creek Project As "Exactly the Type of Opportunity EXIM Was Always Designed to Support"Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen Calls the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project "One of the Greatest Deposits in the United States of America"A Full Replay of the Town Hall is Available Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFqgDw4znUI

Victory Campus expands its national footprint, empowering FIU student-athletes and fans through a new era of university-branded snacks and beverages

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Tooth loss patients have different reconstruction or replacement options to choose from these days. Dental bridges are popular for being budget-friendly and less invasive, while dental implants are quickly becoming known for better stability and protection from bone loss in the jaw. Dentists may make suggestions based on your oral health, budget, and overall lifestyle. However, if you have questions about how long these replacements last and what type of care they need, you've come to the right place. Our guide offers a closer look at how longevity and maintenance considerations for traditional dental bridges and implants compare.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / For most of modern history, materials have been commodities with no memory. Cotton is grown, harvested, traded, blended, spun, and finished, and somewhere along the way, its identity disappears into the machinery. That anonymity has shaped the global textile industry for decades, limiting transparency and bottlenecking any serious effort toward circularity or responsible sourcing. The world accepted it as the cost of doing business.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA AND HAMILTON, OH / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / The Birdsong Health Literacy Center of Excellence (Birdsong HLCOE) and EdLogics are proud to announce their selection by Primary Health Solutions (PHS) to support a major new initiative designed to enhance substance use education and prevention for students across Southwest Ohio. Enabled by PHS's recent grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the collaboration will integrate the Rewards for Healthy Living digital learning platform throughout PHS's school-based health centers to expand access to engaging, prevention-focused education.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Black Titan Corporation (NASDAQ:BTTC) unveiled the third pillar of its DAT+ strategy, focusing on how token utility interacts with the economic structures of decentralized ecosystems.

StoneZen Capital Consortium, led by Llewellyn Hawthorne, has introduced a renewed brand identity featuring an updated visual system, refined design language, and enhanced communication standards to reflect its expanding institutional presence and long-term strategic direction.

Acquisition creates additional near-term revenue opportunities from newly formed Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) subsidiary, Velocity Bioworks™Financing led by 3i, LP includes $16M debt financing for the purchase of assets and up to $75M in preferred convertible equity available for therapeutics commercialization and corporate growth initiatives

Morrison and d'Avezac to Spearhead Smart Cart Sales Across American and European Markets

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 11, 2025 / Some breakthroughs feel inevitable in hindsight. SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) latest industrial pilot is one of those moments. The kind of shift that forces an industry to redraw the map overnight. Cotton has long had a traceability problem. Once fibers are shredded, blended, spun, and transformed into fabric, the paper trail collapses. Brands rely on declarations. Regulators rely on hope. Consumers rely on whatever the tag says.