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South Korea on Tuesday announced plans to invest almost $5 billion extra in the country's semiconductor industry, citing "growing uncertainty" over US tariffs.

China's President Xi Jinping paid tribute to Vietnam's late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh on Tuesday, his last day of a trip to Hanoi that President Donald Trump said was aiming to "screw" the United States.

Iran's foreign minister is to visit ally Russia this week to discuss nuclear negotiations with the United States, ahead of a new round of talks planned between the foes.

Chinese security officials said Tuesday they had implicated three US "secret agents" in cyberattacks during February's Asian Winter Games in the northeastern city of Harbin, offering a reward for information on the alleged spies.

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal regime welcome a beefed-up Cambodian law that forbids denying the movement's atrocities, but rights advocates and academics warn it could also stifle legitimate dissent.

A few months ago in Brussels, Arthur Langerman was telling high school pupils about losing family members in the Holocaust and escaping a Nazi raid himself, when he was cut short by two Muslim teens wanting to talk about Gaza.

They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany made it out alive.

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as some stability returned to markets after last week's rollercoaster ride, with auto firms boosted by Donald Trump's possible compromise over steep tariffs on the sector.

The once unthinkable disarmament of Hezbollah could finally be within reach, as the United States pushes Lebanon to act and applies pressure to the group's backer Iran over its nuclear programme, analysts said.

Senior officials gather in London on Tuesday aiming to chart a pathway to peace for Sudan on the second anniversary of its brutal civil conflict, but without the presence of the warring parties.

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces a retrial starting Tuesday, on rape and sex assault charges for which a previous verdict was overturned, forcing survivors who helped fire up the "MeToo" movement to testify against him once again.

As Canada heads into an election this month, voters looking for campaign news on Facebook or Instagram will find material filtered through online creators and influencers -- and no links to articles from major media outlets.

All Blacks wing Mark Tele'a said Tuesday that he will play in Japan next year, depriving New Zealand of a key player ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

The world's leading maker of electric vehicle batteries, Chinese firm CATL, posted a 32.9 percent jump in first quarter profit, even as demand for electric vehicles slows.

US regulators on Monday issued an emergency order grounding the helicopter tour company behind last week's deadly crash in New York.

China is expected to post first-quarter growth of around five percent on Wednesday, buoyed by exporters rushing to stave off higher US tariffs but still weighed by sluggish domestic consumption, analysts say.

South Korea on Tuesday announced plans to invest an additional $4.9 billion in the country's semiconductor industry, citing "growing uncertainty" over US tariffs.

Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.

Hamas said Monday that Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, which the United Nations said is now in the grip of its worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the war.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Global Education Communities Corp. ("GECC" or the "Company") (TSX:GEC)(OTCQB:GECSF) reports that it has filed on SEDAR+ its fiscal 2025 second quarter financial statements (the "Q2 2025Financial Statements") and related Management's Discussion & Analysis (the "MD&A" and together with the Q2 2025 Financial Statements, the "2025 Q2 Financial Report") for the period ended February 28, 2025 ("Q22025"). This news release should be read in conjunction with the 2025 Q2 Financial Report in its entirety. To review the 2025 Q2 Financial Report, please visit GECC's profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Formation Metals ("Formation" or the "Company") (CSE:FOMO)(FSE:VF1)(OTC PINK:FOMTF), a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company, is pleased to announce to announce that CEO Deepak Varshney will be featured on an upcoming Radius Research "Pitch, Deep Dive, and Q&A" webinar hosted by respected analyst Martin Gagel.

Duane Boise CEO of MMJ stated "Let's be clear: this isn't just administrative overreach. This is defiance of the Supreme Court by a law enforcement agency. The DEA, tasked with upholding the law, is now actively undermining it".

Highlights:Meridian drills into a VMS pile hosting massive to semi-massive Cu-Au-Zn & Ag sulphides on the western edge of Santa Helena:CD-651: 33.4m @ 2.0g/t AuEq (1.4% CuEq) from 151.0m;Including:13.1m @ 4.2g/t AuEq (2.8% CuEq) from 151.4m;4.4m @ 6.5g/t AuEq (4.4% CuEq) from 214.0m;Santa Helena mine area infill drilling returns more shallow high-grade mineralization;CD-655: 9.9m @ 5.6g/t AuEq (3.7% CuEq) from 3.8m;Meridian announces discovery of "open" 2,200m copper-gold soil anomaly at Santa Fé; andPotential for Santa Helena to be a second hub within the Cabaçal belt strengthens.

LONDON, GB / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Birkenstock Holding plc ("BIRKENSTOCK" or the "Company", NYSE:BIRK), announced today that the Company will report its fiscal second quarter 2025 (ended March 31, 2025) financial results on Thursday, May 15, 2025 before the US market open. The Company will host a conference call and live webcast with the investment community at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time that same day.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Guardian Metal Resources plc (LON:GMET)(OTCQX:GMTLF), a strategic development and mineral exploration company focused on tungsten in Nevada, USA, is pleased to announce an update covering the Company's Pilot Mountain and Tempiute tungsten projects, both located in mining friendly Nevada, USA.

ATTIKI, GREECE / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Elvictor Group, Inc. (OTC PINK:ELVG) ("Elvictor" or the "Company"), a leader in digitalized maritime crew management, today announced the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company also reiterated key developments and recent corporate milestones.

Preclinical results for lead ADC candidate BLB-101 for Claudin 6/9+ tumors to be presentedData supporting the rationale for Baylink's innovative ADC linker technology enabling delivery of degraders, dual payload antibody drug conjugates, and high drug to antibody ratio chemotherapy will be presented.

Strategic Milestone Aligns Alset with NVIDIA's Global AI Ecosystem

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Metallic Minerals Corp. (TSX.V:MMG)(OTCQB:MMNGF) ("Metallic Minerals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the signing of a new production royalty agreement for a mile of alluvial gold claims at its Australia Creek property in the Klondike Gold District, Yukon Territory (see Figure 1).

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TAMPA, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / April 15, 2025 / Wellgistics Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:WGRX) (the "Company"), a holding company for various existing and planned strategic businesses centered around healthcare technology and pharmaceutical services, today announced that it has entered into an amendment to the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Wellgistics LLC and Wellgistics LLC's former owners to convert a significant cash payment owed by the Company into shares of the Company's common stock at the initial public offering price of $4.50 per share. Specifically, the Company has converted $1.5 million in debt that the Company owed to a seller entity controlled by Brian Norton, its Chief Executive Officer, and that the Company would have needed to pay by June 14, 2025. The $1.5 million in debt was converted into 333,333 shares of the Company's common stock.

Automated templates on the Halo Intelligence platform will allow clinicians to rapidly identify the most effective treatment plan for each patient