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The Sacramento Kings are finalizing a deal to send All-Star guard De'Aaron Fox to Victor Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs as part of a multi-team NBA trade, ESPN reported on Sunday.

Fast-moving floodwaters rose Monday in northeastern Australia after forcing many to flee, blacking out homes, and sweeping away a chunk of a critical bridge.

US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" ahead of high-level meetings in Tokyo, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field.

Asian stocks tanked and the dollar surged Monday after Donald Trump signed off huge tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and warned the European Union would be hit "pretty soon".

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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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Cypher Metaverse Inc. (CSE:CODE) ("Cypher" or the "Company") announces an update on the Company's disclosure.

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.

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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.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / EvokAI Creative Labs Inc. (TSXV:OKAI)(OTCQB:OKAIF) ("EvokAI" or the "Company"), a leading MedTech AI-powered company dedicated to the development of transformational and innovative technologies for the healthcare sector, further to its press release on December 17, 2024, announces that it will complete the previously announced consolidation of its issued and outstanding common shares on a 10:1 basis (the "Consolidation"), effective at the opening of the market on Wednesday, February 05, 2025. Subject to the Consolidation, the Company will have approximately 7,605,493 common shares issued and outstanding.

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.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Future Fuels Inc. (TSXV:FTUR)(FSE:S0J) ("Future Fuels" or the "Company") announced today that, on January 31, 2025, the Company entered into an amendment agreement (the "Amendment") with IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX : ISO) (OTCQX : ISENF) ("IsoEnergy") regarding its previously announced transaction (the "Transaction") pursuant to the asset purchase agreement dated November 13, 2024 between the Company and IsoEnergy (the "APA"). Under the Amendment, the Company and Future Fuels agreed to extend the outside date for the Transaction under the APA from January 31, 2025 to February 14 ,2025.

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

"For DEXIS, 2024 was a year of tremendous innovation, as we continue to provide dental professionals with the most powerful, efficient and time-saving diagnostic tools and technologies," DEXIS President Robert Befidi said. "We are proud of our progress and will bring that momentum with us in 2025 as we unveil exciting, industry-changing initiatives."

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Storm Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:STRM) ("Storm", or the "Company") today announced the appointment of Mr. Rob L'Heureux to its Board of Directors and Ms. Taylor Niezen to Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.

Kyle's 26 years of experience in specialty chemicals, industrial minerals, and polymer industries will help him to lead and execute Formerra's commercial strategy as the Company enters an inflection point driven by commercial investment, global expansion, and accelerated growth.

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / XS Financial Inc. ("XS Financial" "XS" or the "Company"), an established equipment finance company serving middle-market storied credits, today announced that it has amended and upsized its current $70 million line of credit with Needham Bank ("Credit Facility") to $100 million, with First Citizens Bank participating for $20 million. XS Financial intends to use loan proceeds to fund additional CAPEX and equipment leases with new and existing customers.

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