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The makers of a new film about the British pioneers of IVF hope it highlights the "fragile" status of fertility treatment, with perceived threats in places like the United States and dwindling availability in the UK.

German international Franz Wagner drained a three-pointer with three seconds remaining as the Orlando Magic ended the Los Angeles Lakers' unbeaten home record with a dramatic 119-118 victory on Thursday.

In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local population who demand the power to stop the critically endangered animals in their tracks.

Russia on Thursday fired an experimental missile at Ukraine in a clear warning of its capabilities, officials from Western governments said, even as they pushed back against Ukrainian claims of a more provocative action by Moscow.

Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju broke new ground to reach the World Chess Championship and the 18-year-old "Friends" fan is now hot favourite to win the title and make more history.

Sam Prendergast has never been lacking in self-confidence, with his talent evident to many, and on Saturday he will get to pull the strings for Ireland at fly-half in the Test against Fiji.

Rarely can two national coaches head into a Test match on the back of such varying form as Wales' under-fire Warren Gatland and South Africa's Rassie Erasmus.

Ruben Amorim takes charge of Manchester United for the first time in Sunday's trip to Ipswich, while Manchester City are aiming to snap a historic losing streak for Pep Guardiola against Tottenham.

At the outskirts of a South Korean industrial city, workers at a sprawling weapons factory were conducting final-stage testing for a newly built surface-to-air defence system that could, eventually, head to Ukraine.

Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem.

Leaders Barcelona have lost two matches this season in La Liga, both without teenage starlet Lamine Yamal starting, and the winger will also be missing for Saturday's match at Celta Vigo.

New Zealand are looking to end their year on a high against Italy on Saturday after last weekend's painful defeat to France left the All Blacks ruing missed chances.

Claudio Ranieri's baptism of fire as Roma boss begins on Sunday when he leads his boyhood club at Serie A leaders Napoli, one of a trio of tough tests awaiting the veteran coach as the Italian top flight gets back underway.

Uruguayans go to the polls Sunday with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose Mujica hoping to reclaim the country's top job five years after a right-wing victory based on concerns over crime and taxes.

Animated films tackling parent separation and divorce are few and far between.

Pep Guardiola has extended his contract as manager of Premier League champions Manchester City for a further two seasons, saying Thursday "I could not leave now" with the club facing arguably the toughest period of his time at the Etihad Stadium.

US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Pam Bondi, a staunch ally who helped defend the ex-leader against impeachment, as US attorney general on Thursday following firebrand Matt Gaetz's withdrawal from the running.

If Red Bull's Max Verstappen sees off Lando Norris to seal the Formula One world championship in Las Vegas on Saturday, he will become just the sixth driver to win four titles.

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge were named unanimous choices for Major League Baseball's 2024 Most Valuable Player awards on Thursday.

Shohei Ohtani was named Major League Baseball's National League Most Valuable Player on Thursday after a historic 2024 season that ended with his first World Series title.

Allied Universal®,  the world's leading security and facility services company, is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the 2024 Lott IMPACT® Trophy. The Lott IMPACT Trophy is a college football award presented annually to the nation's top defensive player, who also exhibits the characteristics of Ronnie Lott by making an IMPACT on and off the field. IMPACT is an acronym for integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity.

Redishred Capital Corp. ("Redishred" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:KUT) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") with VRC Companies, LLC wherebya subsidiary of VRC Companies, LLC (the "Purchaser") will acquire all of the outstanding Common Shares ("Shares") of the Corporation (the "Transaction") in an all cash transaction for CA$5.00 per Share (the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price represents an aggregate fully diluted equity value for Redishred of approximately CA$95 million. Upon completion of the Transaction, Redishred will become a privately held company.

Nexa Resources S.A. ("Nexa Resources", "Nexa" or the "Company") (NYSE Symbol:NEXA) announces today that it has completed the previously announced sale (the "Transaction") of 100% of the shares issued by Compañia Minera Cerro Colorado S.A.C., comprising the mineral properties of the Pukaqaqa Project ("Pukaqaqa" or the "Project"), located in the Huancavelica region of Peru.

Frequency Exchange Corp. ("Frequency Exchange" or the "Company") (TSXV:FREQ)(OTC PINK:FRECF) is pleased to announce former NHL star, Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee and President of the Boston Bruins Cam Neely will be joining its Advisory Board, to play a strategic role as the Company enters its next phase of growth.

Signal Gold Inc. ("Signal Gold" or the "Company") (TSX:SGNL)(OTCQB:SGNLF) is pleased to announce that independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS") supports the Board of Directors' recommendation that Signal Gold shareholders vote FOR (i) a special resolution authorizing and approving an arrangement (the "Arrangement Resolution") under Section 182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), whereby Signal Gold will combine with NexGold Mining Inc. ("NexGold"), and (ii) an ordinary resolution with respect to the issuance by Signal Gold, on a non-brokered basis pursuant to a private placement, of up to such number of common shares of Signal Gold as may be required to be issued in connection with a private placement, as announced on November 6, 2024 (the "Private Placement Resolution").

COMPANY DETERMINES NOT TO PROCEED WITH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED MINERA COBRE VERDE COPPER STREAM

Boron One Holdings Inc. ("Boron One" or the "Company") (TSXV:BONE), is pleased to announce the implementation of a warrant exercise incentive program (the "Program") intended to encourage the exercise of up to 11,576,000 unlisted common share purchase warrants of the Company (the "Eligible Warrants") which were issued as part of the Company's private placement which closed on September 27, 2023 and November 7, 2023, respectively. Each Eligible Warrant is exercisable for one common share of the Company (each a "Common Share") at a price of $0.12 per Common Share. The Company intends to amend the exercise price to $0.06 (the "Warrant Repricing") following receipt of TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") acceptance. All other terms of the Eligible Warrants will remain the same, including the expiry date of March 27, 2025.

AmeriTrust Financial Technologies Inc. (TSXV:AMT)(OTC PINK:PWWBF)(Frankfurt:1ZVA) ("AmeriTrust", "AMT"or the"Company"), a fintech platform targeting automotive finance and specializing in used vehicle lease originations for the automotive industry, is announcing that it has filed its Interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis report for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024. These documents may be viewed under the Company's profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

American Battery Materials, Inc. (OTC PINK:BLTH) ("ABM" or the "Company"), a U.S. based renewable energy company focused on the extraction, refinement and distribution of technical minerals in an environmentally responsible manner, announced today that the Company has received necessary agency approvals to reenter the Peterson Fed 88-21P well bore in southeast Utah, pending the required financial guarantee.

~ Also 2nd Consecutive Quarter of Positive Adjusted EBITDA of US$892,277 ~

Plaintree Systems Inc. (CSE:NPT) ("Plaintree" or the "Company").

HIGHLIGHTSFirst two modular data centres (MDCs) operated under the Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Blackhart Technologies are now being populated with first 589 Bitmain S19J Pro (104T) Antminers used for Bitcoin mining (see images overleaf);The first two MDCs are expected to be fully populated with miners over the weekend and connected to Gentech gas fired generators;AXP's focus is to deliver performance reliability from gas-to-power generation to ensure uptime of Bitcoin mining operations. Demonstrating this performance reliability provides the catalyst for commencement of similar operations at two more sites and further expansion thereafter;The Company will keep shareholders updated on operations under the JDA as well as other ongoing field development activities.