Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up appearances for nearly 19 months: Freeing the hostages and defeating Hamas, he insisted, stood equally atop the pyramid of Israel’s war goals. Even as members of his right-wing governing coalition threatened to topple his government if he agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release…
Valerie the dachshund has finally been reunited with her owners after surviving 540 days alone on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Owners Georgia Gardner and Josh Fishlock described the moment they got to hold the tiny pup in their arms in a statement published Wednesday. Gardner said she “burst into…
India launched military strikes on Pakistan on Wednesday and Pakistan claimed it shot down five Indian Air Force jets, in an escalation that has pushed the two nations to the brink of war. The escalation puts India and Pakistan, two neighbors with a long history of conflict, in dangerous territory,…
Families of October 7 hostages held in Gaza demanded any new information from the Israeli government after US President Donald Trump said three more captives had died. “As of today, it’s 21. Three have died. So, this is a terrible situation,” Trump said on Tuesday. The remark was a shock…
A three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that was unilaterally declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month was set to come into effect at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday (midnight Moscow time), as Russia prepares to mark the anniversary of its World War II Victory Day on Friday. It was not…
Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. (CSE: BLLG) (FSE: 7BL) (OTCQB: BLAGF) (the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that President & CEO Rana Vig will be attending and presenting at the upcoming 121 Mining Investment Conference in London, May 12-13, 2025. As Blue Lagoon advances toward production at its fully permitted high-grade…
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GPG)(OTCQB:GPTRF)(FSE:GPB) (‘Grande Portage’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that it has staked 64 new federal claims adjacent to its existing exploration claims at the New Amalga Gold project in Southeast Alaska. The added claims are intended to accommodate future surface facilities in support of…
Alvopetro Energy Ltd. (TSXV: ALV) (OTCQX: ALVOF) announces an operational update, financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and details for both our Q1 2025 earnings call and our upcoming annual general and special meeting. All references herein to $ refer to United States dollars, unless otherwise…
The US Federal Reserve held its third meeting of 2025 from Tuesday (May 6) to Wednesday (May 7) against a backdrop of trade tensions, spurred on by the Trump administration’s tariffs. The central bank met analysts’ expectations by holding its benchmark rate in the 4.25 to 4.5 percent range. Chair…
A flash of high-energy radiation that rippled through space in December 2004 may have quietly rewritten part of the story for how the universe forges its heaviest elements — including gold, platinum and uranium. In a breakthrough building on two decades of satellite data and cutting-edge theoretical modeling, a group…