The possibility of a ban on TikTok in the US has moved a step closer after the Senate agreed a landmark bill to force its China-based parent company into selling the app. The bill gives ByteDance nine months to sell the popular social media platform – with the possibility of…
Young girls in the UK drink, smoke and vape more than boys, a major study suggests. England is also “top of the charts” globally for child alcohol abuse, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) research of 44 countries. In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers examined…
A US woman has become the first person in the world to undergo a pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump surgically implanted. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure had left her too ill to qualify for a traditional transplant. The 54-year-old, from New Jersey,…
Shares in Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, have fallen sharply after the company revealed it had raised its cost forecast for the current year. Investors sent the stock 10% lower in after-hours trading in New York when Meta‘s first-quarter results showed further bills were expected to fund…
The first quarter of 2024 brought a robust performance from the stock market, with the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) achieving a notable 10 percent gain — its largest Q1 advance since 2019. Investor confidence during this period appeared to be buoyed by expectations that the US Federal Reserve will lower interest…
2023 was a relatively lackluster year, silver largely traded on volatility between US$22 and US$25 per ounce. The white metal started 2024 with less volatility and remained rangebound for the first eight weeks. Silver dropped to US$22.08 per ounce on January 21, marking its quarterly low. Silver started seeing gains…
TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V): LIT Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE): OAY3 OTCQX Venture Market: LILIF Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTCQX: LILIF) (‘Argentina Lithium’ or the ‘Company’) reports positive results from the twelfth exploration hole at its Rincon West Project in Salta Province Argentina . Brine samples…
Cosa Resources Corp. (TSXV: COSA) (OTCQB: COSAF) (FSE: SSKU) (‘Cosa’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce the completion of the winter 2024 diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Ursa uranium Project in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan (‘Ursa’ or the ‘Property’). Highlights Three holes totalling 3,438 meters completed at…
Australia federally legalised medicinal cannabis in 2016, and the market has seen major growth since then. The Penington Institute pegged Australian medical market sales at AU$250 million in 2022. That figure could go higher even higher in 2023 given that medical cannabis approvals were up by 120 percent in the…
Tesla’s stock jumped about 8% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the electric vehicle giant reported its steepest annual revenue drop in over a decade. Despite softer sales and a growing chorus of skeptics about CEO Elon Musk’s focus on the company, investors cheered its vow to ‘accelerate the launch of…