When Nigerian American actor-singer Rotimi and Tanzanian pop star Vanessa Mdee first met in 2019, it was the beginning of a love story that neither of them expected. That first encounter six years ago could be straight from a rom-com. They had both just performed at the Essence Festival of…
A burgeoning new sporting trend inspired by the biggest and hardest full contact hits in American football and rugby has proved deadly, and there’s now calls for it to be banned. Branded by an organized league as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport,” Run It Straight games see two people…
China will not send its defense minister to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, shunning a chance for a high-level meeting with US and Asian counterparts as tensions simmer with Washington. China announced Thursday it will instead be represented by a delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University, marking the…
Catalina, a 23-year-old US citizen, confidently drives to her job as a nanny and earns a fair wage. Yet her mother – an undocumented immigrant from Peru – has worked in the shadows for 30 years. The Obama administration focused on curbing interior deportations (as opposed to deportations at the…
One of the most anticipated panels at this year’s Consensus event, held during the Toronto-based Canada Crypto Week, shifted the focus from traditional crypto hubs like New York and Silicon Valley to Toronto. Moderated by Alex Tapscott, founder of the Blockchain Research Institute, the panel explored how Canada can regain…
Osisko Metals Incorporated (the ‘ Company ‘ or ‘ Osisko Metals ‘) (TSX-V: OM; OTCQX: OMZNF; FRANKFURT: OB51) announces the results of its annual and special meeting of shareholders of the Company (the ‘ Meeting ‘) held earlier today. A total of 290,548,699 common shares of the Company (‘ Common…
Syntheia Corp. (CSE: SYAI) (Syntheia.ai) (the ‘Company’), is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement financing for gross proceeds of up to $500,000 through the issuance of up to 5,000,000 units (each, a ‘Unit’) at a price of $0.10 per Unit (the ‘Offering’). Each Unit…
Pinnacle Silver and Gold Corp.’s management will be available to meet with investors throughout the three-day conference. ‘We are particularly excited about the global audience that THE Event has attracted, showcasing the best of international mining in Canada. This is a unique chance to engage with industry leaders and innovators,…
Tokenization emerged as a dominant theme at this year’s Toronto-based Consensus conference, with panelists across the event emphasizing its growing role in reshaping global finance. Speakers noted that as regulatory clarity improves worldwide and as institutional adoption accelerates, tokenized assets are increasingly being viewed as an accessible on-ramp for retail…
In 2025, the vanadium market is navigating a complex landscape shaped by its traditional role in steelmaking and its emerging importance in energy storage technologies. Approximately 90 percent of vanadium consumption continues to be driven by the steel industry, where it is used to strengthen alloys. However, the growing adoption…