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illumin Holdings Inc. Announces Date for Second Quarter 2025 Financial and Operating Results
TORONTO and NEW YORK, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- illumin Holdings Inc. (TSX: ILLM, OTCQB: ILLMF) (“illumin” or “Company”), a leader in digital advertising technology that empowers marketers to make smarter decisions about communicating with online …

Hapbee Announces Insider Purchase of $1 Million USD via Closing of Non-Brokered Private Placement
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hapbee Technologies, Inc. (TSXV: HAPB | OTCID: HAPBF) (“Hapbee” or the “Company”), a leading wearable wellness technology company, is pleased to announce that it has now closed its previously …

AGCO takes action to remove unapproved gambling machines from Ontario convenience stores
TORONTO, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is continuing its efforts to combat unregulated gambling and protect the public. As part of these efforts, the AGCO took steps this week to revoke the lottery …

La CAJO prend des mesures pour retirer les machines à sous non approuvées des dépanneurs de l’Ontario
TORONTO, 17 juill. 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- La Commission des alcools et des jeux de l’Ontario (CAJO) poursuit ses efforts pour lutter contre le jeu non réglementé et protéger le public. Dans le cadre de ces efforts, la CAJO a pris des mesures cette …

TennoCon 2025: How a global gaming phenomenon continues to anchor London, Ontario’s tech scene
LONDON, Ontario, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For two days every year, London, Ontario, becomes the centre of the global Warframe and Soulframe universe. Hosted by Digital Extremes, one of the world’s top development studios in the interactive …

Canadian General Investments, Limited Declares Dividend on Common Shares
TORONTO, Canada, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian General Investments, Limited (“CGI” or “the Company”) (TSX:CGI) (LSE: CGI) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share payable on September 15, 2025 to common shareholders of record at …

Health care advocates afraid of major cuts and privatization hold shadow summit and rally at Council of the Federation next week
HUNTSVILLE, Ontario, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Outside the Council of the Federation and the gathering of First Ministers, public health care advocates from across Canada will be joining a shadow summit, rally, and car cavalcade. Attendees include …

Russia, India Eye Hypersonic BrahMos Advancement
(MENAFN) In an exclusive conversation with a news agency on Wednesday, Atul Rane, the previous chief of BrahMos Aerospace, revealed that Russia and India might collaborate to develop a hypersonic version of the BrahMos cruise missile. Rane, speaking from …

Film directors are obsessed of Ireland
(MENAFN) Once a place with limited prospects for filmmakers, Ireland is now booming as a film and TV production powerhouse. Irish director Dearbhla Walsh recalls the 1980s as a time when “to aspire to be a director was almost a fantasy.” Today, the …

Turkey mediates truce of Syria, Suwayda
(MENAFN) On Thursday, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Metin Gurak hosted his French counterpart, Gen. Thierry Burkhard, in the capital city of Ankara. Gen. Burkhard, who is visiting Türkiye as an official guest, was received with a formal ceremony at …

Fire in Iraqi shopping center claim lives of sixty civilians
(MENAFN) A devastating fire swept through a shopping center in eastern Iraq on Thursday, leaving at least 61 people dead, according to the Interior Ministry. The incident occurred in the city of Kut, located in Wasit governorate, southeast of Baghdad. …

Russia Condemns Israeli Attacks in Syria
(MENAFN) On Thursday, Russia expressed firm disapproval of the recent Israeli aerial offensives on Syrian territory, describing them as actions warranting a “strong” condemnation. “These attacks, which constitute a gross violation of the country's …

Armenia Signals Likely Departure from CSTO
(MENAFN) Armenia is expected to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced. The country had halted its involvement in the alliance a year earlier, asserting that the bloc did not sufficiently …

Almost half of US sue Trump’s government for withdrawing disaster relief funding
(MENAFN) Twenty U.S. states, primarily governed by Democrats, have filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump over its decision to withdraw critical disaster relief funding. The lawsuit, submitted to a federal court in Boston on …

Report reveals Air India flight captain turned off fuel switches
(MENAFN) A preliminary black-box analysis has revealed that the captain of the Air India flight which crashed last month, killing 261 people, turned off the aircraft’s fuel switches shortly after takeoff, according to reports citing U.S. investigators. The …

UK, Germany Finalize Historic Treaty
(MENAFN) The United Kingdom and Germany on Thursday finalized a significant "Friendship and Cooperation Treaty", designed to deepen mutual collaboration in various key domains, including defense, diplomacy, economic strategy, and migration. The pact was …

Ukrainian army tries to provoke ecological disaster to blame it on Russia
(MENAFN) Russia has accused Ukrainian forces of orchestrating a plan to trigger an environmental catastrophe near the front lines of the ongoing conflict and subsequently place the blame on Moscow, according to statements released by the Russian Defense …

Russia, Nigeria Bolster Energy Cooperation
(MENAFN) Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Alexander Novak, has underscored the critical role that the alliance between Moscow and Abuja under the OPEC+ framework plays in preserving equilibrium in the international oil sector. His comments followed a …

US Senate agrees to cut nine billion in federal spending
(MENAFN) The US Senate has passed a bill cutting $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, including funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The vote, which ended 51–48 after an all-night "vote-a-rama," reflects a Republican push to …

Groundbreaking procedure uses DNA to fix inherited disorders
(MENAFN) Doctors in the UK have confirmed that eight babies have been born free from inherited mitochondrial diseases thanks to a groundbreaking procedure that uses DNA from three individuals. This innovative technique involves combining the egg and sperm …