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Chasing visitors around Cambodia's Angkor temple ruins to offer his services, tour guide Bun Ratana says he has had little work since deadly clashes with Thailand broke out, despite it being high season.

Since Japan recorded a spike in deadly bear attacks, Koji Suzuki has struggled to keep up with booming demand for grilled cuts of the animal at his restaurant.

Most Asian stocks rose Wednesday and gold topped $4,500 for the first time as investors tracked a record on Wall Street following forecast-beating US economic growth data.

A heady aroma of malt and brewing yeast drifts through Pakistan's oldest and by far largest brewery, which is gearing up for expansion after getting approval to sell abroad after a nearly 50-year ban.

The US oil company Chevron is walking a tightrope amid tensions between Washington and Caracas to retain its fragile position as the only foreign company allowed to exploit Venezuela's oil reserves —- the largest in the world.

The US State Department said Tuesday it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them of seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose.

News Release Highlights:Battery X Metals Inc. establishes Advisory Board and appoints its first member, Mr. Jeffrey Greenberg, a former Director and founding-family executive of Fortune 500 company Skechers USA Inc., to support strategic capital markets initiatives and long-term growth as the Company advances the development and commercialization of its lithium-ion battery technologies.Mr. Greenberg brings more than three decades of senior executive, operational, and governance experience, including scaling Skechers from inception into a globally recognized public brand, and previously served as Vice President of Active Electronic Media, a technology-focused subsidiary of Skechers, USA, Inc. overseeing digital platforms, e-commerce initiatives, and technology partnerships.The appointment supports Battery X Metals' integrated lithium-ion battery lifecycle strategy spanning diagnostics, rebalancing, and recycling, including the advancement of its patent-pending battery rebalancing platform and its collaborative research partnership with a Global Top 20 university focused on proprietary battery-material recovery technologies.

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DENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / SOBR Safe, Inc. (Nasdaq:SOBR) ("SOBRsafe" or the "Company"), the leader in next-generation alcohol monitoring and detection technology, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for the issuance and sale of 1,290,324 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof), Series C warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,290,324 shares of common stock and Series D warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,290,324 shares of common stock, at a purchase price of $1.55 per share (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and associated warrants in a private placement priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. The warrants will have an exercise price of $1.30 per share and will be exercisable immediately upon issuance. The Series C warrants will expire five years after the effective date of the Resale Registration Statement (as defined below) and the Series D warrants will expire twenty-four months after the effective date of the Resale Registration Statement.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Once technology is validated and network effects begin to take hold, the next question investors should ask is simple: how efficiently can this platform scale? This is where SMX's valuation profile diverges sharply from how the market still tends to frame it.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / SMX's valuation story is one that the markets are finally coming to understand: monetization. Not revenue in the narrow, quarterly sense, but how proof converts into economic leverage once verification is embedded at scale.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / SMX's valuation story has quietly crossed a critical threshold. The company is no longer asking the market to underwrite a concept. It is asking the market to recognize proof.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / One of the most misunderstood aspects of SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) valuation is the nature of the problem it is addressing. This is not a feature layered onto existing systems, and it is not a workflow improvement designed to shave costs at the margins. It is a response to a structural market failure that global supply chains have learned to tolerate because no viable alternative existed.

Black Book Research Q4 flash survey shows health plans shifting from effort-based sourcing to KPI-backed operating models, tightening third- and fourth-party controls while accelerating platform and cloud contract rationalization.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Gold rarely makes headlines for how it moves. Markets track prices, not pathways. Once refined, metal tends to lose its story. Where it came from, who handled it, and how it crossed borders have historically mattered less than what it weighed and where it settled.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Once industrial validation is achieved, the next inflection point is not linear growth. It is compounding leverage. This is where SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) valuation story becomes far more interesting than any single contract or pilot.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / One of the most overlooked aspects of SMX's recent execution is how efficiently it is opening entire markets through partnerships rather than direct market entry. This is not expansion by brute force. It is expansion by design.

Correction: The conversion price was incorrectly reported as .14/share. The correct price is .165/shareCorrection: Nextech3D.ai Provides Shareholder Update on Krafty Labs Acquisition and Announces $321,917 CEO InvestmentCorrection: The conversion price was incorrectly reported as .14/share. The correct price is .165/share

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / In early-stage companies, partnerships are often treated as marketing events. Logos get added to slides. Press releases get circulated. Little changes economically. SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) recent partnerships do not fit that pattern. They are not designed to signal interest. They are designed to embed capability inside operating systems that already matter.

The Company Sees Assets Grow to $30 Million, Breaking Several Corporate Records

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Healthcare investors have seen this movie before. A company leans hard on a single product, rides momentum while it lasts, then scrambles when conditions change. Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSM) chose a different path. Instead of betting the business on one asset or one trend, it focused on assembling infrastructure designed to absorb shocks rather than react to them.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / At its core, the SMX value proposition is not fragmented, even though it touches multiple industries. It is unified. What appears on the surface as plastics, textiles, metals, partnerships, and verification tools is, in reality, a single system designed to solve one foundational problem: the absence of persistent truth in global supply chains.

$4.1 million upfront with up to approximately $8.3 million of potential additional gross proceeds upon the exercise in full of warrants

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Goldgroup Mining Inc. ("Goldgroup" or the "Company") (TSX-V:GGA)(OTC:GGAZF).

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Alta Copper Corp. (TSX:ATCU)(OTCQX:ATCUF)(BVL:ATCU) ("Alta Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued an interim order dated December 19, 2025 in connection with an arrangement (the "Transaction") involving Alta Copper, Fortescue Ltd ("Fortescue") and Nascent Exploration Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortescue (the "Purchaser") authorizing the calling and holding of the special meeting (the "Meeting") of the holders (the "Alta Copper Shareholders") of common shares of the Company (the "Alta Copper Shares") and the holders (the "Optionholders") of options to purchase Alta Copper Shares (the "Company Options"), and other matters related to the conduct of the Meeting.

LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS / ACCESS Newswire / December 24, 2025 / Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLIN), a leader in AI-powered marketing technology, announced today that HawkSearch has been selected to power the on-site search experience for a national closeout retailer, with over 170 locations and a rapidly expanding eCommerce presence.

Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka has left LIV Golf for family reasons, the Saudi-backed circuit announced on Tuesday.

US trade officials determined that China should be punished for employing unfair tactics to dominate the semiconductor industry, but will wait 18 months to impose tariffs, American authorities said Tuesday.

Kepa Arrizabalaga was Arsenal's League Cup quarter-final hero with the decisive penalty shoot-out save that completed a miserable evening for Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix on Tuesday.

Nicolas Jackson scored twice as much-fancied Senegal began their Africa Cup of Nations bid with a convincing 3-0 win over Botswana on Tuesday, while Nigeria's Super Eagles made harder work of their opening match against Tanzania before claiming a 2-1 victory.

Elias Achouri's double helped Tunisia ease to a 3-1 win over Uganda in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday.