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Ivy League Tech Grad Arrested For UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder

In a high-profile case that has gripped the healthcare industry, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been arrested in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was fatally shot in what authorities have described as a “targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel last week. Mangione, a former Ivy League graduate, was taken into custody […]

Stellantis and CATL Commit €4.1 Billion to Spanish Lithium Battery Plant

Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) have announced a €4.1 billion joint investment to establish a large-scale lithium iron phosphate battery production facility in Zaragoza, Spain. The plant, located at Stellantis’ existing manufacturing site, is projected to start operations by late 2026, ultimately achieving an annual production capacity of up to […]

El Salvador Weighs Bitcoin Law Change to Access $3.3 Billion in Loans

El Salvador’s mandatory Bitcoin requirements for businesses could soon end as the country negotiates access to major international financing, including $1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The proposed amendment would end a key provision of the country’s groundbreaking 2021 cryptocurrency legislation, making Bitcoin acceptance optional for merchants rather than compulsory. The change could […]

Lundin Gold Guides To Slight Production Uptick In 2025

Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) is anticipating slight growth in its production profile in 2025, as revealed through the release of its 2025 guidance and three year outlook released this morning. The gold miner is expecting to produce between 475,000 and 525,000 ounces of gold in 2023, which represents a 5% increase on a midpoint basis […]

Palisades Goldcorp To Acquire Radio Fuels In All Stock Transaction

Palisades Goldcorp (TSXV: PALI) is apparently acquiring assets within the uranium sector. The company announced this morning that it will be acquire Radio Fuels Energy (CSE: CAKE) in an all-stock transaction. The arrangement will see Radio Fuels shareholders receive 0.060538 of a Palisades common share for each share held, which based on yesterdays closing price […]

Torex Gold Sees Authorities Shut Down Operations At Morelos

Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) has seen its mine shut down by federal authorities following the deaths of three individuals at the mine last week. The single asset producer has seen the Director General of Mines under the Federal Ministry of Economy serve notice that operations at Torex’s Morelos property are to be suspended on a […]

ByteDance Makes Last-Minute Bid to Block TikTok Sale Deadline

ByteDance and TikTok asked a US appeals court on Monday to temporarily halt a law requiring the Chinese company to sell its video-sharing app by January 19 or face a US ban, warning it would “shut down TikTok — one of the nation’s most popular speech platforms — for its more than 170 million domestic […]

Tokyo University Blocked Applications From China By Using Tiananmen Square As A Keyword

The University of Tokyo is facing allegations that one of its graduate programs deliberately prevented mainland Chinese students from applying by embedding banned keywords in its website code, according to an investigation by the university’s student newspaper. Todai Shimbun reported that the Computational Biology and Medical Sciences Program’s admissions page contained the term “June 4th […]

How Water Rights Can Help Fund A 100K Ton Copper Project | Christian Easterday – Hot Chili

In this interview, Christian Easterday, Managing Director & CEO of Hot Chili Limited (TSXV: HCH), outlines the company’s dual focus on copper development and strategic water assets. Easterday begins by discussing their Costa Fuego copper project in Chile, highlighting its advantageous low altitude location. The project aims to produce 100,000 tons of copper annually, positioning […]

Could Assad’s Fall Revive Qatar-Turkey Gas Pipeline Plans?

The collapse of Syria’s Assad regime could revive discussion of a strategic natural gas pipeline project that was blocked for over a decade, though significant security and political challenges remain. The proposed $10 billion, 1,500-kilometer Qatar-Turkey pipeline, which Bashar al-Assad rejected in 2009 to protect Russian interests, would transport gas from Qatar’s massive South Pars/North […]