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Ships attacked in Gulf as Trump extends Iran ceasefire

Iranian gunboats attacked at least one container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, maritime agencies said, despite US President Donald Trump announcing he was extending a ceasefire to allow more time for peace talks.

Germany set to slash growth forecast due to Mideast war

The German government on Wednesday is expected to cut its growth forecast for this year as the energy shock triggered by the Middle East war hammers Europe's biggest economy.

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EU slams China dairy duties as 'unjustified'

Brussels hit back Monday at China slapping duties of up to 42.7 percent on some dairy products from the European Union, calling the move "unjustified".

Stocks diverge as rate hopes rise, AI fears ease

Stock markets diverged Monday and gold hit a record high as the latest round of US data boosted hopes for more interest rate cuts and concerns over AI spending subsided.

Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against cement giant

A Swiss court has decided to hear a landmark climate case pitting residents of a tiny Indonesian island being swallowed by rising sea levels against cement giant Holcim, NGOs helping the islanders said Monday.

Asian markets rally with Wall St as rate hopes rise, AI fears ease

Asian markets rallied Monday and gold hit a record high as the latest round of US data boosted hopes for more interest rate cuts, while worries over AI spending also subsided.

As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese

Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market.

AI resurrections of dead celebrities amuse and rankle

In a parallel reality, Queen Elizabeth II gushes over cheese puffs, a gun-toting Saddam Hussein struts into a wrestling ring, and Pope John Paul II attempts skateboarding.

TGI Group Unveils the Future of Self-Sustaining Energy Hubs

TGI Transforms Environmental Liabilities into Strategic Mineral and Energy Assets

Inaugural "Investing in the HEART of Our Community" Gala Raises Funds for Texas Children's Heart Center

New Braunfels-based Mundorf Wealth Management hosts charitable event benefiting the nation's leading pediatric cardiovascular program.

SMX and Partners Push Gold Compliance Out of the Back Office and Into the Supply Chain

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / For much of its history, compliance in the gold industry lived at the end of the process. Gold was sourced, refined, and traded first. Documentation followed. Audits came later. Trust was assumed unless challenged.

SMX Mission To Provide Gold Verified Identity Advances With Two New Industry Alliances

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / For centuries, gold's value rested on weight, purity, and trust. In modern markets, those attributes are no longer sufficient on their own. Gold is increasingly being treated not just as a commodity, but as a regulated data asset, one whose market acceptance depends as much on verifiable provenance, custody, and compliance as on chemical composition.

SMX Strikes Joint Initiative with FinGo & Bougainville Refinery Ltd to Deliver Verifiable Identification for Trillion Dollar Gold Market

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / For years, transparency in the global gold market advanced in theory faster than in practice. Standards evolved. Guidance tightened. And, expectations rose. Yet the most important part, implementation, lagged, constrained by fragmented systems that verified paperwork more easily than reality. That gap is now closing, and it is closing quickly.

Switching Payroll Providers Won't Fix Past IRS Errors - Clear Start Tax Warns Business Owners About Lingering Liability

Tax professionals say changing payroll services may stop future mistakes, but it does not erase unpaid taxes or filing errors already on record with the IRS.

New Joint Initiative to Tackle Core Identity Challenge For The Global Precious Metals Industry

SMX, FinGo & Bougainville Refinery Ltd to Deliver Verifiable Identification for Gold

Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre recognized with 2026 Consumer Choice Award for Hotel in London

LONDON, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre has been selected as the 2026 Consumer Choice Award winner in the Hotel category, acknowledging its commitment to comfort, service and versatile accommodations in the London region. The award highlights the hotel's reputation for quality hospitality across a variety of guest needs, including business travel, family stays, leisure visits and special events.

EON Resources Inc. Reports Management and Directors Buy an Additional 282,000 Shares of EON Class A Common Stock for a Total of 1,561,000 Shares Bought in 2025 and a Total Ownership of Over 5 million Shares

HOUSTON, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / EON Resources Inc. (NYSE American:EONR) ("EON" or the "Company") is an independent upstream energy company with 20,000 leasehold acres in the Permian Basin. The fields have a total of 750 producing and injection wells producing over 1,000 barrels of oil per day. Today, the Company reports that part of the management team and several independent directors ("Team") purchased a combined 282,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock on the open market in the past three weeks.

Third 'Avatar' film soars to top in N. American box office debut

"Avatar: Fire and Ash," the third installment in James Cameron's blockbuster sci-fi fantasy series, debuted atop the North American box office with $88 million in ticket sales in the weekend before Christmas, industry estimates showed Sunday.

China's rare earths El Dorado gives strategic edge

Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters of crucial rare earths is mined around the clock by a secretive and heavily guarded industry.

Wheelchair user flies into space, a first

A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking a brief ride on a Blue Origin flight.

French culture boss accused of mass drinks spiking to humiliate women

Hiyam Zarouri was delighted when a senior civil servant at France's prestigious culture ministry reached out to her on Linkedin offering the then jobless 25-year-old career advice.

US Afghans in limbo after Washington soldier attack

Afghans who worked alongside US troops during almost two decades of war were once promised a home in the United States to shelter them from the extremist intolerance of the Taliban.

Nasdaq rallies again while yen falls despite BOJ rate hike

Resurgent artificial intelligence shares lifted the Nasdaq Friday for a second straight session while the yen retreated despite a Bank of Japan interest rate hike.

IMF approves $206 mn aid to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah

The International Monetary Fund said Friday that its board has approved $206 million in emergency financing for Sri Lanka, to help in the country's recovery from the devastating Cyclone Ditwah.

Stocks advance with focus on central banks, tech

Global stock markets mostly advanced on Friday as traders reacted to central bank activity and easing concerns over the technology sector.

France's budget hits snag in setback for embattled PM

A joint committee of French lawmakers on Friday failed to reach a compromise on the state budget for next year, parliamentary sources said, meaning France would not have a 2026 budget by year end.

Volatile Oracle shares a proxy for Wall Street's AI jitters

For a reading of Wall Street's shifting mood on the artificial intelligence investment boom, take a look at the daily fluctuations of Oracle stock, analysts say.

Japan hikes interest rates to 30-year-high

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates to a 30-year high of 0.75 percent on Friday, the first increase since January, as it said the economy had shown signs of improvement.

'We are ghosts': Britain's migrant night workers

"We are ghosts on the night shift," says Leandro Cristovao from Angola, who has worked the graveyard shift at a south London market for seven years.

Asian markets rise as US inflation eases, Micron soothes tech fears

Asian markets rose Friday as a below-forecast read on US inflation boosted hopes for another interest rate cut next month, while blockbuster earnings from chip firm Micron helped soothe nerves over a tech bubble.

EU agrees 90-bn-euro loan for Ukraine, but without Russian assets

EU leaders struck a deal Friday to provide Ukraine a 90-billion-euro loan to plug its looming budget shortfalls -- but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.

EU fails to agree Russian asset plan for Ukraine

EU leaders failed Friday to agree a deal on using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine -- with overnight talks pivoting instead towards providing Kyiv a loan backed by the bloc's common budget.

Trump signs $900 bn defense policy bill into law

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping defense policy bill into law Thursday that signaled strong bipartisan support for Europe and defied the US leader's increasingly hostile posture toward NATO and America's closest allies.

Cannabis Is Running Into the Same Wall Plastics Already Hit, SMX Breaks Through it

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 19, 2025 / Cannabis did not design its infrastructure for permanence. It designed it for speed.

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