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Exiled Chinese entrepreneur Guo Wengui, convicted of defrauding thousands of people of more than $1 billion, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison by a federal court in New York, US media reported.

Bleary-eyed fans in Tokyo struggled to come to terms with Japan's World Cup exit after watching their heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Brazil in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

With burning incense, flowers and tears, Indigenous Maya Guatemalans on Monday buried the remains of 68 victims of the country's civil war years after they were unearthed in mass graves.

Norway coach Stale Solbakken hailed the leadership of "powerhouse" Erling Haaland as he prepares his team to face Ivory Coast in the World Cup round of 32 on Tuesday.

A blast from an explosive device wounded Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev and two others in Monaco on Monday, authorities said, in a "deliberate" act unprecedented in the principality.

The Society of Saint Pius X celebrated the ordination of new priests on Monday, just two days before it could could trigger a full schism with Rome by consacrating its own bishops.

Paraguay sensationally sent four-time champions Germany crashing out of the World Cup on Monday as Brazil were given a huge scare before snatching a last-gasp victory over Japan to reach the last 16.

Partnership Underscores a Shared Commitment to Sports, Community Investment and Elevating Metro Detroit on a National Stage

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / EON Resources, Inc. (the "Company" or "EON") (NYSE American:EONR) is an independent upstream energy company with working interest ownership by subsidiaries of the Company in two fields in the prolific Permian Basin in Southeast New Mexico comprised of 20,000 leasehold acres. The fields produce over 1,000 aggregate barrels of oil per day. Today the Company announced its 2026-2030 growth strategy and capital expenditure ("capex") funding.

Technicians ran more than 100,000 equipment scans in a single month as OpsAI adoption reaches across dispatch, the field, and the back office.

America's Energy Moment: Building the Infrastructure That Powers Our Future

Stagwell's cross-network model offers the creative ambition and marketing capabilities an enterprise technology provider demands.

The nation's most experienced Virtual Health System says access to care should never be defined by zip code - and federal Rural Health Transformation funding is creating a historic opportunity to prove it.

JEDDAH, SA / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / Saudi Arabia has stressed the importance of international partnerships and cooperation in integrated water resources management as it seeks to maximize the impact of the 11th World Water Forum, which will be hosted in Riyadh next year.

New Start.io analysis reveals how fans, travelers, bettors, and mobile-first audiences are shaping New York's Knicks and FIFA World Cup moment.

JEDDAH, SA / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / The inaugural Saudi Water Week took place in Jeddah on Sunday in the presence of Prince Saud bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of the Makkah Region, bringing together a wide range of local, regional, and international participants.

Photograph Your Open Refrigerator for Instant Personalized Recipes - Faster, More Beautiful and Built for Scale

Denmark's The Mobile Robot Company wins IFOY Industrial Truck of the Year 2026 with a self-driving pallet jack built to empower warehouse operators rather than replace them.

Company remains sharply focused on its ongoing global development program for crofelemer for rare IF diseasesNear-term milestones for IF program buttressed by continuing groundbreaking results of study, which demonstrate reduction of parenteral support normalized to body weight of up to 48% in patient with the ultrarare pediatric microvillus inclusion disease (MVID)

BOULDER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNOA), a global healthcare leader in hypochlorous acid (HOCl) technology, today announced it has received a new 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Microdacyn® Wound Irrigation Solution, including expanded claims, clearance for multiple use, and additional packaging configurations.

IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / Allied Universal®, the world's leading security and facility services provider, today released a video message from Global Chairman and CEO Steve Jones commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States and honoring the individuals, organizations and communities whose contributions continue to strengthen the nation.

Accelerator deepens Japan ties amid growing government investment in entrepreneurship and fresh signal of global VC confidence in the region

Company Invites Investors to Submit Questions to be Answered on the Webcasted Earnings Call

PARIS, FR / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / Pacific Avenue Capital Partners ("Pacific Avenue"), a global private equity firm focused on corporate carve-outs and other complex transactions in the middle market, today announced that an affiliate of Pacific Avenue has completed the acquisition of ESE World (the "Company" or "ESE") from Amcor, one of the world's leading packaging companies.

Executives exercise previously issued warrants to acquire 200,000 common sharesShares issued in connection with exercise added to existing lock-up agreements

WEST PALM BEACH, FL / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / U.S. Polo Assn.®, the official sports brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), continues to gain global momentum in 2026, earning a series of high-profile honors and recognitions that reflect the brand's expanding footprint, deepening consumer trust, and growing influence in sports-driven content and storytelling.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQB:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed an independent National Instrument 43-101 technical report entitled "Mineral Resource Estimate, Preliminary Economic Assessment and NI 43-101 technical report for CoTec's Lac Jeannine Mine Tailings Reclamation and Restoration Project, Canada" dated June 24, 2026 and having an effective date of March 23, 2026 prepared by., JPL GeoServices Inc., Soutex Inc., Amerston Consulting Ltd. and Axe Valley Mining Consultants Ltd (the "PEA").

MEMPHIS, TN / ACCESS Newswire / June 30, 2026 / Greer Injury Lawyers, PLLC, a Memphis-based personal injury firm built on taking cases to trial, was recognized by the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association at the Association's Annual Convention in Chattanooga on June 12, 2026. The firm saw two of its attorneys honored in the same year: Founding attorney Thomas Greer received the TTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, and managing attorney Nora Alhussaini Taube received the TTLA New Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.

Female Executive Search, Diversity and Female Leadership: What Really Works – Practical Insights from One of Europe's Leading Energy Companies / Guest Speaker: EnBW Board Member & CHRO Colette Rückert-Hennen

At TT-Deploy JP, Tenstorrent set new records on language and video models, launched TT-Ascalon S RISC-V CPU IP for agentic AI, and joins ai&'s sovereign heterogenous inference platform with Tenstorrent Galaxy™ superclusters, a general-purpose system that can drop in beside GPUs or stands alone.

Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the hands of Paraguay in the last 32 after losing 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Foxborough on Monday.

At a makeshift morgue in the quake-hit Venezuelan port of La Guaira, forensic experts in blue gowns and caps picked their way through dozens of bodies laid out in bags under the sun.