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Oil prices extended gains Tuesday amid fears of a fresh bout of military exchanges between the United States and Iran following a flare-up at the weekend and Donald Trump's warning that he will hit the country "hard".

A knife-wielding woman stabbed and killed a person and injured another in New York's tourist-filled Times Square on Monday, before she was shot and killed by police.

Stefanos Tsitsipas said on Monday that he was not surprised that his old rival Nick Kyrgios tested positive for cocaine and was suspended.

Anthropic signed a $35 billion deal for access to cloud computing power from a US-based startup backed by Nvidia, adding to a string of such deals clinched by the artificial intelligence (AI) developer amid fierce competition for advanced computing power.

As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the forests of Nagano in Japan, where rising nationwide attacks have brought fear and resulted in the culling of thousands of the animals.

In a theatrical adaptation of the Odyssey by Ukraine's Azov military corps, Penelope beats a suitor to death with plastic grocery bags.

In the heart of the Abu Dhabi desert, workers toil inside warehouses assembling drones and missiles for the UAE's Edge group, riding high on a wave of new demand for its weapons battle-tested by the Middle East war.

The rhythmic hammering of nails and the whine of saws echo around a coastal Karachi neighbourhood, where small figures of men work atop massive wooden fishing hulls that loom beneath a pale summer sky.

Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur.

Marnus Labuschagne was axed Tuesday from Australia's one-day squad to face Zimbabwe and South Africa, but rising stars Cooper Connolly, Ollie Peake and Joel Davies made the cut.

TOKYO, JP / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / Spider Labs, Inc., a leading provider of marketing security solutions, today announced that its anti-ad-fraud platform, Spider AF, now supports traffic identification and independent measurement for ChatGPT Ads. As generative AI emerges as a vital digital advertising channel, this new integration enables advertisers to evaluate ChatGPT Ads performance with verified, objective data and make more informed investment decisions.

Proprietary AI Vision Platform Now Positioned as a Quality-Control Tool for Farming Operations and High-Volume Foodservice Environments

RICHARDSON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXS), a leading manufacturer of precision optical sighting systems for domestic and worldwide military and commercial applications, announced today it has been awarded a new contract for infrared windows, bringing Optex's Applied Optics Center back into the infrared coatings market.

Interoperability Leader Announces Capital Health Plan as Inaugural User of New Solution

MCLEAN, VA / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / Gladstone Alternative Income Fund ("Gladstone Alternative" or the "Fund") announced today that its board of trustees declared monthly cash distributions to shareholders for the month of September. The September distribution amount is $0.001967 per calendar day for each issued and outstanding Class A share, Class C share, and Class I share for the period beginning September 1, 2026 and ending September 30, 2026. The distributions will be paid on September 30, 2026 for Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") participants and October 1, 2026 for non-DRIP participants.

Investment through Kyocera spans water for data centers, worldwide manufacturing operations, and development of VVater's whole-home water system

The Stagwell company helps organizations turn behavioral and location intelligence into real-world consumer insight

Seismic Initiative Marks Key Step Toward Future Drilling and the Development of Natural Gas-Powered Digital Infrastructure

New equipment provides capacity to produce up to 20 million rounds per month, helping meet marketplace demand

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / SMX has the technology to give a renewed American manufacturing economy something the original "Made in America" movement never had: the ability to certify what is actually American.

(Event Title Correction: 2026 NBS Fall Semi-Annual Market)Nation's Best Sports market delivers valuable dealer insight and reinforces Champion's focus on production, fulfillment, dealer support and long-term growth

IRVINE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / Allied Universal®, the world's leading security and facility services company, has been named to Forbes list of America's Best Employers By State 2026 in Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey and Washington. The recognition reflects the strength of the company's workplace culture and the meaningful impact its people have in shaping it every day.

Platform usage has grown more than 10x in the past year as data teams adopt the AI-native platform to build and govern pipelines and AI agents in one environment.

Through its partnership with Cert Center Canada and anti-icing technologies developed by the University of Toronto, the Company progresses toward bringing an all-weather VTOL to market

Commercial Deliveries Underway: New Rise Reno is actively shipping orders to paying customers, currently at approximately 55,000 gallons per day.Dual Revenue Model Activated: More than 886,400 gallons produced to date, generating over 1.5 million D4 Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), with XCF executing its first RIN monetization transaction at $2.27 per RIN.Pathway Toward Nameplate Capacity: Current operations demonstrate progress toward the facility's permitted nameplate production capacity of up to 38 million gallons per year.Major Q4 Catalyst: Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blending component production is currently targeted to begin in Q4 2026.

CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRNA), today announced its participation in the following upcoming investor conferences:

Lucky Number 7 Has a Whole New Meaning at Penguin Playhouse

CEO Kyle Hall to present in New York City on September 9, 2026

Insurance coverage for gender affirming surgeries is accepted by Dr. Sajan

CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / September 1, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce that partner Xcite Uranium Inc. (TSX-V:XRI) ("XRI or Xcite"), has commenced a diamond drilling program at Eagle Plains' 100% owned Lorado Project, Saskatchewan. The 1200m, 3-hole program will test for uranium mineralization defined by both historical work and results from the 2025-2026 field programs.

Alexander Zverev captured his first Grand Slam title at the French Open this year, and now the US Open top seed is eager for another crack at the Slam that got away.

Heavy rainstorms swept through the Grand Canyon on Monday, threatening efforts to find more than a dozen people missing after flash floods over the weekend, the National Park Service (NPS) said, with two bodies already recovered.