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South Korea's president ordered on Tuesday swift action to penalise those responsible for a major data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang affecting more than 33 million customers.

Samsung launched its first triple-folding phone on Tuesday, a special-edition product with an eyewatering price tag placing it out of the reach of the average consumer.

Apple on Monday said the head of its artificial intelligence team is stepping down, and the effort is to be led by a veteran engineer from Google and Microsoft.

Stocks rose Tuesday following the previous day's stutter as more weak US data helped solidify US interest rate cut optimism and tempered nervousness over rising Japanese bond yields.

England head into Thursday's day-night second Ashes Test against pink-ball masters Australia needing a rare victory at Brisbane's Gabba to get back into the five-match series.

When South Korea's leader declared martial law a year ago, one young woman blocked a tank, a civil servant resigned in protest and a lawmaker switched sides to remove him from office.

Children scarred by the war in Gaza are undergoing a therapy programme using virtual reality headsets that transport the youngsters to a world far away from the destruction around them.

A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company.

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Trump administration's controversial proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

More than 120,000 people are expected to attend Pope Leo XIV's mass in Beirut on Tuesday, the final day of his Lebanon visit and a chance to pay his respects at the site of the huge 2020 port explosion.

United States figure skater Ilia Malinin can burnish his credentials as the red-hot favourite for Olympic gold when he faces his rivals at the Grand Prix Final in Japan this week.

Kane Williamson had a quick return to Test cricket Tuesday as New Zealand reached 17-1 at lunch in a rain-interrupted opening session of the first Test against the West Indies in Christchurch.

Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South Pacific to cover their tracks, an AFP analysis of sanctions data has revealed.

US First Lady Melania Trump unveiled this year's White House Christmas decorations on Monday -- in a reduced space after President Donald Trump demolished part of the historic building for a new ballroom.

LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Following CMS's announcement of the new ACCESS Model (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions), Electronic Caregiver, Inc. (ECG) announced its intention to collaborate with eligible Medicare Part B providers and health organizations once CMS releases its list of participating entities in 2026.

CALGARY, AB / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Tornado Infrastructure Equipment Ltd. ("Tornado" or the "Company") (TSXV:TGH)(OTCQX:TGHLF) is pleased to announce that at a special meeting of securityholders held earlier today (the "Meeting"), holders ("Shareholders") of Class "A" common shares ("Shares") of Tornado and holders ("Optionholders", and together with the Shareholders, the "Securityholders") of options to acquire Shares ("Options") voted in favour of the special resolution (the "Arrangement Resolution") approving the previously announced plan of arrangement involving the Company, The Toro Company ("Toro") and Tornado Acquisition Company ULC (the "Purchaser"), an affiliate of Toro, pursuant to which the Purchaser will acquire all of the issued and outstanding Shares for cash consideration of CAD $1.92 per Share (the "Arrangement").

Cloud-based SaaS Product Turns Data Centers and Software Applications from Grid Consumers to Grid Partners Helping to Decarbonize and Stabilize the Electricity Supply

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / The world doesn't have a waste problem because it creates too much waste. It has a waste problem because it can't see what it creates. Every year, trillions of dollars in usable materials move through global waste streams without proper identification, tracking, or valuation. Plastics with high recovery value get mixed with low-value fragments. Metals that should be recirculated end up buried. Reusable industrial materials get misclassified because the system relies on guesswork instead of evidence.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Karbon-X, Inc. (OTC:KARX), a leader in community-driven carbon reduction and sustainability innovation, has selected New to The Street, one of the nation's most influential multi-platform financial news brands, for a monthly broadcast interview series reaching audiences nationwide and internationally.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Gold markets rarely shift with headlines. They shift when a region builds a system so strong, so consistent, and so advanced that the rest of the world has no choice but to follow it. Dubai has reached that point. The DMCC spent more than two decades building its infrastructure, but the global pivot didn't happen until it demonstrated something new. It showed the world what gold looks like when material truth becomes part of the metal itself. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) helped make that possible by introducing molecular-level verification that gives gold a permanent identity from the moment it's sourced to the moment it enters a vault. That combination is reshaping how global traders define trust.

With 64% of U.S. executives planning to change roles within the next three years, LHH expands its client solutions with its new US Retained Executive Search Practice designed to help organizations secure the leaders who will shape the future of work.

New Program Empowers Solution Providers to Deploy Unified, Secure IT/OT Infrastructures

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / ARway Corporation (CSE:ARWY)(OTCQB:ARWYF), a leading provider of no-code, no-hardware AR navigation technology, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement dated December 1, 2025 (the "Definitive Agreement") with Nextech3D.ai (CSE:NTAR)(OTCQX:NEXCF)(FSE:1SS), pursuant to which Nextech has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of ARway ("Arway Shares") not already owned by Nextech (the "Transaction"). Nextech currently owns approximately 15 million ARway Shares, or ~40% of the 38.6 million ARway Shares outstanding.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Everyone has an opinion on artificial intelligence, but the conversation usually orbits around consumer apps, language models, and chat interfaces. The real transformation is happening far from the spotlight, inside factories, smelters, recycling plants, and industrial facilities that run machinery powerful enough to build nations. Industrial AI lives in a world where inputs can't be guessed. They have to be right. A machine can't optimize a process if it doesn't understand what it's touching. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is giving industrial AI the thing it's been missing for years. It's giving materials their own identity, so AI systems can operate with truth instead of assumptions.

Nextech already owns 15million shares or about 40% of the 38 million shares outstanding in Arway Corporation ("Arway") OTCQB: ARWYF / CSE: ARWY

Retirement-focused team launches RIA with assets remaining under custody with Wells Fargo Clearing Services

A Remarkable Memoir Reveals the Composer's Own Story-Including the Hidden Muse Behind The Nutcracker

Co-led by SemperVirens Venture Capital and Next Ventures, with participation by Sanofi Ventures, Lux Capital, Civilization Ventures, How Women Invest and other notable investors

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Dubai didn't just strengthen its gold market. It changed the competitive landscape for every major trading hub on the planet. Once the DMCC demonstrated that material-level verification could be embedded into precious metals and validated at global scale, the entire structure of international trade shifted. Traders now see what it looks like when a commodity carries its own identity. They see faster clearances, cleaner pricing, tighter compliance, and fewer disputes. And they see something else. They see that every other hub now has to play catch-up.

ESTERO, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASBP) ("Aspire" or the "Company"), a developer of a multi-faceted patent-pending drug delivery technology, is pleased to announce that on November 3, 2025, it submitted its Pre-IND meeting request and briefing package to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The submission concerns the Company's lead product candidate, a fast-acting, high-dose sublingual aspirin formulation for the treatment of suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and represents a significant milestone on the path to potential FDA approval.

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Career Management Partners (CMP), a minority- and woman-owned talent and transition firm, has been named to Hunt Scanlon Media's 2025 Non-Profit Recruiting Top 70, which recognizes leading executive search firms serving mission-driven organizations.

New Mesa campus deepens Strive's roots in Arizona, expands production capabilities, and accelerates job creation as the company surpasses 700,000 sq. ft. of national operations.