Dominic Sirico 
The Senegalese opposition on Tuesday denounced a “constitutional coup” after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the normally stable country into its worst crisis in decades. Lawmakers backed postponing this month’s polls until December 15 during a lengthy and heated debate, which at times descended into shoving and pushing. The … Read more
North American Lithium ramp up continues with record quarterly production in Q4’23 Operating cost improvements expected upon completion of key capital projects Piedmont offtake agreement provides strong leverage to anticipated recovery in lithium prices Ewoyaa advancing through approvals process with Final Investment Decision anticipated in 2025 Piedmont and Atlantic currently co-funding modest project development costs … Read more
Not for distribution to U.S. newswire services or dissemination in the United States TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$NHK.TO #gold—STLLR Gold Inc. (formerly Moneta Gold Inc.) (TSX: ME)(OTCQX: MEAUF)(FSE: MOPA) (“STLLR”) and Nighthawk Gold Corp. (“Nighthawk”) (TSX: NHK) are pleased to announce the completion of their previously announced at-market merger (the “Transaction”) by way of a court-approved plan of … Read more
Initial studies will focus on infants and young children; company plans to begin clinical trials in the United States and Australia in the first half of 2024 There are currently no approved disease-modifying treatments for Dravet syndrome SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Encoded Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing genetic medicines for severe central … Read more
Less than two years after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was swept to power, his family’s alliance with his firebrand predecessor Rodrigo Duterte has been shattered. Accusations of drug abuse, threats to split the country and rumours of a coup plot have destroyed the public facade of unity between the Marcos and Duterte families, which joined … Read more
Ravaged by grief, bearing torches and holding up portraits of their lost families, thousands of earthquake survivors gathered in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday for the first anniversary of Turkey’s worst disaster of modern times. At 4:17 am, the moment the first 7.8-magnitude shake set off a calamity that claimed more than 53,000 lives in … Read more
Doctor Maria Grazia Serra’s patients have been “breathing, eating and drinking” toxins from Taranto’s steelworks for decades, but a dispute over the vast Italian plant could finally see its ecological conversion. Italy’s hard-right government is set to decide this week whether to place the debt-ridden former Ilva plant under state administration, in a bid to … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to fly to Egypt on Tuesday as part of a Middle East crisis tour seeking a new truce and “an enduring end” to the Israel-Hamas war. In Cairo, Blinken is scheduled to met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the day after he held talks in Riyadh with … Read more
Britain’s King Charles III, whose cancer diagnosis was announced on Monday, has thrown himself into the role of monarch since ascending to the throne nearly 17 months ago. At an age when most people are retired, Charles, now 75, began the job he was born to do in September 2022 upon the death of Queen … Read more
King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, just a week after he was discharged from hospital following prostate surgery. The announcement prompted a flood of messages of support, with the 75-year-old monarch’s estranged son Prince Harry saying he had spoken with the king about his … Read more
