Lithium ION Energy Limited (TSXV: ION) (FSE: ZA4) (‘ION’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to share that it has entered into a binding Joint Venture Agreement with SureFQ Ltd. (‘SureFQ’) for the advancement of the Urgakh Naran project in Mongolia, in which ION will continue to hold a 20% free carried interest through to commercial production. Highlights: Proven DLE operator ...

China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released in March showed. Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the largest glacial mass loss on record taking place in the last three years, according to a ...

North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict. The reinforcements, sent in January and February, add to the roughly 11,000 troops North Korea has sent to Russia ...

In a small village in the Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, Hamdan Ballal stood outside his house in a track suit with a black eye. He held the hand of his 18-month-old daughter, who stood in a pool of his dried blood. Things looked quite different for the award-winning director just weeks ago. He had flown to Los ...

Sudan’s army says it has wrested control of the capital Khartoum from a feared militia accused of genocide after ousting it from the Presidential Palace and the city’s airport it had held since the start of a brutal two-year conflict. But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ...

Four people were killed Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, according to a Facebook post by the Russian embassy in Egypt. It is unclear if all four were Russian, but the embassy said that they were aboard a submarine that carried 45 Russian tourists. Local Egyptian media reported earlier Thursday that six ...

For the first time in nearly 10 years, a Berkshire Hathaway employee claimed Warren Buffett’s $1 million grand prize for his company’s NCAA bracket contest. An anonymous employee from aviation training company FlightSafety International, a subsidiary of Buffett’s Berkshire, won the annual internal bracket contest after correctly calling 31 of the 32 games in the first round of the men’s basketball tournament dubbed ...

Fintech lender Affirm said Tuesday that it’s reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase to offer its buy now, pay later loan services to merchants on the bank’s payments network. U.S. merchants who use JPMorgan to handle payments can soon add Affirm to their checkout pages, according to a release. Consumers will have access to loans ranging from 30 days to 60 months, according to ...

The stronger-than-expected Services PMI reported on Monday injected optimism into the stock market. There was also some relief as news hit that the April 2 implementation of tariffs may be scaled back. On Tuesday, however, the market hit the brakes and stalled the upside momentum. Consumer confidence fell by 7.2 points in March, a sign that U.S. consumers are worried ...

Titanium Sands Limited (“TSL”) is pleased to announce the progression of the approval processes for its Mannar Heavy Mineral Project in Sri Lanka, following the release by the CEA of the Terms of Reference for the Mannar Island Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Central Environment Authority (CEA) has provided the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the environmental assessment of the Mannar ...