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STOCKHOLM, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) has been awarded the 2026 Food Planet Prize—the world’s largest environmental award—for its role in leading one of the most ambitious transitions to agroecology ever undertaken. The prize, worth $1.5m, was presented in Båstad, Sweden, on June 2. The Curt Bergfors Foundation has announced Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) as the winner of the 2026 Food Planet Prize, the world’s largest environmental award. All other finalists—Conscious Kitchen (US), NoPalm Ingredients (NL), and Savanna Institute (US)—received $150,000 in recognition of their work. WHAT APCNF DOES…

NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies has introduced a bill to ban MPs from crossing the floor without getting the support of their voters in a byelection. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Davies said his bill would require members of Parliament who wish to join another party to face their constituents through a byelection or sit as an independent until the next general election.Davies says he has tabled similar legislation in every Parliament since he was first elected in 2008, but that “this has fundamentally altered the nature” of the government that Canadians had elected and he believes the time has…

Eligible Canadians will soon be receiving extra money from the federal government in the form of a topped-up GST payment before the program transitions into the grocery benefit next month. The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB) was announced in January as a replacement for the GST/HST credit starting in July.Prime Minister Mark Carney billed the measure as increased financial support to more than 12 million Canadians to help manage the costs of everyday essentials like groceries. It will be essentially the same format and principle as the GST payment, but will have quarterly payment amounts that are 25 per…

The legal battle between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues despite their agreement to resolve their legal differences last month. On Monday, lawyers for Lively were back in court, trying to get a judge to make Baldoni pay her legal bills plus other penalties, according to The Associated Press.Lively’s lawyers said the 38-year-old actor is entitled to the money under a California law because Baldoni’s countersuit was thrown out last year by a judge.Last June, a judge dismissed Baldoni’s US$400-million defamation claim against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds after finding that her accusations of sexual harassment were legally protected,…

It wasn’t the way Alphonso Davies wanted to return to the field in his hometown of Edmonton, but Canada’s captain was still happy to be there. Davies got some running in before his teammates took on Uzbekistan in a pre-World Cup friendly at Commonwealth Stadium on Monday.The strides gave him a chance to test out the injured hamstring that prevented him from joining the group for training camp in Charlotte, N.C., last week.“It feels nice to get back on the pitch and do some running,” the 25-year-old Bayern Munich defender said after watching Canada down Uzbekistan 2-0.“I’m happy to be…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a “voluntary framework” for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they’re released “to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.”The order says the US AI industry has succeeded in part “because we refuse to stifle this innovation with overly burdensome regulation,” but that it also recognizes new AI capabilities come with security risks. Accordingly, it directs several federal agencies to come up with a framework to “assess the advanced cyber capabilities of AI models” before they’re released to the public. Companies would…

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zighra Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a Department of National Defence (DND) contract, through the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) program, to support the testing of IntentHunter, an AI-powered intent inference and situational awareness software platform designed to help counter rapidly evolving drone threats, referred to as uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). UAS threats are increasingly low-cost, adaptive, and difficult to interpret using static signatures alone, particularly as adversaries adjust emissions, configurations, and behaviours over time. The operational challenge is no longer just detection; it is understanding intent and quickly distinguishing…

SAN FRANCISCO, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Optery today announced it has been named a winner in the 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards, in the category of Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the award recognizes the organizations, products, and people applying cybersecurity in ways that deliver real, measurable protection. The 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards honor achievement across the full landscape of digital defense, spotlighting the companies and leaders moving security beyond reaction and into proactive, accountable practice. This year’s program recognized winners across 27 categories and 6 countries. Optery was recognized for its enterprise-grade personal data…

NULISA™ DBS Extraction Kit recovers proteins from dried blood spot and dried plasma spot microsamples collected on leading third-party remote sampling devices  Workflow extends NULISA into longitudinal, decentralized, and population-scale research FREMONT, Calif., June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alamar Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALMR), a leader in precision proteomics dedicated to enabling the earliest detection of disease, today launched the NULISA™ Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Extraction Kit, enabling researchers to run NULISA assays on microsamples collected at home, unlocking longitudinal and decentralized translational study designs in neurology, inflammation, and population health that cannot be supported by venous blood draws alone.…

DALLAS, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SUCCESS® magazine announced Robert Herjavec, cybersecurity entrepreneur, investor and Shark Tank star, as the cover talent for its July/August 2026 issue. Centered around Tech, this edition explores how breakthrough tools, smarter leadership and human-centered design are reshaping the way professionals build and win in an ever-evolving world. In the cover story, Dream Bigger, Herjavec reflects on the tech revolutions he has witnessed firsthand and how sustained winning demands more than innovation alone. From his roots as a cybersecurity entrepreneur to his role as one of television’s most recognized investors, he offers a candid…