The price of spot gold climbed past $2,500 an ounce to a new record on Wednesday. The precious metal has rallied more than 20% this year on anticipation that interest rates could eventually ease. Since gold offers no yield, traders consider it a better investment when central banks slash rates. For this same reason, spot…
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that Australia, Britain and the United States now have comparable export-control regimes, a significant step needed to facilitate technology sharing and allow the trilateral AUKUS defense pact to move ahead. AUKUS, formed in 2021 to address shared worries about China’s…
Aug. 15 (UPI) — Tens of thousands of women in eastern India took to the streets overnight to protest the rape and murder of a female junior doctor working the night shift at a public hospital in Kolkata. The Reclaim the Night march on the eve of a holiday to mark 77 years of independence…
Denmark is strengthening its border controls with neighboring Sweden following a string of violent crimes involving Swedish gangs in the Danish capital. The police are increasing their inspections on trains crossing the Oresund Bridge that connects Copenhagen with Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city. Peter Hummelgaard, Denmark’s justice minister, said that more resources to monitor car traffic…
BERLIN, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A German military base next to Cologne airport was temporarily sealed off on Wednesday and soldiers there were told not to drink tap water as authorities investigated possible sabotage, the military’s Territorial Command said. A guard detected a hole in the fence near the water processing plant of the barracks…
Workers at the world’s largest copper mine in Chile are striking after pay talks with Australian resources giant BHP fell apart, casting a shadow of uncertainty Wednesday over the market for the commodity. The Escondida mine in northern Chile yearly digs up around five percent of the world’s copper, a coveted metal used in everything…
Kishida’s three-year term has been marked by scandal, rising living costs and record defence spending Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he will not run for the presidency of his ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) next month – a decision that will result in the appointment of a new leader of the world’s fourth-biggest…
A group of Israeli teen Ultimate Frisbee players were banned from an international competition in Belgium last week after a vandal scrawled antisemitic statements near their playing field — and the heartbroken kids and coaches are wondering why. The Israeli delegation — which included 33 players between the ages of 13 and 16, as well…
A shop security guard has described how he helped save an 11-year-old girl as she was being attacked by a knifeman in London’s Leicester Square. In a statement, the Met Police said a 32-year-old man had been arrested and taken into custody after the girl and her 34-year-old mother were stabbed. Abdullah, 29, who works…
Aug 12 (Reuters) – One Israeli male hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said on Monday. Abu Ubaida blamed the incident on what he described as Israeli “massacres” against Palestinians. “The enemy government…