It was a week of downward momentum for the gold price. The yellow metal neared the US$3,400 per ounce level on Monday (June 23) as investors reacted to the weekend’s escalation in tensions in the Middle East, but sank to just above US$3,300 the next day. The decline came as US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had ...
CCardano is advancing its position as a smart contract layer for Bitcoin, but Charles Hoskinson argues that the absence of an executive authority will affect the narrative. Key ecosystem players are backing claims that Cardano needs a new narrative amid as the network makes leap toward Bitcoin DeFi. Cardano Requires Executive Voice For Bitcoin DeFi The post Charles Hoskinson Says ...
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday attended a public demonstration in Sao Paulo to protest against his ongoing Supreme Court trial in the South American country. A couple of thousand people gathered on Paulista Avenue, one of the city’s main locations, in a demonstration that Bolsonaro, before the event, called “an act for freedom, for justice.” Bolsonaro and 33 ...
Former Senator Jeff Flake, one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics during his first administration, reacted to Sen. Thom Tillis’ retirement plans on Sunday. Tillis, who was one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the 2026 cycle, had faced threats from Trump to endorse a challenger after Tillis voted against the president’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ on Saturday night. In ...
Statistics Canada released April’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers on Friday (June 27). The data showed a slowing in the Canadian economy with a 0.1 percent monthly decline after it increased 0.2 percent in March as businesses attempted to get ahead of US tariff deadlines. In April, the shift in US trade policy led to significant declines in the manufacturing ...
US-based economist Peter Schiff has hit hard at US President Donald Trump for aggressively pursuing a Bitcoin strategy. While Trump is backing Bitcoin in a personal capacity and as president, Schiff theorizes that the US dollar will be the biggest casualty. Bitcoin Is Harmful To Our Country, Says Peter Schiff Barely a day after Donald The post Peter Schiff Says ...
Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, was called to back a demand for an early parliamentary election. The protest by tens of thousands was held after nearly eight months of persistent demonstrations led by Serbia’s university students that have rattled ...
After six weeks of consolidation and trading in a defined range, the markets finally broke out from this formation and ended the week with gains. Over the past five sessions, the markets have largely traded with a positive undercurrent, continuing to edge higher. The trading range was wider than anticipated; the Nifty traded in an 829-point range over the past ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday said alleged calls in Iran for the arrest and execution of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi are ‘unacceptable and should be condemned.’ Rubio’s warning came after Iranian parliament vice speaker Hamid Reza Haji Babaei banned Grossi and removed surveillance from its nuclear facilities, accusing Israel of acquiring ‘sensitive ...
The platinum price surged above US$1,400 per ounce during Thursday (June 26) morning trading, reaching its highest level in 11 years amid a wave of speculative buying in the US and China. In the US, industrial demand for the metal is rising as American carmakers scale back their electrification plans. At the same time, new policies are set to walk ...
President Donald Trump recently renewed his call for Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to resign. This comes as the president has consistently criticized Powell for his approach to managing interest rates. Trump, who once nominated Jerome Powell for the role, has now described the Fed Chair as a “stubborn mule” and suggested The post Donald Trump Calls ...
Min Young-jae has not seen or heard anything about her eldest brother for 75 years. He was 19 and she was only 2 when, during the early days of the Korean War, he was kidnapped to the North. Their peaceful days were shattered on June 25, 1950, when North Korea invaded the South. The three-year war would kill more than ...