Silver-mining companies and juniors have seen support from a strong silver price in 2025. The white metal has gained steadily since the start of the year, rising 11.47 percent to breach the US$32 per ounce mark. Silver’s dual function as a monetary and industrial metal offers great upside. Demand from…
Valentine’s Day is here again — the season of grand gestures, red roses and debates over the perfect gift. Jewelry is a favorite choice, with engagement rings, bracelets and necklaces serving as timeless symbols of love. But when it comes to picking the ultimate metal of romance, is gold the…
The U.S. spirits industry maintained its market share leadership over beer and wine for a third straight year in 2024, even as revenues slid, according to new data released Tuesday. Spirits supplier sales in the U.S. fell 1.1% last year to a total of $37.2 billion, while volumes rose 1.1%,…
When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made an appearance in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint, the conservative group’s plan was simple: Abolish it entirely. Now, with a Project 2025 co-author in charge of the bureau, that idea looks like a real possibility. Over the weekend, Russ Vought, President Donald…
Last week, White House crypto czar David Sacks held his first press conference to discuss the future of crypto policy coming out of the Trump administration. While that will include stablecoin legislation and digital asset regulation, Sacks told CNBC that a top agenda idea is also evaluating “whether it’s feasible to…
A Russian citizen was released as part of an exchange involving American teacher Marc Fogel and will return to Russia soon, the Kremlin said. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated Wednesday that a recent intensification of contacts between Russian and US departments led to Fogel’s release, as well as “one of the…
A satirical petition ostensibly aiming to crowdfund a trillion dollars to allow Denmark to buy California has received more than 200,000 signatures. “Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.’ Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…
Wednesday’s meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels was, on paper, about coordinating military aid for Ukraine and welcoming the new US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth into the international fold. In practice, it was a day that saw the Trump administration upend the alliance’s approach to this almost 3-year-old…
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed, without evidence, that the first round of the country’s presidential election was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round with a slim lead — which authorities have called a technical tie with his leftist rival Luisa González. “There have been many…
It was supposed to be the moment US President Donald Trump’s vision of bringing peace to the Middle East by redeveloping the war-torn Gaza strip into “Riviera” style premium housing and permanently relocating its more than 2 million residents finally got a reality check. Instead, it was the moment the…