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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Sputnik) - The volume of gold added to Russia's reserves in the first half of 2025 was 450 tonnes, compared to 313 tonnes for the same period last year, representing a growth rate of 43.8%, Russian Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov tells Sputnik.

Activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday expressed her contempt for the international community for its continued inaction on ending the mass suffering being inflicted on Gaza by the Israeli government.

By Stephen Saunders The March for Australia demonstrates the necessity of pushing back the “you’re a racist” slur habitually deployed by the all-powerful minority—our mega-migration lobby.  It was like Goliath encountering a David with no slingshot. Yet the governing Big Australia minority went ballistic over the March for Australia (MfA). From 2021-22, the border reopening

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, a callback to the department’s original name used from 1789 to 1947.

The first gigawatt scale battery, and the largest storage asset with grid forming inverters - has been registered six weeks ahead of schedule.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance admits today: there has been no monitoring of the €211 billion of public money paid unconditionally and without compensation each year to companies. There has been no control, no monitoring of results, no traceability of the use of these astronomical sums. It is one of the greatest state scandals!

The French have reason to be angry!

Patrick CHAMPAGNAC

Westpac has released its monthly Housing Pulse, which reports a “discernible shift in Australia’s housing market”, with buyers “perking up”, price growth lifting, auction clearance rates rising, and supply tightening. Westpac notes that “housing-related sentiment has turned”, with the ‘time to buy a dwelling’ index surging another 10% in August, buoyed by RBA rate cuts.

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Honest Government Ad | Visit Norway!

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The Government of Norway made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

Asian share markets are higher across the board as traders start to anticipate tonight’s US jobs print with continued speculation that the Fed is likely going to pull a put regardless of tonight’s NFP result. Meanwhile bond markets are trying to recover with many long dated yields across the UK, Japan and USA backing off

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SAPN boss Andrew Bills on the challenges of managing the local network in the world's most advanced renewable grid, and where half of all homes have rooftop solar.

Goldman says buy gold. Since the spring, markets have started to transition from tariff uncertainty into tariff reality, which has helped stabilize economic activity indicators and reduced consensus (and our own) probability of a US recession (though it remains above the historical average). However, we believe important risks remain that reinforce the diversification benefits of

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Transmission companies are spending billions on dozens of giant syncons. Tesla says this is wrong-headed as battery grid forming inverters are smarter and cheaper.