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The Russian Central Bank’s gold bullion stockpile continued its record growth this year, climbing to well over 2,600 tonnes, as the country continues its push to steer its international reserves away from the dollar. Russia produced over 185.1 tonnes of…
On Friday, US President Donald Trump signed the FY2020 National Defence Authorisation Act into law, with its provisions including sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. A day later, the Treasury confirmed that the restrictions had snapped into…
Late last year, Israeli Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz pledged to begin gas supplies to Egypt and Jordan in 2019, in line with “the signed agreement”. Israeli natural gas exports to Egypt are due to start in mid-January and will…
Part of Looking back at the tumultuous 2010s Ten years ago on Christmas Eve, the Senate passed its version of Obamacare. The 2010s began with the United States taking its most significant steps toward universal health coverage in a generation.…
Even as it stymied hundreds of bills this year, the Republican-dominated Senate was laser-focused, yet again, on confirming a huge number of judges at a rapid pace. That included three who were deemed “not qualified” for the job, by the…
Early Sunday morning, a Chicago house party held to memorialize a member of the community who died from gun violence last spring was interrupted by two gunmen who opened fire in and around the house, wounding 13 people, four of…
