Paraguay on Thursday kicked out a Chinese envoy for allegedly interfering in its domestic affairs and urging the South American nation to break off ties and long friendship with Taiwan. The Chinese diplomat was given 24 hours to leave the country. In a curt statement, Paraguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had revoked the…
Mexico hopes to strike a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to limit the number of third-country deportees it could receive from the US, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday. A similar deal to send deportees directly to their country of origin is already in place with the current Biden administration. “We hope to have…
Declaring martial law in a stable and boisterous democracy was an audacious gamble – and one that appears to have backfired spectacularly for South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. Now, the former prosecutor and conservative firebrand’s political career hangs by a thread, with an impeachment motion against him underway and the country’s leader rapidly losing…
The head of South Korea’s ruling party said Friday it is necessary to suspend the president’s constitutional powers and suggested the party would change its earlier opposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over his declaration of martial law. The People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon told reporters on Friday that he had received “credible…
The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from government control this week, is ultimately to overthrow authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant leader of the main group driving the country’s armed opposition. “When we talk about objectives, the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow…
Madison Metals (CSE:GREN,OTCQB:MMTLF) has entered into binding letters of intent to acquire the Howells Lake antimony-gold project, a 13,990 hectare property in Ontario’s Thunder Bay area. A historic resource estimate suggests that the site contains approximately 1.7 million metric tons at 1.7 percent antimony, representing around 51 million pounds of contained antimony. Chairman and CEO…
Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO) has signed a term sheet with Sumitomo Metal Mining (TSE:5713) for a joint venture to advance the Winu copper-gold project in Western Australia. The partnership, announced on Wednesday (December 4), seeks to develop both companies’ exploration initiatives. Sumitomo will acquire a 30 percent equity stake in the Winu project for US$399 million,…
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Heading into 2025, he said he thinks the yellow metal will be the year’s best-performing asset. ‘I would have to take gold — and again, for me it’s the risk that if we go to US$107,000 on Bitcoin, let’s say, we could pull back to US$75,000 next year … that drawdown is a hefty drawdown…
The gold price has seen ups and downs since the US election. The yellow metal took a hit directly after Donald Trump’s victory, falling to the US$2,550 per ounce level. But then it staged a quick recovery, passing US$2,700. It’s now pulled back again, currently at around US$2,650. In his view, a fall to US$2,500…
