After trading intraday Thursday to $5,595, spot gold was 16% lower at Friday's lows - the biggest intraday decline since the early 1980s. Read more here.

“Opt-out states” are those that use their own processes to verify eligibility instead of the National Lifeline Accountability Database. The FCC already revoked California’s opt-out status in November ...

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Malaysia’s street food is showcased through a spicy giant lobster dish that stands out for its size, texture, and heavy ...

What Farage and Trump are feeding off are not the practical arguments but the cumulative paranoia they have themselves ...

S&P 500 nears major resistance as risks mount: bubble valuations, falling USD, rising yields, and gold’s warning.

The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday and forecasts a gradual economic recovery from the U.S.

Opinion Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a novella-length essay about the risk of superintelligent AI, something that ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is bolstering its military presence in the Middle East amid tensions with Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate. Follow ...

Grade inflation is the predictable result of how American universities now organize teaching, labor, and money.

The blind Bulgarian mystic known as the 'Nostradamus of the Balkans' has issued stark predictions for 2026 including World War Three, natural disasters, alien contact and the rise of AI ...

Long before Sputnik launched, something else may have already been orbiting Earth. Known as the Black Knight Satellite, this mysterious object has sparked theories of alien observation, ancient ...