Venezuela offered the Trump administration access to its oil and other natural resources in hopes of ending tensions between countries that have been simmering for years but amplified in recent months as Washington repositioned naval assets in the Caribbean to begin a war on alleged drug boats.
Denmark announced last week that it will spend billions of dollars more in defense for Greenland after recent pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump who inquired about taking over the landmass and criticized Copenhagen for failing to sufficiently defend the territory.
Poland has ramped up its military spending over what it sees as Russia’s uncontained aggression in the region and sees itself as the possible front in a wider war with Moscow.
The decision made by Berlin to go with Christian Freuding as the country’s new Inspector of the Army is the latest sign that Germany is preparing for a direct war with Russia, according to WSWS.
Taipei is looking to upgrade its missile defense systems as part of its new military spending as it considers the threat of a Chinese invasion.
The death toll in Gaza reached 67,869, with more than 170,105 Palestinians wounded.
Some two years ago, back in September 2023 we had forecast that gold had bottomed out when it was selling at $1,850 per ounce. Then, on 2 January 2024, we had forecast that it would be a Golden Year for Gold, and it was. Gold went up nearly 30 percent last year and now it is up around 55 percent this year.
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Investors continue to pile into the gold market even as the metal’s price has broken through $4,000 in the biggest rally in half a century.
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., chair of the U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, this past week framed government biotech policies and investment as a crucial geopolitical matter in a competition with China.