Author: Steven Sahiounie

Bullion has been on the rise amid geopolitical tensions, recession risks and possible interest rate cuts The price of gold touched an all-time peak on Monday, soaring past $2,100 per ounce as the global safe-haven rush continues. Spot gold prices rose to record high of $2,110 per ounce before giving up some gains to trade at $2,090 as of 11:45 GMT. The rally in the world’s oldest asset has been going on for two consecutive months, driven by safe-haven investor demand in the wake of global uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, as well as recession fears, and expectations of interest rate…

The emergency stockpile is currently at its lowest level since 1983 The repeated release of crude oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) by the Biden administration has left the national stockpile at its lowest in more than 30 years, according to US Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday about the Biden administration’s approach to domestic energy policy, Stewart said the White House had sold off more than 40% of the SPR (180 million barrels) during 2022 in an effort to tame rising fuel prices. “Originally, the strategic petroleum reserve…

Brazil may boost supplies of industrial goods to the sanctions-hit country, Ambassador Rodrigo Baena Soares says Western sanctions on Russia intended to undermine its economy have opened a “window of opportunity” for Brazil, the country’s ambassador, Rodrigo Baena Soares, said on Monday. According to the diplomat, businesses in both countries have adapted to sanctions and managed to overcome difficulties created as a result. Although Western penalties have created logistical and supply hurdles, the diplomat doesn’t see any substantial obstacles for Russia-Brazil cooperation. “Of course, the sanctions regime imposed against Russia has created a number of problems not only for Brazil but also…

Top adviser to PM Benjamin Netanyahu Mark Regev told reporters the move would not be an attempt to take “territory from Gaza” Israel is going to create a “security envelope” in Gaza once its military has vanquished Hamas, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed to the media. Earlier, Reuters reported that the Israeli government had informed several countries about its plans for a “buffer zone” in the Palestinian enclave. Israel launched its military operation against Hamas after Palestinian militants carried out a surprise incursion into the Jewish state, killing 1,200 people and abducting several hundred more.…

The behavior of the Jewish billionaire is “shameful,” but not surprising, UN envoy Gilad Erdan says Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan fired a broadside at the Jewish billionaire and bankroller of liberal causes, George Soros, accusing him of funding groups allegedly seeking “destruction” of the country. The diplomat made the remarks in an interview with Fox News Digital, commenting on reports of Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) donating at least $15 million to organizations that openly cheered the October 7 attack on Israel staged by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “George Soros’ donations to organizations that seek the destruction of…

Israel is seeking to repeat the attack on the northern part of the Palestinian enclave in the south, IOF chief of staff says A ground operation in the southern part of Gaza has already begun and it will be “no less powerful” than the attack on the north, Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Sunday. The general made the remarks as he met Israeli troops with the Gaza Division, claiming that “yesterday, today, we killed [Hamas] battalion commanders, company commanders and many operatives,” confirming the operation against the southern part of the Palestinian enclave began on Saturday.…

The deaths of thousands of people and the right to free speech are an acceptable price for the power-hungry establishment Tara Reade is an RT contributor, author, geopolitical analyst and former Senate Aide. You can find Tara’s work at tarareadepodcast.com Freedom of speech in America and most European nations has fully receded into a mythological concept. The American constitutional right is no longer valid. Take it from someone whose entire YouTube channel has been demonetized and suppressed. My name on Facebook and Instagram is a synonym (at least from Meta’s point of view) of the words “election interference.” Any positive press about me is…

Activists and organizers have launched a campaign to dash the president’s re-election hopes A group of Muslim American organizers from swing states has launched a campaign denouncing President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election bid due to his stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Activists from Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin unveiled the #AbandonBiden movement at an event in Dearborn on Saturday. “We’re looking into finding ways to build a mechanism of coordination between all the swing states so that we’re constantly working together to ensure that Muslim Americans will come out in all of these states, and…

At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds of others injured in a series of Israeli strikes that targeted two schools sheltering displaced persons in the al-Darraj neighborhood, in Gaza City, said sources. Israeli warplanes and artillery shelled the Salah Ad-Din school run by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) and Martyr Assad Saftawi school in al-Darraj neighborhood, which led to the killing of around 50 displaced people and the injury of hundreds of others. Dozens of bodies and injured were brought to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the nearby al-Zeitoun neighborhood. Ambulance crews reported that they are facing…

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric Egger has Monday arrived in the Gaza Strip, where she stated that “people’s suffering is intolerable.” “I repeat our urgent call for civilians to be protected in line with the laws of war and for aid to enter unimpeded,” she added on her official account on X, formerly Twitter. “The last week provided a small degree of humanitarian respite, a positive glimpse of humanity that raised hopes around the world that a path to reduced suffering could now be found,” she said in a statement. She added that the purpose of…