U.S. and Iran Near 60-Day Hormuz Deal Tying Sanctions Relief to Nuclear Pledges, Says Axios
A draft deal between the United States and Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz toll-free for 60 days, give Tehran limited sanctions relief to sell oil freely, and launch parallel nuclear negotiations — with an announcement possible as early as Sunday, Axios reported Saturday. The framework is built around a principle one U.S. official […]
Up To 80,000 Protest In Madrid Calling For Sanchez Resignation
Tens of thousands of Spaniards flooded central Madrid on Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s resignation at one of the largest opposition-driven protests the capital has seen in years. The march arrived days after a Spanish court announced it was investigating former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a close Sanchez ally, for allegedly running […]
This Gold Junior Is Sitting Next to a 3 Million Ounce Neighbor | Regan Isenor – Sylla Gold
In this conversation with Regan Isenor, President and CEO of Sylla Gold Corp. (TSXV: SYG), we discuss why he still sees room for gold to move higher, why margins remain strong in this price environment, and how that changes the way juniors think about building value. He also walks through Sylla’s Niaouleni project in southern […]
Russia Drains 27.9 Tonnes of Gold in Four Months to Cover Record War Deficit
The Bank of Russia has sold 27.9 tonnes of gold since January — the fastest drawdown in more than two decades — as the Kremlin reaches deeper into one of its last freely accessible reserves to cover a war budget that has outpaced every other line item in the federal accounts. Holdings fell 900,000 ounces […]
A New Gold Giant Is About to Be Born! | Equinox Gold x Orla Mining
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX) and Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) are set to combine in a major all-stock deal that will create a new senior gold producer with expected 2026 output of roughly 1.1 million ounces. More importantly, the combined company will control a deep pipeline of growth projects and a production base that could push […]
Quebec to Axe Grocery Tax, Joining Manitoba
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette is expected to announce Monday the abolition of provincial sales tax on a range of grocery and pharmacy products, in a move that would save households roughly $50 a year and cost the provincial treasury $100 million annually. The coming change was originally reported by Journal de Quebec, who stated that […]
This Gold Restart Story Could Be Moving Faster Than Expected | Shaun Heinrichs – 1911
In this conversation with Shaun Heinrichs, President and CEO of 1911 Gold Corporation (TSXV: AUMB) we discuss why he still sees the long-term bull case for gold as intact, how today’s margins are changing the conversation around near-term developers, and why 1911 Gold is now fully focused on restarting its asset and getting into cash […]
Ukrainian Drones Hit Transneft’s Novorossiysk Terminal for Third Time in Three Months
Ukrainian drones swept into Novorossiysk overnight on May 23 and set the Grushovaya oil terminal ablaze, sending thick smoke above a facility that sits at the heart of Russia’s Black Sea crude export network. Two people were injured in the attack. The strike is the third time in under three months that the Sheskharis complex […]
Tulsi Gabbard Quits As Director of National Intelligence to Care for Husband Fighting Rare Bone Cancer
Tulsi Gabbard is leaving the top of the U.S. intelligence apparatus, driven out not by politics but by a diagnosis. Her husband Abraham has been found to have an extremely rare form of bone cancer, and Gabbard told President Trump on Friday, in person at the Oval Office, that she cannot keep the job. Her […]
Former Samsung Semiconductor Chief Says China Could Break the DRAM Price Surge
The former head of Samsung‘s semiconductor division says Chinese memory manufacturers could reverse the AI-driven global memory shortage and collapse DDR5 prices within a year — and ChangXin Memory Technologies‘s surging profits suggest the challenge is no longer theoretical. Kye-hyun Kyung, former President and CEO of Samsung’s Device Solutions (DS) Division, told a Korean engineering […]