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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

US Consumer Sentiment Hits All-Time Low as Iran War Drives Gas Prices Higher

US consumer sentiment fell to its lowest recorded level in May, according to the University of Michigan’s final monthly survey released Friday, as soaring fuel costs tied to the ongoing Iran conflict pushed Americans’ economic outlook to historic depths. The University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment dropped to 44.2 in May — its third […]