Hours after Donald Trump’s chilly inauguration in Washington, Taiwan’s parliament voted to freeze billions of dollars in defense spending, in a move some worry could frustrate the famously transactional president, who has already demanded Taipei pay “more” for US protection. The US is the main ally and arms supplier of Taiwan, a democratically ruled island […]
Theto Ngobeni was just 18 days old when doctors first inserted a shunt into the back of her head to drain excess fluid accumulating in her brain. She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant. Now seven, Theto has […]
PRESS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS: Green River will be entering the real estate development businesses, with a focus on the Edmonton and Northern Alberta region, beginning early in calendar 2025. The Company’s primary business will continue to be exploration and development of its mineral properties in British Columbia. The new business will be a separate division involving […]
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) was largely flat with a 0.29 percent gain on the week to close at 621.25 on Friday (January 24). Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) posted a 1.6 percent increase to hit 25,468.49, and the CSE Composite Index (CSE:CSECOMP) was up 1.33 percent to reach 137.31. The week’s big […]
More than 200,000 children have been abducted by Russia since the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Chairman Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said, citing U.S. estimates. ‘If a foreign adversary took 260,000 of our kids, and they were in indoctrination camps, I mean, how would we feel about that?’ […]
President Donald Trump is back in the White House and moving at warp speed to push through his long-awaited agenda with dozens of executive orders, surveying damaged areas in North Carolina and California, and rallying behind his Cabinet nominees to get confirmed. In his inauguration address on Monday, the new president vowed that things across […]
Gold mining stocks have been climbing since the end of December, a trend that usually goes unnoticed unless gold — often dismissed as an “old relic” — undergoes one of its periodic shifts into a timely and relevant asset. Recently, gold has been in the public spotlight, shedding its “relic” skin to reveal itself, once […]
Despite the strength in some key growth stocks in January, semiconductors have been decidedly rangebound for most of the last six months. While this week’s breakout of the range appears to be a significant bullish signal, the bearish candle pattern on Friday indicates investors may be best served by being patient for upside confirmation. Big […]
UnitedHealthcare on Thursday tapped company veteran Tim Noel as its new CEO following the targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan in December. Noel was the head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S. It is the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s biggest health-care conglomerate […]
A war of words between Elon Musk and Sam Altman escalated on social media Thursday, as two of the most powerful men in tech sparred over their rival artificial intelligence initiatives. The latest exchange began after OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, was revealed as a key player in Stargate, the AI infrastructure project President Donald Trump […]