July 8, 2025
Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said. Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting minister. Asked by […]
July 8, 2025
‘We have to keep growing:’ Mother of killed Israeli hostage in battle to have a grandchild with his harvested sperm
“Something can be born out of everything – if you want it to,” said Iris Haim, whose hostage son Yotam was killed in Gaza. Those words are helping her find hope. The new beginning that Haim now longs for is a grandchild, created from sperm she had harvested from Yotam’s body upon its return home […]
July 8, 2025
Crypto Market Recap: SEC Issues Crypto ETF Guidance, Bit Digital Pivots to Ethereum
Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Monday (July 7) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin and Ethereum price update Bitcoin (BTC) is priced at US$108,159, a 0.3 percent decline in the last 24 hours. […]
July 8, 2025
Top 5 Junior Gold Mining Stocks on the TSXV in 2025
The gold price continued to surge to new record highs in the second quarter of the year, reaching an all-time high of C$4,663.85 per ounce, or US$3,433.47, on June 13. The gains were primarily fueled by safe-haven investment as Israel and the United States launched attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and Iran retaliated against targets […]
July 8, 2025
US ends terrorist designation of Syrian militant leaders
The Trump administration revoked the terrorist designation for Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, the militant group who overthrew President Bashar al’Assad and assumed control of the Syrian government. The group was formed as Syria’s al-Qaeda branch. In an astounding turnaround, the group’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa went from a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head to the […]
July 8, 2025
Elon Musk connects with indie Andrew Yang on billionaire former Trump ally’s third party push
As Elon Musk moves forward with forming a third party in hopes of rocking the nation’s longstanding two-party system, the world’s richest person is reaching out to a one-time presidential candidate who has started his own independent party. Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who spent the first four months of President Donald […]
July 8, 2025
The Best Five Sectors, #26
The past week has been relatively stable in terms of sector rankings, with no new entrants or exits from the top five. However, we’re seeing some interesting shifts within the rankings that warrant closer examination. Let’s dive into the details and see what the Relative Rotation Graphs (RRGs) are telling us about the current market […]
July 8, 2025
Is a Chinese chain’s blood orange cold brew the future of coffee in America?
Chinese chain Luckin Coffee opened its first two U.S. locations this week, betting that mobile-only ordering and creative flavors can lure customers away from Starbucks. Both new Luckin stores are based in Manhattan, and at the midtown location on Wednesday, Sam Liu took a sip of her jasmine cold brew. “I’ve never tried anything like […]
July 7, 2025
Eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano sends ash 11 miles high
Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky and depositing ash on villages. The volcano has been at the highest alert level since last month and no casualties were immediately reported. Indonesia’s Geology Agency recorded an avalanche of searing […]
July 7, 2025
Owners of pet lion arrested after it jumped a wall and attacked a woman and two children in Pakistan
The owners of a pet lion that jumped a wall and attacked a woman and two children in the Pakistani city of Lahore have been arrested. The woman and her two young children, aged 5 and 7, were taken to hospital, after being attacked in an alleyway when the lion escaped from a farmhouse in […]
July 7, 2025
Questcorp Mining Continues Exploration in Advance of Drilling at the La Union Gold & Silver Project in Mexico
Questcorp Mining Inc. (CSE: QQQ) (OTCQB: QQCMF) (FSE: D910) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Questcorp’) is pleased to update shareholders on the on-going surface exploration in preparation for drilling at the La Union Gold-Silver Project in Sonora, Mexico. Questcorp has an Option earn a 100% interest from Riverside Resources Inc. in the 2,520 ha (25 km sq) […]
July 7, 2025
Iran still wants a nuclear weapon despite ‘serious damage’ from US, Israeli strikes: expert warns
Iran is preparing its next step in what one security expert warns remains its chief objective: developing a nuclear weapon. ‘Repair, reconstitute and rebuild is going to be the modus operandi of the Islamic Republic of Iran,’ Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Iran Program told Fox News Digital. […]