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The price of gold continues to rise, with the gleaming metal again catching investor attention around the world over recent weeks. But what’s fuelling the new “gold rush?” The value of gold has been rising since the pandemic, and especially within the past few months, when it set a new record on several occasions. On…

Sanae Takaichi made history on Tuesday as Japan’s first woman prime minister, but she is no ordinary politician. At 64, the new leader is a devoted heavy metal fan who still plays drums at home whenever she feels stressed.“I play after he goes to sleep,” she joked during a recent interview with a Japanese YouTuber,…

The White House on Monday started tearing down part of the East Wing, the traditional base of operations for the first lady, to build U.S. President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom despite lacking approval for construction from the federal agency that oversees such projects. Dramatic photos of the demolition work showed construction equipment tearing into…

A House of Commons committee on Monday approved a study of the contracts Stellantis has signed with the federal government for billions of dollars of subsidies to see if they included provisions to protect Canadian auto jobs. The Conservatives pushed for the study after Stellantis last week said it would be moving planned production of…

Image: X@/Gerashchenko_en A massive Russian strike on energy infrastructure left thousands without power in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region on Tuesday, according to the country’s energy ministry. The regional capital and northern areas suffered a total blackout, with repair crews unable to begin work due to continued drone attacks.“Emergency crews in Chernihiv region are unable to…

The lawyer for a former Bloc Québécois MP lost her riding by a single vote in the April federal election says allowing the result to stand would send a “disastrous message” to voters. A three-day hearing began Monday in St-Jérôme, Que., where Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné is challenging the outcome of the April 28 election in the riding…

The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight across the US, offering up to 20 meteors per hour for stargazers / Photo credit: NASA / Twitter [@NASA] Tonight, stargazers across the United States have a cosmic treat: the Orionid meteor shower peaks, offering up to 20 shooting stars per hour. From New York to Los Angeles, the…

Police have shared more details about how a five-year-old girl fell overboard while on a Disney cruise ship on its way back to South Florida in June. The alarming moment turned into a harrowing rescue after the girl’s father leapt into the ocean to save his daughter on June 29. Both father and daughter were…

The federal government still has not issued specific criteria to define the “national interest” under its new major projects law, despite calls from MPs to do so. The Building Canada Act allows the government to identify projects in the “national interest” for faster approval processes, which could include exemptions from certain environmental laws. As the…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (AP image) Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will appeal his conviction and four-year prison sentence. His lawyers confirmed on Monday that a notice of appeal has been filed in the Federal District Court of New York.Combs, 55, was sentenced to 50 months in prison earlier this month after being found guilty on…