The greenback has hit a three-year low while gold soars past $3,500 per ounce. Things aren’t looking good, experts say.
Trump, Tariffs and Trust: The dollar's slide "reflects Trump’s meddling in Fed policy via tariffs and eroding trust in the US financial system,” Paul Goncharoff, financial analyst and general director of Goncharoff LLC, tells Sputnik.
Risk sentiment reversed its decline overnight mainly due to some off the cuff comments from the Trump regime’s Treasury Secretary about an “imminent” deal with China, which were since walked back but this sent a signal to buy USD and US stocks which saw Wall Street take back most of its recent session falls to
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I found this in my iPhone's reminder app this morning. I have no memory of making it, but it seems like a pretty good plan for the workday.
This week, newspapers around the world received reports and signed documents from South Africa. The reports said that, in 1975, Israel agreed to sell South Africa nuclear weapons. South Africa then released an arms agreement signed by current Israeli President Shimon Peres. This is the document “heard round the world.”
Ben is joined by Jill Sheppard and Emily Foley to discuss the long-term trend of the major parties losing primary votes: what is causing the trend, how it might play out in 2025 and whether they can do anything to reverse the trend. The seat of the week is Bruce in south-eastern Melbourne.
Teals and Greens are under political attack from a new pro-fossil fuel, pro-Israel astroturfing group, adding to the onslaught by far-right lobbyists Advance Australia. Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon with the story.
Washington has set tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar imports from Southeast Asia, according to information published by the US Department of Commerce on Monday.
The hikes follow allegations that Chinese-owned manufacturers operating in the region had violated trade rules.
When a great man and leader of the Roman-Catholic Church – and beyond it – like Pope Francis dies, it may seem almost impious to speak or write about politics. But in his case, we know for certain that it simply means doing what he told us to do.
The latest monthly permanent and long-term arrivals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that 155,000 net permanent and long-term arrivals landed in Australia in January and February 2025. This was the second-highest number on record and only a smidgen below last year’s record of 161,000 for the same period. The following chart
China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?
It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world.
The War on the West Hardcover – April 26, 2022
Sunset Connewarre AUD/USD EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD GOLD WTI BRENT AUSTRALIA 200 US S&P 500 UK 100 JAPAN 225 Easy Listening
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