Iryna Danilovich disappeared while returning from work in April 2022. It would be two weeks before Russian authorities admitted she was in their custody. The human rights activist and nurse was detained in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, accused of illegal possession of explosives and sentenced to seven years…
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is the favorite to become the country’s next chancellor in the federal election on February 23. But who is the old-school conservative who wants to rid his party, the Christian Democratic Union…
Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (February 14) as of 9:00 AM UTC. Bitcoin and Ethereum price update Bitcoin started the day trading at US$97,078, recording a 1.2 percent increase over 24 hours. The period’s trading range saw a high of US$97,509 and a low of…
Lode Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: LOD) (OTCQB: LODFF) (‘Lode Gold ‘ or the ‘Company’) announces a non-brokered financing for $1,000,000.00. Each $0.18 unit shall consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant shall entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price…
The Trump administration announced on Monday (February 10) it would be expanding steel and aluminum tariffs to all countries. The tariffs, set to come into effect on March 12, will disproportionally impact Canadian exports as Canada is the largest supplier of steel and aluminum to the US. This isn’t the…
Investor Insight A junior among the giants, Opawica Exploration’s strategic geographical advantage in the resource-rich Abitibi Greenstone Belt makes it a compelling investment opportunity. Overview Opawica Exploration (TSXV:OPW) is a Vancouver-based junior gold exploration company engaged in exploring and developing precious metal properties in Canada. Its flagship properties — Arrowhead,…
Gold continued its record-setting rise this week, moving cleanly past the US$2,900 per ounce mark on Monday (February 10) and continuing on up. At the time of this writing on Friday (February 14), the yellow metal’s highest price for the period was about US$2,933. Trade war concerns remain front and…
A woman suspected of killing three members of the same family by poisoning a Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in Brazil. “Immediately, the staff provided first aid” and called the emergency medical service, “which, upon arriving at the scene, confirmed her death,” the criminal police…
Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old garbage, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin – or so James Howells believes, after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013. And now, after years of battling the local authority in…
Kirill Dmitriev, a close Putin adviser, will focus on restoring economic ties between the US and Russia as the two sides attempt to forge a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment. Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sanctioned sovereign wealth fund, has been an outspoken Trump…