Global central banks own about 17 percent of all the gold ever mined, with reserves topping 36,699 metric tons (MT) as of year-end 2023. They acquired the vast majority in the years after becoming net ...

Explosions were reported on board an oil tanker believed to be used by Russia's "shadow fleet," docked in Ust-Luga in northwest Russia, near President Vladimir Putin 's home city of St. Petersburg.

Putin appears to expect Trump to undermine European resolve on Ukraine. Likening Europe's leaders to Trump's lapdogs, he said ...