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 ...

A plan to build micro-apartments and hotel rooms in the same tower in St. Petersburg's Grand Central district is in the works. The St. Pete Development Review Commission unanimous ...

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 ...

Outfielder Lars Nootbaar has gone to a salary arbitration hearing with the St. Louis Cardinals, arguing he should be paid $2.95 million instead of the team’s $2.45 million offer. Nootbaar ...

In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...

People watch the unfurled Palace Bridge which is illuminated in red to celebrate the Chinese New Year in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 29, 2025. The Palace Bridge was opened in honor of Chinese New ...

News that Australian Oscar Jenkins is alive has been welcomed but the federal government is calling on Russia to treat the prisoner of war justly and release him.

(250128) -- ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Flowers are laid to mourn the victims who died during the Siege of Leningrad at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan ...

Many of the 1,500 Jews who live in Finland today can trace their roots back to the Russian military, which brought them here as conscripts. Beginning in the 1850’s, Jews, who now constitute a tiny ...

University of the Arts isn’t the only college in the city with buildings up for sale. St. Joseph’s University is attempting to sell its entire University City campus, which it acquired when the school ...

Of course, the US is not Russia – and, despite legitimate criticisms about how US democracy works, the US is a genuine democracy. It would be extremely difficult for Trump to achieve an ...