Concern about the rapidly rising U.S. government debt is partly behind recent surges in gold prices and bitcoin, even as the Treasury market so far remains relatively sanguine about the country’s fiscal path, market observers say. The U.S. budget deficit widened to $1.7 trillion in fiscal year 2023 and is on track to reach $2.6 trillion by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office. U.S. government debt held by the public, meanwhile, is on pace to reach a record 106% of gross domestic...
More than 2,000 travel-acquired cases of the mosquito-borne illness were logged across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2023.
The Rincon West Project spans 5198.8 hectares of the salar basin and
Forecasters say East Anglia and the south east of England will be hottest, with temperatures "above average", according to the Met Office.
The Statesville Police Department have arrested a 34-year-old man after a sexual assault investigation that involved a juvenile.
The first bitcoin futures contracts listed on B3, the stock exchange in Brazil, experienced significant interest from investors on debut day. According to a note delivered by the stock operator, 7,400 bitcoin futures contracts were traded, with the instrument reaching a peak of 111,000 orders on screen. While B3 has also bitcoin ETF contracts, futures […]
The child was interviewed and admitted to shooting Brandon O'Quinn Rasberry, 32, who was found dead at the Lazy J RV Park on January 18 2022, in Nixon, when he was seven years old.
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Cynthia Phelps, 64, slammed her 2014 Kia Rio into the Boulder Highway bus stop. Las Vegas Metropolitan police said a man and boy were killed. A woman and two children were also seriously injured in the Wednesday crash
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Thousands will flock to their local watering holes for their yearly dose of two-up on Anzac Day, but come tomorrow and the gambling game is illegal. Unless you're in Broken Hill or Kalgoorlie. Two-up is most commonly played on Anzac Day and involves betting on two coins being flipped. It was popularised by Australian soldiers who played the game during World War I. By law, specifically The Gambling (Two-up) Act 1998, the game can only be played on Anzac Day, Remembrance Day (after 12pm) or...
Complaints of discrimination increased by 33% last year, according to a draft report by police, the human rights watchdog and the government obtained by RTL Nieuws. In 2023 8,990 complaints were recorded by police and anti-discrimination services, nearly half of which were classed as discrimination based on a person’s origin. Reports of anti-Semitism were up by 60% and now account for nearly 10% of all complaints, RTL reported. The agencies said anti-Semitism appeared to have increased in the...