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Is Now a Good Time to Scoop Up Palladium?

In March 2022, nearby palladium futures rose to a new record $3,380.50 per ounce high. Over the past seventeen months, the price corrected 64.5%, reaching a $1,201.50 low in August 2023. Palladium was just above the recent bottom at around $1270 per ounce on August 21.

Barchart · Aug 22, 2023

Trump jokes about fleeing to Russia

"I’d fly far away, maybe to Russia, Russia, Russia, share a gold domed suite with Vladimir," he wrote

Salon · Aug 22, 2023

Athens offers more support as Zelenskiy takes high-speed tour of Europe

Ukrainian president also meets leaders of Serbia and Croatia in bid to broaden support base

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023

First Republican debate set to kick off without Trump – but with the potential to direct the GOP's foreign policy stance

When Republican presidential hopefuls take the stage in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023, for the first debate of the 2024 campaign season, attention will center on how the candidates position themselves vis-à-vis former President Donald Trump and his four criminal indictments.

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2023

Wagner boss claims to be making Africa 'freer' in unverified video

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have posted his first video address since leading a short-lived mutiny in late June. In the unverified footage published Monday, Prigozhin said the Wagner group was making Africa "freer", adding that it was also recruiting fighters.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 22, 2023

Can BRICS end ‘apartheid’ against the Global South?

As the grouping of five emerging economies meets in South Africa, here’s what to expect.

Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2023

Trump’s Possible Return Spurs Ukrainians To Fortify Arms Industry

The people of Ukraine are taking security concerns into their own hands by bolstering their weaponry industry.

Zenger · Aug 22, 2023

Can Brics replace the G7 in new world order?

The leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa kick off a three-day summit in Johannesburg today billed as the most important meeting of the Brics nations in a decade. 

The Week · Aug 22, 2023

BRICS summit of emerging economies gets under way without Putin

BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western dominance in global affairs. The so-called BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- represent a quarter of the global economy,…

France 24 · Aug 22, 2023

Trump claims $200,000 bond was set so he doesn’t ‘fly to Russia to share gold domed suite with Vladimir’

Donald Trump is facing 13 charges in Georgia in his election interference case

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023