Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.
The United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket carried up 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites, named after the frigid fringes of our solar system beyond Neptune. Once released in orbit, the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is considering adding gold to its reserves to “diversify away from other currencies.”
Given that the Kenyan central bank holds most of its foreign reserves in dollars, this appears to be yet another step toward global de-dollarization.
During an interview...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Inflation is caused by the growth of the money supply, and gold is a strong hedge because it rises alongside it.
Whenever gold rises and I get excited as a gold investor, I’m often met with the familiar refrain: "Gold isn’t really going up—the dollar...
(Headline USA) Bob Filner, a 10-term U.S. congressman whose long political career ended abruptly after he was elected mayor of San Diego and driven from office amid sexual misconduct allegations, has died. He was 82.
Filner passed away April 20 with his children by his side, according to an obituary published...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court seemed inclined to a narrow ruling on Tuesday in a law-enforcement accountability case over an FBI raid that targeted the wrong house.
While some justices appeared open to the argument that the family should be able to sue over the mistake that left them traumatized,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Here's a way to avoid 90 percent of scams.
Don't answer the phone, and don't click links in emails.
It's pretty simple, really. If you don't interact with scammers, they can't scam you. It's highly unlikely that a crook will show up at your door...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) While most market watchers have focused on the wildly yo-yoing stock market over the last few weeks, the Treasury bond market has been flashing warnings.
Higher yields and relatively weak Treasury auctions this week, with a notable drop in foreign buyers, indicate sagging demand...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that would begin May 8 at midnight Moscow time to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II.
“By order of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces...
(Headline USA) Amazon is not planning to list added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite speculation spanning from a report that claimed the e-commerce giant would soon show new import charges, as well as fiery comments from President Donald Trump's White House denouncing such a...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has released text messages between Ryan Routh and an alleged human trafficker in Mexico about smuggling Afghans into the U.S. last year—arguing that such evidence should be presented to a jury as part of Routh’s larger plans to assassinate Donald Trump last...
(Headline USA) An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the U.S. Navy said on Monday.
The crew members who were...
(José Niño, Headline USA) With the border under control, the question remains: Should America open its doors to more legal immigrants for economic reasons?
According to Customs and Border protection data, February 2025 saw only 8,347 illegal alien border crossings along the southwest border, representing a 71% decrease from January...