Senate Dems tank GOP plan to pay troops, fund Pentagon

Senate Republicans’ plan to reignite the government funding process was torpedoed by Senate Democrats, who blocked a bill that would pay the troops as the federal government entered Day 16 of the shutdown. The annual defense appropriations bill was blocked largely along party lines on Friday, with only a handful of Senate Democrats joining Republicans […]Read More

Could Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan offer a blueprint for peace

Now that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire, all eyes are on the next continuing global conflict: Russia and Ukraine.  President Donald Trump isn’t wasting any time directing his attention to the war in Ukraine, and is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday as the president […]Read More

Crypto Market Update: Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Jump to US$117 Billion

Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (October 15) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin and Ether price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$112,274, a 1.2 percent decrease in 24 hours. Its lowest […]Read More

McEwen to Acquire Canadian Gold in All-share Deal

McEwen (TSX:MUX,NYSE:MUX) has agreed to acquire Canadian Gold (TSXV:CGC,OTCQB:STRRF) in an all-share transaction that values Canadian Gold at a 96.7 percent premium over its pre-announcement trading price. The deal, announced on Tuesday (October 14) and finalized under a definitive arrangement agreement signed on October 10, will see McEwen acquire Canadian Gold through a statutory plan […]Read More

Troy Minerals Updates on Channel Sampling at Table Mountain High-Purity

Troy Minerals Inc. (‘Troy’ or the ‘Company’) (CSE:TROY)(OTCQB:TROYF)(FSE:VJ3) is pleased to provide an update on exploration progress at its 100%-owned Table Mountain Silica Project (‘Table Mountain’ or the ‘Project’), located near Golden, British Columbia (Figure 1). Channel Sampling Overview and Update Among other exploration work, the 2025 program focused on systematic channel sampling across the […]Read More

CoTec Commissions BBA to Lead Feasibility Study for the Lac

CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH)(OTCQB:CTHCF) (‘CoTec’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce Québec-based BBA Inc. (‘BBA’) has been engaged to complete the Lac Jeannine Iron Tailings Project (‘Lac Jeannine’ or the ‘Project’) bankable Feasibility Study (the ‘FS’) to engineer and design its Iron Tailings reclamation Project in Québec, Canada. Julian Treger, CoTec CEO commented: ‘Lac […]Read More

Grenell praises Trump’s ‘common sense’ foreign policy, slams Biden for

Kennedy Center President and Ambassador Richard Grenell slammed former President Joe Biden for avoiding Russian President Vladimir Putin as war raged between Russia and Ukraine, while praising President Donald Trump’s ‘common sense’ foreign policies. ‘You have a president who is really watching the situation, unlike the last president, Joe Biden, who literally didn’t talk to […]Read More

Senate Democrats block GOP plan for 10th time, ensuring shutdown

Senate Democrats for a 10th time blocked Republicans’ attempts to reopen the government and have ensured that the shutdown goes into next week. That’s because after one final vote series later on Thursday, lawmakers will leave Washington, D.C., for another long weekend after just three short days on the Hill. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are […]Read More

Former security guard at US Embassy overseas is convicted of

A former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Norway was convicted of spying on behalf of Russia and Iran, a report said.  The 28-year-old Norwegian, whose identity has not been made public, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and seven months, The Associated Press reported.  A Norwegian police official reportedly told Reuters at the […]Read More

Johnson says ‘Marxists’ run Democratic Party as government shutdown heads

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., accused the Democratic Party of being taken over by far-left ‘Marxists’ on Day 16 of the federal government shutdown. The leader of the House of Representatives was visibly frustrated while speaking to reporters on Thursday, accusing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrat leaders of prolonging the fiscal standoff […]Read More