The Iranian regime has allegedly broadcast at least 97 ‘coercive confessions’ from detained protesters on state television in just over two weeks, human rights groups say, as residents endure the longest internet blackout on record. The videos reportedly feature handcuffed detainees with blurred faces showing remorse for their actions since the protests began Dec. 28, […]Read More
Senate Republicans successfully spiked a bipartisan attempt to curb President Donald Trump’s war powers authority after a pair of key GOP lawmakers reversed their positions. Republicans turned to a rarely used Senate procedure previously used by Senate Democrats in a similar situation to nullify the Venezuela war powers resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. The […]Read More
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become popular in North America in a wide range of industries, including the clean energy sector, whose appeal is rapidly increasing. For investors looking to gain exposure to the cleantech market, investing in individual stocks can be daunting considering the broad reach of this market sector. The cleantech umbrella covers a […]Read More
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a popular investment strategy, and generally contain a variety of publicly traded companies under one stock symbol, often with a focus on a specific sector. Depending on the ETF, investors may be able to track up-and-coming companies, get exposure to top firms or a mix of both. Aside from stocks, some […]Read More
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon from the Oval Office that he learned the killing in Iran has ended. ‘We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and it’s stopped and stopping, and there’s no plan for executions or an execution,’ Trump said. ‘So, I’ve been told that on good authority. We’ll find […]Read More
France’s ambassador to the United Nations said Paris has strongly condemned Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests, as the French government weighs possible satellite communications support to help Iranians circumvent a near-total internet blackout. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Jerome Bonnafont described what he said was an escalation in repression by Iranian […]Read More
A Senate Republican wants to crack down on childcare providers convicted of fraud with legislation that would, among a handful of tweaks to current law, require the fraudsters to pay back the misspent taxpayer money. The bill from Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, would amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act to impose harsher […]Read More
Democrats and Republicans are united in opposing U.S. military strikes against Iran to retaliate for the killing of protesters amid a wave of massive demonstrations against the Iranian government in recent weeks, according to a new national poll. Seventy percent of voters questioned in a new Quinnipiac University survey said they think the U.S. should […]Read More
The silver price hit a new all-time high on Wednesday (January 14), rising as high as US$92.20 per ounce. The white metal’s most recent rise continues a breakout that began on January 9 on a mixed bag of economic uncertainty, rising geopolitical tensions in Venezuela and Iran and underlying industrial demand strength. Adding fuel to […]Read More
Lithium prices surged to their highest levels in more than two years this week, extending a sharp rally driven by tightening supply and rising demand. Benchmark prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide have jumped sharply, with Fastmarkets’ CIF China, Japan and South Korea assessments pushing above US$20,000 a ton. Spodumene, the lithium-bearing mineral produced […]Read More
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