The Bank of England is holding $1.4 billion in gold deposits. Who gets to withdraw the riches? That depends.
Coup d’etat ‘under way’ as Kyrgyzstan opposition claims power
The country borders China, is a close ally of Russia and has long been a platform for geopolitical competition between Moscow, Washington and Beijing.
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There’s an essential starting point for grasping the crisis engulfing US politics
Forget any lingering notion of the US as a democracy.
Three scientists share Nobel physics prize for cosmology findings
Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for black hole discoveries.
Anti-virus software creator John McAfee arrested at Spanish airport
The McAfee software founder was detained when he was about to board a flight to Istanbul with a British passport, a Spanish police source said.
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by the end of the year, WHO says
“We will need vaccines and there is hope that by the end of this year we may have a vaccine,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Chemical weapons body confirms nerve agent Novichok in Navalny’s blood
Blood samples taken from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent from the banned Novichok family, the global chemical weapons watchdog said.
Trump receiving powerful drug, indicating more serious symptoms, but doctors remain upbeat
The US President’s doctors admitted not being fully forthcoming in a previous briefing but said they were “trying to reflect the upbeat attitude” of Trump and his aides.
Pope Francis criticises world’s response to coronavirus, lack of care for elderly
Francis criticised the lack of co-operation between countries during the pandemic, as well as the treatment of older people.