Gold’s uncontrolled rise in recent weeks has been largely fueled by free-spending lawmakers and the subsequent threat to the US dollar as a store of value, the Goldman Sachs strategist said in a new note Tuesday. “The recent surge in gold prices to new all-time highs has substantially outpaced both …

West African leaders launched an extraordinary summit to propose measures to help resolve a political crisis in Mali. The virtual meeting of the 15 members of the ECOWAS regional bloc on Monday comes days after the unprecedented mediation efforts of the presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal …

Dangerous heat waves are exacerbating systemic racial inequalities, and high temperatures are expected to further harm communities of color if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to new research. Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards facing humanity due to the climate crisis, which contributes to thousands …

Moderna Inc said Monday it had begun a late-stage trial to evaluate the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the first such study under the Trump administration’s program to accelerate development of measures against the new coronavirus. The news of the study, which will evaluate the response to the vaccine …

The Yankees were trapped in Philadelphia Monday, day and night, because they were trapped in limbo. His Monday night game against the Phillies was suspended because the COVID-19-affected Miami Marlins used the visiting club’s headquarters at Citizens Bank Park last weekend. Now what? This is what we know and don’t …