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Editor’s Note: Let yourself be caught in minutes with our quick roundup of today’s must-read news and expert insights that moved precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) Gold is on a mission: reaching its all-time high of $ 1,920. And in addition to looking like a …
Read More »Hungarian Index journalists withdraw due to dismissal
Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Index’s team gathered in the newsroom before leaving More than 70 journalists and staff at Hungary’s main news site Index have resigned, accusing the government of launching an attempt to destroy or tame its website. Index is the last of Hungary’s leading independent media outlets and …
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A study of DNA sampled from skeletons from the Viking Age found the presence of smallpox in 11 individuals living in northern Europe, which is now Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, and the United Kingdom, between 600 and 1050 AD. “The 1,400-year-old genetic information extracted from these skeletons is enormously important …
Read More »Chinese investigator arrested after she went into hiding at the San Francisco consulate
The flag of the People’s Republic of China flutters in the wind above the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, California on July 23, 2020. Philip Pacheco | AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON – An investigator who fled to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco …
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