SYDNEY (Reuters) – Gold hit record highs on Tuesday before the sheer size of its earnings sparked a profit-taking explosion, which in turn helped the dollar from two-year lows and curbed initial capital gains. FILE PHOTO: Gold bars are stacked in the safe deposit room of the Pro Aurum Gold …
Read More »Escape to North Korea: defector at the heart of the COVID-19 case fled a sexual abuse investigation
SEOUL (Reuters) – Last week, a 24-year-old defector returned to North Korea the way he left in 2017, authorities say, but with a coronavirus pandemic in the background this time, his illicit journey attracted much More attention. FILE PHOTO: Kaesong City is seen through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates …
Read More »Gold shoots up to $ 2,000 as Fed stimulus sinks the dollar
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Gold rocketed to record highs of $ 1,975 on Tuesday, while the US dollar fell to two-year lows as investors betting on the Federal Reserve would reaffirm its super easy political outlook this week, and a tolerance to higher inflation. FILE PHOTO: Gold bars are stacked in …
Read More »The Hindu explains | Is SARS-CoV-2 a latent virus that can reappear?
The story so far: Since cases of ‘reinfection’ emerged in early January, people who had tested negative for the COVID-19 test again after a while, the question of the latency of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been the subject of heated debate . The first of these cases arose in the …
Read More »United States Envoy to South Korea Shaves His Mustache Amid Colonial Dispute | World News
South Korea’s most controversial mustache has fallen victim to the razor blade, with US Ambassador Harry Harris visiting a barber shop months after his facial hair became the subject of unusual criticism. Seoul and Washington are security allies and the U.S. stations 28,500 troops in the country, but their relationship …
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