Source link The volume of investable assets held by individuals in the group will skyrocket over the next decade, according to Henley & Partners The number of new millionaires in the BRICS countries will see a surge by 2034, contributing to the biggest increase in wealth across any group of nations, according to a recent […]
Source link An index run by the banking association VDP that tracks prices showed its largest ever drop in 2023 German commercial property prices in the final quarter of 2023 plummeted by 12.1% in the largest year-on-year decline registered by a price index run by the banking association VDP, according to a press release issued […]
Source link The CIA asked its ‘Five Eyes’ allies to approach Trump campaign aides, according to a new investigation The US intelligence community inappropriately used foreign allies to target Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign to set up the ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy ahead of the 2016 election, according to a trio of investigative journalists. Michael Shellenberger, […]
Source link The Russian leader has not made any such proposal to the US, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said A media report suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin reached out to the US with an offer to freeze the Ukraine conflict is false, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. You can share this story on […]
Source link A panel of British MPs has concluded that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s immigration policy violates the Human Rights Act A UK parliamentary committee has warned the British government against deporting immigrants to Rwanda, saying a draft bill promoting the East African nation as a safe haven is incompatible with human rights obligations and […]
Source link The number of millionaires in the bloc is expected to see a massive surge over the next decade, according to a newly released report Total investable wealth currently held by the BRICS member states amounts to $45 trillion, according to Henley & Partners’ inaugural BRICS Wealth Report. The BRICS group of emerging economies, […]
Source link Political strategist David Axelrod has told the NYT that findings on the US president’s memory loss will resonate with voters President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign may have been undermined by a report showing that he averted criminal prosecution partly because of his allegedly declining mental acuity, David Axelrod, the US political strategist who […]
Source link Many small companies have been struggling to repay pandemic-era government support, according to Reuters Thousands of small businesses in Canada face the risk of closing down after the government ended pandemic-era support last month and as interest rates are at a two-decade high, according to a Reuters report. A surge in bankruptcies, which […]
Source link Chinese investors and households were major gold consumers in 2023 amid strong global demand for the safe-haven metal, the World Gold Council’s quarterly report has shown. According to the publication, Chinese investment demand for gold – spanning bars and coins – jumped 28% last year to 280 tons. Jewelry consumption was also up […]
Source link The fossil fuel industry is expected to spend more than $1 trillion globally over the next decade on natural gas production, driven by growing demand from Europe, a report released this week by climate campaign group Global Witness has claimed. The NGO’s analysis of data from Rystad Energy shows that $223 billion of the […]
Source link Net purchases in 2023 almost matched the previous year’s record, the World Gold Council has said Total gold demand hit the highest level on record last year of 4,899 tons amid global uncertainty and thanks to continued strong buying by central banks, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). In its Gold Demand […]
Source link Shortages have arisen as output of renewable energy has failed to compensate for the closures of coal and nuclear plants The UK purchased a record £3.5 billion ($4.4 billion) worth of electricity from EU countries last year as renewable energy failed to keep up with demand following shutdowns of coal and nuclear power […]
Source link The number of UK businesses on the brink of bankruptcy skyrocketed by more than a quarter at the end of last year amid a “debt storm” triggered by a series of interest rate hikes, a report from a group of insolvency specialists revealed on Monday. The latest ‘Red Flag Alert’ released by Begbies […]
Source link The state-of-the-art weapons delivery system transports warheads at seven times the speed of sound Chinese naval scientists claim to have created a so-called ‘smart shell’ that is capable of delivering a precision strike to a target at hypersonic speeds, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. The shell, which Beijing says can travel […]
Source link Pro-Khalistan movement leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun reportedly tried to disrupt temple inauguration ceremony A US-based Sikh activist at the center of an assassination plot foiled by the FBI last year, who is also designated a “terrorist” by New Delhi, has threatened to “sabotage” Monday’s inauguration ceremony of the new Ram Temple in Ayodhya, […]