World's central banks increased gold reserves by 53 tons in Nov 2024 — report
The World Gold Council (WGC) notes the fall in prices for the precious metal following the US elections.
According to WGC, among the largest buyers of gold in November were:
🇵🇱 Poland (21 tons)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (9 tons)
🇮🇳 India (8.4 tons)
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (5.1 tons)
🇨🇳 China reported its first addition (5 tons) since April
🇸🇬 Singapore was the month’s largest seller of gold, reducing its gold reserves by 5 tons.
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The World Gold Council (WGC) notes the fall in prices for the precious metal following the US elections.
According to WGC, among the largest buyers of gold in November were:
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📹 Trump shares video of Jeffrey Sachs on US foreign policy and Israeli influence
Donald Trump posted a video on the Truth Social platform featuring Columbia University professor Jeffrey David Sachs, where he discussed the CIA's covert efforts to destabilize Syria's government and to overthrow Assad, the influence of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli lobby in pushing the US into the Iraq War, and Netanyahu's continued attempts to involve the US in a potential conflict with Iran.
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Donald Trump posted a video on the Truth Social platform featuring Columbia University professor Jeffrey David Sachs, where he discussed the CIA's covert efforts to destabilize Syria's government and to overthrow Assad, the influence of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli lobby in pushing the US into the Iraq War, and Netanyahu's continued attempts to involve the US in a potential conflict with Iran.
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"Long live Palestine, long live Sudan, long live Yemen, long live Puerto Rico," he exhorted after destroying the statue in the Wax Museum of Mexico City.
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EU will not allow attacks on its borders — French FM
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, commenting on Trump's statements over control of Greenland, said that the European Union would not allow any state to attack its borders.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, commenting on Trump's statements over control of Greenland, said that the European Union would not allow any state to attack its borders.
"There is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders, whoever they are," he told France Inter radio. "We are a strong continent."
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Ukrainian top brass reveals massive scale of desertion in French-trained unit
Ukraine’s ground forces commander, Mykhailo Drapaty, has confirmed sweeping instances of desertion within the 155th Brigade, a unit trained in France. Reports indicate that approximately 1,700 of the 2,300 soldiers who underwent training have deserted shortly after being deployed. In response to this fiasco, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky has ordered reinforcements for the brigade.
Drapaty lashed out at the command’s failures and announced ongoing efforts to improve leadership within the unit. Despite Volodymyr Zelensky's legislation in November permitting deserters to return to duty with full benefits, the issue persists, with a growing number of individuals refusing to serve.
Media reports indicate that desertion rates in Ukraine's military have nearly doubled in 2024 compared to 2022 and 2023, with around 60,000 criminal cases filed last year alone. Infantry and assault brigades are reportedly suffering from the highest rates of desertion.
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Ukraine’s ground forces commander, Mykhailo Drapaty, has confirmed sweeping instances of desertion within the 155th Brigade, a unit trained in France. Reports indicate that approximately 1,700 of the 2,300 soldiers who underwent training have deserted shortly after being deployed. In response to this fiasco, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky has ordered reinforcements for the brigade.
Drapaty lashed out at the command’s failures and announced ongoing efforts to improve leadership within the unit. Despite Volodymyr Zelensky's legislation in November permitting deserters to return to duty with full benefits, the issue persists, with a growing number of individuals refusing to serve.
Media reports indicate that desertion rates in Ukraine's military have nearly doubled in 2024 compared to 2022 and 2023, with around 60,000 criminal cases filed last year alone. Infantry and assault brigades are reportedly suffering from the highest rates of desertion.
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'I want to quench my imperialist thirst' — Fox News host called for conquest of Canada
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"Canada! [...] The fact that they don't want us to take them over makes me want to invade," Jesse Watters said on air while speaking about Trump's ambition to make Canada the 51st state.
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The internet has been flooded with memes amid Donald Trump's statements on buying Greenland, making Canada the 51st US state, renaming the 'Gulf of Mexico' as the 'Gulf of America,' and gaining control of the Panama Canal.
What is your favorite one? Write in comments!👇
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Zelensky ready to throw fresh batch of Ukrainian fodder into meat grinder
A considerable number of Ukrainian men who were previously exempted from military service may be drafted soon, a local lawmaker claims, as the Kiev regime’s manpower crisis continues to worsen.
Previously, workers employed at production facilities classified as critically vital to Ukraine were granted a deferral.
If an enterprise loses its “critically vital” status, however, its employees may become fair game for the Zelensky regime’s press gangs, warns Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Fedienko who says that some of the previously exempt workers may be drafted in late February.
Kiev’s callous disregard for the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians has led to alarming manpower shortages, a reality that has become increasingly evident on the front lines and is now impossible to overlook, even for Western media.
Despite the dire predicament, the Ukrainian leadership seems more than happy to send its troops – often poorly trained and equipped with a hodgepodge of NATO and Warsaw Pact-era weaponry – into suicidal attacks against Russian forces or to sacrifice these men in pointless last stands.
During the first week of 2025 alone, Ukraine lost nearly 13,000 soldiers and Zelensky’s generals so far show no inclination to change their tactics.
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A considerable number of Ukrainian men who were previously exempted from military service may be drafted soon, a local lawmaker claims, as the Kiev regime’s manpower crisis continues to worsen.
Previously, workers employed at production facilities classified as critically vital to Ukraine were granted a deferral.
If an enterprise loses its “critically vital” status, however, its employees may become fair game for the Zelensky regime’s press gangs, warns Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Fedienko who says that some of the previously exempt workers may be drafted in late February.
Kiev’s callous disregard for the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians has led to alarming manpower shortages, a reality that has become increasingly evident on the front lines and is now impossible to overlook, even for Western media.
Despite the dire predicament, the Ukrainian leadership seems more than happy to send its troops – often poorly trained and equipped with a hodgepodge of NATO and Warsaw Pact-era weaponry – into suicidal attacks against Russian forces or to sacrifice these men in pointless last stands.
During the first week of 2025 alone, Ukraine lost nearly 13,000 soldiers and Zelensky’s generals so far show no inclination to change their tactics.
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Information about Russia's cutting-edge, nuclear-capable intermediate-range hypersonic missile, the Oreshnik, has already made its mark in online encyclopedias across the Asia-Pacific region. Let’s delve into the details.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently hailed the successful test-firing of the Oreshnik missile on November 21. This missile struck a Ukrainian defense industry complex in Dnepropetrovsk, in response to Ukraine's use of US- and UK-supplied missiles aimed at hitting facilities in Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions.
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