EXPLAINER Why are gold prices soaring amid US President Trump’s tariffs? Fears of trade wars and geopolitical uncertainty appear to have boosted gold prices. Video Duration 02 minutes 28 seconds play-arrow 02:28 China-US trade war: Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs come into effect By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025 United States President Donald Trump’s…
North Korea condemns Trump’s Gaza takeover plan as ‘slaughter, robbery’ North Korea has called for the US to stop ‘encroaching upon the dignity and sovereignty’ of the Palestinian people. A customer walks out of a restaurant displaying a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in northern Gaza in 2017. The sign reads: ‘Raba…
News US schoolteacher Marc Fogel released by Russia, White House says Fogel, 63, released after US President Donald Trump ‘negotiated an exchange’, officials say. Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia since August 2021, on a plane flying him back to the United States, February 11, 2025 [Adam Boehler/Handout via Reuters] Published On 12…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,084 Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Uragan (Hurricane) is fired towards Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk region border area, in this image released on February 6, 2025…
‘Screaming because of the pain’: Salman Rushdie recounts stabbing at trial American-Lebanese Hadi Matar, 23, is accused of attempting to kill The Satanic Verses author in frenzied 2022 attack. A member of the audience gestures as British-US author Salman Rushdie addresses a news conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany,…
China says US naval patrol of Taiwan Strait poses security risk The US Navy described its patrol as a ‘routine’ exercise through the international waterway. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts routine operations in the Taiwan Strait, in September 2023 [Handout/US Navy via AP Photo] Published On 12 Feb 202512…
President Daniel Noboa questions first-round results of Ecuador’s election The right-wing incumbent is set to face his left-leaning rival, Luisa Gonzalez, in a second round of voting in April. President Daniel Noboa holds up his ballot before voting on February 9 [Cesar Munoz/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025 Ecuadorian President…
FBI says it has discovered thousands of new files on JFK assassination Law enforcement agency says about 2,400 newly discovered records are being transferred to archives for declassification. US President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally and others smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, on…
Real Madrid storm back at Man City in Champions League to control tie Real Madrid come from behind twice at Manchester City to win 3-2 in the first leg of their Champions League tie. Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their third goal at Manchester City [Phil Noble/Reuters] Published On 11 Feb 202511 Feb 2025…
In change in crypto enforcement, SEC and Binance seek pause in lawsuit The joint motion is first clear effort to retreat from the US regulator’s previous crypto enforcement under Democratic leadership. The SEC regulator sued Binance in 2023, as well as its US unit and founder, accusing them of artificially inflating trading volumes, diverting customer…