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Metals surged in volatile trading on Friday, with #silver and #copper hitting fresh records, after a chaotic hours-long outage on CME Group’s Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Silver, Copper Hit Records as Trading Turmoil Exacerbates Moves
Silver jumped as much as 5.9% to $56.53 an ounce, surpassing a peak set during a historic squeeze in the London market in October. The white metal has been supported by rising hopes of a Federal Rese...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Metals surged in volatile trading on Friday, with #silver and #copper hitting fresh records, after a chaotic hours-long outage on CME Group’s Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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#Belgium appears to have a secondary agenda in holding onto Russia's money thanks to the tax generated. Belgium is breaking an international commitment to disclose what it is doing with tax from the frozen reserves, which is supposed to go to Ukraine.
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EU allies turn screws on Belgium over its tax income from Russia’s frozen assets
European governments are piling pressure on Bart De Wever to allow the Russian cash to go to Kyiv as a mega loan.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#Belgium appears to have a secondary agenda in holding onto Russia's money thanks to the tax generated. Belgium is breaking an international commitment to disclose what it is doing with tax from the frozen reserves, which is supposed to go to Ukraine.
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www.politico.eu/article/bart...
German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul: “Our intelligence services are telling us urgently: Russia is at least creating the option of a war against #NATO by 2029 at the latest.”
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The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
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November 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
German foreign minister, Johann Wadephul: “Our intelligence services are telling us urgently: Russia is at least creating the option of a war against #NATO by 2029 at the latest.”
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The Sahand destroyer, which capsized during repairs last year, has been recommissioned into the #Iran Navy along with the Kurdistan floating base.
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Repaired Sahand destroyer, floating base join Iranian Navy, state media say
The Sahand destroyer, which capsized during repairs last year, has been recommissioned into the Iranian Navy along with the Kurdistan floating base, Iran’s state media reported on Saturday.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Sahand destroyer, which capsized during repairs last year, has been recommissioned into the #Iran Navy along with the Kurdistan floating base.
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A populist and nationalist, Japarov has since 2020 established firm control of #Kyrgyzstan, which was traditionally Central Asia’s most democratic country.
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Allies of Kyrgyzstan's president set to win snap parliamentary election
Kyrgyzstan votes in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday in which allies of President Sadyr Japarov are expected to win a resounding victory.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A populist and nationalist, Japarov has since 2020 established firm control of #Kyrgyzstan, which was traditionally Central Asia’s most democratic country.
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"My sources are telling me this investigation is already being folded into a much larger operation – one designed in Moscow and embraced by Trump’s people – to force regime change in Kyiv."
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BREAKING: Trump’s Secret Moscow Deal and the Plot to Take Down Zelensky
Raids on Zelensky’s chief of staff are being weaponized with Russian disinformation as Kushner and Witkoff fly to Moscow to divide territory, minerals, and frozen assets.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"My sources are telling me this investigation is already being folded into a much larger operation – one designed in Moscow and embraced by Trump’s people – to force regime change in Kyiv."
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Bailey only managed to cap off the deficit at $11 billion by bringing forward almost $2 billion in future payments from the settlement with Big Tobacco. The province won’t get some of that money for another 18 years.
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Donald Trump not to blame for B.C's financial woes, David Eby is
Vaughn Palmer: The NDP points to new schools and the like to justify deficits, but day-to-day spending is to blame for half of it
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November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Bailey only managed to cap off the deficit at $11 billion by bringing forward almost $2 billion in future payments from the settlement with Big Tobacco. The province won’t get some of that money for another 18 years.
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Kinetic sanctions applied to russian #shadowfleet.
The 274-meter-long tanker Kairos suffered an explosion and caught fire in the Black Sea while en route from Egypt to Russia, Turkey's Transport Ministry said.
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The 274-meter-long tanker Kairos suffered an explosion and caught fire in the Black Sea while en route from Egypt to Russia, Turkey's Transport Ministry said.
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Blasts hit sanctioned tankers off Turkey's coast, rescues underway
Blasts rocked two tankers from Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea near Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday, causing fires on the vessels, and rescue operations were launched for those on board, Tu...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Kinetic sanctions applied to russian #shadowfleet.
The 274-meter-long tanker Kairos suffered an explosion and caught fire in the Black Sea while en route from Egypt to Russia, Turkey's Transport Ministry said.
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The 274-meter-long tanker Kairos suffered an explosion and caught fire in the Black Sea while en route from Egypt to Russia, Turkey's Transport Ministry said.
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Ukraine applies kinetic sanctions against the russian #shadowfleet. A second oil tanker has gone up in flames in the Black Sea. Both ships have been identified as the M/T Kairos and M/T Virat. The destination of both oilers is the Russian port of Novorossiysk. (source Tendar)
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ukraine applies kinetic sanctions against the russian #shadowfleet. A second oil tanker has gone up in flames in the Black Sea. Both ships have been identified as the M/T Kairos and M/T Virat. The destination of both oilers is the Russian port of Novorossiysk. (source Tendar)
The stocks of Canada’s largest public companies are now traded more frequently and in greater size by foreign investors than Canadians. Likewise Canadian institutional investors are overwhelmingly invested in foreign equities.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The stocks of Canada’s largest public companies are now traded more frequently and in greater size by foreign investors than Canadians. Likewise Canadian institutional investors are overwhelmingly invested in foreign equities.
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Review examines environmental compliance, legal and labour issues, tax matters, operational processes and potential environmental liabilities. Authorities say the results could shape any future negotiations over the mine’s future. #copper
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Panama to release first Cobre Panama audit results in December
Panama nears pivotal decision on the future of First Quantum Minerals’ massive copper mine, with first reports expected as soon as next week.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Review examines environmental compliance, legal and labour issues, tax matters, operational processes and potential environmental liabilities. Authorities say the results could shape any future negotiations over the mine’s future. #copper
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Subsidies and Contracts for Difference (CfD) that the UK government has promised to the two projects for new #nuclear power stations are expected to add $1.32 billion (£1 billion) annually to the UK power bills from around 2030
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November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Subsidies and Contracts for Difference (CfD) that the UK government has promised to the two projects for new #nuclear power stations are expected to add $1.32 billion (£1 billion) annually to the UK power bills from around 2030
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Investors are trying to figure out which #utility companies can deliver on their big promises — and which would be able to weather the potential pop of a trillion-dollar AI bubble.
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Why US Utility Stocks Are Falling After the AI Power Surge
The artificial-intelligence boom’s promise of runaway electricity demand has jolted shares of US power companies to all-time highs. But those generators and utilities are now learning that the hype co...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Investors are trying to figure out which #utility companies can deliver on their big promises — and which would be able to weather the potential pop of a trillion-dollar AI bubble.
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Trade and tariff dynamics, such as the tariff on Brazilian sugar, have reduced our appetite for export sales until conditions change.
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Rogers Sugar Inc (RSGUF) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Record EBITDA and Strategic Challenges
Despite achieving record EBITDA and growth in the maple segment, Rogers Sugar Inc (RSGUF) faces operational hurdles and project delays impacting future outlook.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Trade and tariff dynamics, such as the tariff on Brazilian sugar, have reduced our appetite for export sales until conditions change.
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DULF founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nix were convicted earlier this month of possession of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.
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B.C. Premier David Eby seeks cover over provincial support for DULF
Vaughn Palmer: The Drug User Liberation Front is an organization the province had funded and supported.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
DULF founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nix were convicted earlier this month of possession of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.
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#OPEC should publish accurate data, including crude and other liquids, and align actual production with quotas, rather than relying on mechanisms like "compensation" that allow nations to cheat on their limits.
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OPEC’s Numbers Are an Exercise in Artistic Deception
On the eve of a contentious OPEC meeting in the 1980s, one of the cartel’s top officials penned a poem that caused quite a stir among his colleagues. As the group meets on Sunday facing the danger of ...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#OPEC should publish accurate data, including crude and other liquids, and align actual production with quotas, rather than relying on mechanisms like "compensation" that allow nations to cheat on their limits.
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www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Guilbeault won the riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie in the 2019 federal election and was named environment minister in 2021, a role he held until demoted to Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada by PM Mark Carney in March.
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Former environment minister, activist Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet
Hours after the feds signed an MOU with Alberta, Canada's former environment minister resigned from cabinet. Read more.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Guilbeault won the riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie in the 2019 federal election and was named environment minister in 2021, a role he held until demoted to Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada by PM Mark Carney in March.
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The EBS market, a platform used in foreign exchange, reopened at noon London time, according to a notice on the #CME Group Inc.’s website. It gave no information about when other affected platforms would resume operations.
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CME Partially Restores Operations With Restart of Forex Platform
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange restored some operations after an hours-long outage, but its major global futures markets from equities to bonds and commodities were still down.
www.bloomberg.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The EBS market, a platform used in foreign exchange, reopened at noon London time, according to a notice on the #CME Group Inc.’s website. It gave no information about when other affected platforms would resume operations.
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The global #copper market is facing major upheaval, triggered by supply-demand imbalances, the shifting role of China and the uncertainty surrounding US President Donald Trump’s trade agenda.
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Copper Tensions Run High With Global Market at ‘Historic Point’
The global copper market is facing major upheaval, triggered by supply-demand imbalances, the shifting role of China and the uncertainty surrounding US President Donald Trump’s trade agenda.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The global #copper market is facing major upheaval, triggered by supply-demand imbalances, the shifting role of China and the uncertainty surrounding US President Donald Trump’s trade agenda.
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Guilbeault quits Liberal cabinet over pipeline deal.
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Guilbeault quits Liberal cabinet over pipeline deal.
For the yen to fundamentally alter its trajectory, the BOJ would need to truly undertake liftoff — and keep going to considerably narrow the gap in borrowing costs with the US.
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We Need to Shatter One Big Myth About the Weak Yen
Timothy Geithner, the former US Treasury Secretary who had extensive dealings with Japan over the course of his career, didn’t place much value in forecasting. He learned as a young diplomat in Tokyo ...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For the yen to fundamentally alter its trajectory, the BOJ would need to truly undertake liftoff — and keep going to considerably narrow the gap in borrowing costs with the US.
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👍 Russia has no veto on Ukraine's NATO accession, - Rutte
He rejected Moscow and Washington's proposal for a peace agreement that would block Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.
"Russia has neither a vote nor a veto on the issue of NATO membership," he said.
He rejected Moscow and Washington's proposal for a peace agreement that would block Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.
"Russia has neither a vote nor a veto on the issue of NATO membership," he said.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
👍 Russia has no veto on Ukraine's NATO accession, - Rutte
He rejected Moscow and Washington's proposal for a peace agreement that would block Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.
"Russia has neither a vote nor a veto on the issue of NATO membership," he said.
He rejected Moscow and Washington's proposal for a peace agreement that would block Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.
"Russia has neither a vote nor a veto on the issue of NATO membership," he said.
The NDRC says the heating season will run longer this year. That usually means heavier #coal burn and more #natgas in the mix
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China Braces for a Winter That Could Break Its Power Grid | OilPrice.com
Heating loads will pick up sharply, and China will lean harder on gas and coal to get through the season
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November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The NDRC says the heating season will run longer this year. That usually means heavier #coal burn and more #natgas in the mix
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