Silver emerged as one of the strongest-performing major assets in 2025, sharply outperforming both gold and Bitcoin.  The rally was not driven by speculation alone. Instead, it reflected a rare convergence of macroeconomic shifts, industrial demand, and geopolitical pressure that could extend into 2026. Silver’s 2025 Performance in Context By late December 2025, silver traded

Khanyisile NgcoboJohannesburg Gallo Images via Getty Images Senzo Mchunu was suspended as police minister after corruption allegations emerged about him, which he denies South Africans have long suspected corruption and political interference were at work in the police force but in the past few months allegations appearing to confirm this have been aired in two

Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor BBC Listen to this article Christmas is a time when families get together if they can – and, until this year, the Murdochs were no different. With members of the media dynasty spread across the globe, full family gatherings were rare, although in 2008, according to biographer Michael Wolff, the

Lebo DisekoGlobal Religion correspondent Getty Images Pope Leo has criticised the Trump administration’s immigration policy Jesse Romero, a conservative Catholic podcaster, has some choice words for Pope Leo XIV. “The Pope should tell us how to get to heaven,” says Romero. “He has no authority over the government; he has to stay in his lane.”

Australian Federal Police Police arrested and charged the British man, 43, earlier this month A British national in Australia has had his visa cancelled and faces deportation for allegedly displaying Nazi symbols. The 43-year-old man living in Queensland was arrested and charged earlier this month, after allegedly using a social media account to post the

Watch: The BBC reports on the latest Epstein file release The US Department of Justice released its latest – and largest – tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday. The 11,000-plus documents continue a stream of released information that began on Friday, the deadline mandated in a new law that required the department to publicly

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. There is a growing presence of U.S. special operations forces (SOF) assets in the Caribbean as the Trump administration prepares for possible kinetic actions against Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. These SOF elements are part of a large

Both companies should see hypergrowth next year. While Applied Digital (APLD 4.90%) and CoreWeave (CRWV 3.89%) both saw their stocks go on roller-coaster rides in 2025, they were also two of the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) stock winners this year. The two companies also have close ties, as CoreWeave is a big customer of Applied

Washington — Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has terminal stage-four pancreatic cancer. Sasse, 53, announced his diagnosis on X, saying it’s a “death sentence.”  “Friends – This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week

“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a

Gemma SherlockNorth East and Cumbria DS43 Community Defibrillators Facebook The cabinet containing the stolen defibrillator was found hanging off the wall earlier this week A charity says it is “disappointed” as one of its most used defibrillators has been destroyed beyond repair. The defibrillator, stolen from the West View Project building on Miers Avenue, in