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Gold bracelets are displayed inside a gold shop in Bangkok's Chinatown, Thailand, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Gold’s rush above $4,000/oz cements status as global bellwether

Gold’s unprecedented ascent this week to the $4,000 an ounce milestone and beyond puts it on course for its best year since the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Global debt hits record of nearly $338 trillion, says IIF

The Institute of International Finance, a financial services trade group, said that global debt rose over $21 trillion in the first half of the year to $337.7 trillion.

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 06: Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Prime Minister, attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office on September 06, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on Sunday amid mounting pressure from his party following the ruling coalition's historic losses in July's parliamentary elections and rising public dissatisfaction over economic issues. (Photo by Toru Hanai - Pool/Getty Images)

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba to step down after Liberal Democratic Party suffers major election defeats

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced that he will be stepping down after less than a year in power due to historic parliamentary election losses.

(From front L to front R) Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, France's President Emmanuel Macron, White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Council President Antonio Costa and Netherlands' outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof speak during the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at The Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on September 4, 2025. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Paris on September 4, 2025, in a new effort to pile pressure on Russia's President Vladimir Putin after he vowed Russia will fight on in Ukraine if no peace deal is reached. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pressures European leaders to stop purchasing Russian oil, undermining Moscow’s war funding

President Donald Trump is calling on European leaders to halt purchases of Russian oil, hoping to increase pressure on Moscow to participate in substantive negotiations in relation to Ukraine and the ongoing war.

White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron (R), upon their arrival to chair a meeting with International leaders during the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at The Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on September 4, 2025. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Paris on September 4, 2025, in a new effort to pile pressure on Russia's President Vladimir Putin after he vowed Russia will fight on in Ukraine if no peace deal is reached. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Special Envoy Witkoff convenes with Zelensky and EU leaders in Paris to discuss Ukrainian security guarantees

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff convened with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Paris as Kyiv seeks long-term American security guarantees in any potential peace deal with Russia.

TOPSHOT - In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with China's President Xi Jinping and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump accuses Putin, Xi and Kim of ‘conspiring’ against U.S. during Beijing military parade

President Donald Trump commented on a significant military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II. The event featured Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and other global leaders.