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US defense spending has gone through several cycles since 1997, but the long-term trajectory is upward, according to visualcapitalist.com, which has compiled a ranking of these expenditures, based on official data, showing how the amounts have...

French MEP Francois Kalfon, one of the European Parliament rapporteurs for the military mobility file, warns sharply that the infrastructure and rolling stock used in European dual mobility projects - civil and military - must come from the...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reignited one of the most sensitive controversies in world sport, saying that football's world governing body should lift its ban on Russia from international competitions. The comments, made in an...

The price of gold rose by 27% in the first month of 2026 alone, after an advance of over 60% in 2025, and last week it traded at historical highs of over $5,500 per ounce, a context in which central bank gold reserves are worth much more than at...

The direction is assumed politically, but the data show that the euro is not yet approaching the status of a rival to the dollar. Recent speeches by European Central Bank officials confirm the ambition to strengthen the international role of the...

From Panama and Iraq to Venezuela and Russia, recent history shows that states that have attempted to exit the dollar-based financial architecture have quickly encountered either war or the threat of military force combined with sanctions, which...

NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has decided to suspend the Israeli company Elbit Systems from all new tenders and freeze some ongoing contracts, after serious allegations of corrupt practices emerged, according to an article...

An investigation by the journalistic platform Follow the Money shows that FIFA is forcing clubs to pay arrears to Russian teams, even when international sanctions make payments legally impossible. Clubs such as West Ham, Atalanta, Udinese, FC...

Investors keep asking the same question about investments: gold or stocks? Since 2000, a series of crises, inflation spikes and policy changes have tested both assets, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, conducted in partnership...

Gold's rarity is one reason why it remains a sought-after safe haven. In 2025, the price of the yellow metal saw its biggest increase in years, rising more than 50% as global investors reacted to the uncertainty in the global economy.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Europe has made a collective effort to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, according to a statista.com analysis, which notes that, in addition to embargoes on certain energy imports, the...

Turning towards the sun to catch the light, searching for a fence to climb, vibrating to the rhythm of the wind - plants have their own sensitivity, different from that of humans, but just as complex in its silent way. In recent years, this...

The fate of the 48 Israeli hostages held in Gaza is at the center of decisive negotiations taking place these days in Egypt, two years after the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Israeli media. Hamas has announced that it...

The German concern Rheinmetall, which owns Automecanica Mediaş in our country and will also build a new powder factory in the city of Victoria, Braşov, is entering the naval sector, according to the German press (Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung and...

The geopolitical and economic storm that is shaping up around the US dollar is taking on unexpected proportions after the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (ed. - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - SCO), which took place...

The foundation of the West is crumbling - that is what the planned participation of leaders from Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar at China's "Victory Day” military parade on September 3 in Beijing (commemorating the end of...

The price of gold has soared over the past two and a half years, up 34% in the past twelve months, hitting new all-time highs, most recently in April 2025 at $3,500 per ounce, as central banks and investors seek safety amid economic uncertainty...

The total costs of the conflict in Ukraine so far are enormous, but so far they do not exceed 15% of the estimated value of the country's mineral resources, a value that experts estimate at $11.5 trillion.

In a world where what political leaders establish today is no longer valid on the same day, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are meeting tomorrow in Alaska, officially to establish a plan to end the conflict in Ukraine, a plan that, as the...

Russian precious metal exports to China nearly doubled in the first six months of this year as record prices for the yellow metal boosted sales, Bloomberg reported, according to Agerpres.

Natural gas plays a key role in the global energy mix, being widely used for electricity generation, heating and as an industrial raw material.

US President Donald Trump sees no need to extend tariff truce beyond July 9, preferring to send a letter directly to trading partners setting out the tariffs they will have to pay, according to international media.

The conflict between Israel and Iran shows no sign of de-escalation, even though, according to the Israeli press, the Tel Aviv authorities declared yesterday that they are not seeking to overthrow the political regime in Tehran, but only to...

The Council of the European Union announced last Friday its unanimous support for extending until March 4, 2027 the temporary protection granted to the more than 4 million Ukrainian refugees who have fled the war of aggression launched by Russia,...