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President de Gaulle of France initiated the secret operation “Vide-Gousset” and repatriated 3,313 tonnes of gold reserves from the vaults of the Federal Reserve in New York and the Bank of England in London from 1963 until 1966. De Gaulle feared America’s deficit in its balance of payments would rupture Bretton Woods and lead to a devaluation of the dollar against gold. All France’s dollars were converted into gold, and to avoid treachery, the metal was repatriated over the course of three years. It took 44 boat trips and 129 flights to bring home more than three thousand tonnes of...

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, a Bill Clinton appointee, on Saturday ordered that five-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father, an illegal from Ecuador, be released from a detention center in Texas after the two were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis ---SNIP--- The truth, of course, was far different than what was being reported. It turned out that Conejo Arias had abandoned his son after agents approached a vehicle the two were in; the father took off on foot, apparently without regard for the safety and well-being of Liam. ICE agents kept Liam...

Gold and silver prices plunged Friday, as President Donald Trump’s nomination for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, appeared to relieve concerns about the central bank’s independence and sent the dollar soaring. Spot silver was down 28% at $83.45 an ounce, trading near its lows of the day. Silver futures plummeted 31.4% to settle at $78.53, marking its worst day since March 1980. Meanwhile, spot gold shed around 9% to trade at $4,895.22 an ounce. Gold futures dropped 11.4% to settle at $4,745.10. The sharp moves down were initially triggered by reports of Warsh’s nomination. However, they...

After nearly a year of chaotic, stop-and-start efforts to broker a cease-fire in Ukraine, the Trump administration remains deeply involved in talks to stop the war. Unsurprisingly, the most vexing topic remains territorial concessions—in Trump-speak, “land swaps.” And until now, diplomats have not come up with anything likely to solve it. The discrepancy between the original pro-Russian 28-point plan that surfaced in November 2025 and the reworked Ukrainian-U.S.-European version speaks volumes about how far Ukraine and Russia remain from each another. The 28-point plan calls for international recognition of all currently Russian-held territory as well as marking the entirety of...

Silver Price Performance USD Change Amount % Today +7.08 +6.24% 30 Days +42.13 +59.10% 6 Months +75.75 +201.10% 1 Year +81.88 +259.57% 5 Year +84.74 +295.46% 20 Years +103.70 +1,065.97% silverprice.org - 09:40 NY Time