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Gold futures top $1,230 an ounce for highest finish in nearly 3 months

MarketWatch.com 

Gold futures climbed Monday to mark their highest finish in almost three months. Declines in Treasury yields, weakness in the U.S. dollar year to date, and uncertainty surrounding the U.S. economic outlook helped support demand for gold as a safe-haven investment. April gold rose $11.30, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,232.10 an ounce. That was the highest finish for a most-active contract since Nov. 10, according to FactSet data.

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School chief who blamed attack on Trump doubles down

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A school superintendent who drew the wrath of the Maine Republican Party for linking a hate crime with President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that he stands by his statements. Maine GOP has said Portland Public Schools Superintendent Xavier Botana created a hostile political environment in the city's public schools in the wake of the Jan. 27 attack on several black students. Maine GOP has accused Botana of forcing students to "give up taxpayer-funded school time... Читать дальше...



The Women's March organizers are planning a massive 'day without women' strike

BusinessInsider.com 

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The organizers of the Women's March on Washington — the protest that drew an estimated half a million people in Washington, DC, alone — are now planning a mass strike.

"The will of the people will stand," the organizers posted on Twitter. The date of the strike is still to be determined.

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Queen's porter at Treetops later joined Mau Mau rebellion

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

NYERI, Kenya (AP) — Sixty-five years ago, Britain's Princess Elizabeth went up into a treehouse safari lodge and watched elephants below. She was informed that her father had died and she descended from the treehouse a queen.

North Korea defector in Russia at risk of deportation

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Elizabeth Shim
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A North Korean defector in Russia faces involuntary repatriation after spending years as a forced laborer, according to local reports.

Oosterwijk door Vreven buiten selectie NAC gezet

Tubantia 

BREDA – FC Twente-huurling Jari Oosterwijk is maandag door trainer Stijn Vreven, voorafgaand aan het duel tegen FC Dordrecht, buiten de wedstrijdselectie gezet. Volgens BN De Stem heeft Oosterwijk ruzie gehad met Vreven.

The Latest: Democrat backs agriculture secretary nominee

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

If confirmed, Perdue would be the first agriculture secretary from the South in more than two decades, and farm politics in Congress often fall along regional lines. While Midwestern lawmakers frequently back policies and government subsidies that are good for corn and soybean growers, Southerners champion those that pay farmers well for cotton and rice. The Senate will be in session around the clock this week as Republicans aim to confirm more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks over Democratic opposition.

Rocket Force: China Tests Its New Super-Accurate Missile During War Games

RIA Novosti  

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force has begun practicing the deployment of medium-range Dongfeng (DF) missiles capable of reaching strategic US and Japanese bases near China, the latest iteration of Beijing’s war game-preparations for an armed conflict in the South and East China Seas.





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