Roughly half of Russia’s $640 billion of gold and forex assets held abroad were frozen by Western central banks last March An increasing number of countries are bringing home their bullion reserves in the wake of unprecedented sanctions imposed by the West on Russia, Reuters reported on Monday, citing an Invesco survey of central bank…

The top official in Newport, Oregon has admitted to posting “dark” content in a closed Facebook group The mayor of Newport, Oregon has resigned after he was found to have shared offensive memes on Facebook over a period of several years, prompting calls for him to step down by local activists and lawmakers.

A Republican senator has blocked the appointment of General David Berger’s successor The US Marine Corps has been left without a confirmed commander for the first time in more than a century after a lone Republican senator refused to confirm around 250 military promotions in protest against the Pentagon’s abortion policy.