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China and the Fed’s rate cut plans are driving up demand for gold.

Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) favorability and approval ratings have plummeted to likely historic lows as he and his wife face federal allegations of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for his power and influence, according to a poll. 

Costco is apparently selling gold bars that consumers are snapping up at a record pace.

Cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz – totaling more than $710,000 collectively – were recovered between the home and safety deposit box of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, during an investigation into bribes they allegedly accepted from New Jersey businessmen, federal prosecutors say. 

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against four companies linked to the infamous Wagner Group and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.

A winter of heavy rain and a spring of heavy erosion has attracted a small gold rush of fortune-seekers eager to find nuggets in California’s burgeoning rivers.

An air cargo container with millions of dollars worth of gold and additional valuables inside disappeared Monday from a Canadian airport after a plane arrived and was unloaded.

The price of gold has been on the rise and could get above $2,000, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney told Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow.

A lucky British couple that found 264 gold coins under their kitchen floor has recently sold the trove for over £754,000 ($853,000 USD) through an auction.

A Brazilian investigative journalist group on Monday published documents that showed the “four most valuable companies in the world” – namely Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon – purchased gold illegally mined in the Amazon region for use in their electronic products.

U.S. President Joe Biden says that the United States and other G7 leading economies intend to announce a ban on imports of gold from Russia.

Teeka Tiwari, a crypto investment expert, said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will contribute to a rise in Bitcoin’s value over time.

A German artist hauled a 410-pound golden cube worth $11.7 million to Central Park in New York City on Wednesday. 

Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold medal for weightlifting on Monday, earning her an additional cash prize of $600,000 from the Philippine government and private companies, along with a new home, the Manila Bulletin reported on Tuesday.

Chinese nationals have infiltrated Zimbabwe’s gold industry and developed “questionable partnerships” with leaders of Zimbabwe’s left-wing ruling party, Zanu-PF, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported on Monday.

Salvation Army officials in Las Vegas were shocked to find a gold coin weighing one ounce among the dollar bills and change in one of the charity’s Red Kettles.

A man was arrested at the Kannur Airport in Kerala, India, this week when authorities reportedly discovered over 2 pounds of gold hidden inside his rectum.

Illegal gold mining has surged in Zimbabwe during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by Reuters on Monday.

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the central city of Yavne.

Houlton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Chinese woman after she illegally crossed the border from Canada. During a search, the agents found the woman to be in possession of 13 gold bars and $10,000 in U.S. currency.

Dubai — Evening dresses made of gold mesh, gilded sunglasses and glittering crowns are sparkling again from the windows of Dubai’s historic gold souk which was shuttered during the coronavirus lockdown.

A mysterious good Samaritan has secretly dropped a gold coin worth $1,200 into a Salvation Army kettle in Springfield, Ohio, for the fifth consecutive year.

Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leftist regime in Zimbabwe introduced legislation this week to ban the ownership of machetes in areas rich in gold following a spate of violent robberies by knife-wielding artisan miners.

At least 105 people have been murdered over the past three months in “machete wars” fought between criminal gangs in Zimbabwe, according to a report from a non-governmental organization called the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP).

One of the biggest heists in Brazil’s history occurred on Thursday afternoon when armed criminals disguised as police officers stole a huge trove of gold and other precious metals from São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport. As Bloomberg News put it, the thieves stole $30 million in gold in less than three minutes.

The socialist regime in Venezuela has recently sold $400 million in gold despite U.S. efforts to freeze all its international assets, according to a report from Bloomberg on Tuesday.

The United States has sanctioned Venezuela’s state-run gold mining company Minerven, accusing them of propping up the country’s socialist regime and engaging in illegal financial activities. 

Opposition legislator Angel Alvarado told Reuters on Wednesday the Maduro regime has removed at least eight tons of gold from Venezuela’s central bank for unknown reasons. At current prices, the gold is worth over $300 million. Alvarado’s account was backed up by three sources within the Venezuelan government.

The United States is currently investigating if Turkey’s deepening relations with Venezuela constitute a violation of its sanctions against the Maduro regime, Reuters reported Thursday.

A Venezuelan opposition lawmaker named José Guerra posted images on Tuesday evening that purportedly capture government workers loading tons of gold bars onto a Russian aircraft for transport out of Venezuela.

Venezuelan Industries and National Production Minister Tareck El Aissami and a committee representing the socialist dictatorship arrived in Turkey on Monday to discuss the refinement of gold in that country, which agreed to help Venezuela with its gold supply following sanctions imposed by the United States.

BERLIN (AP) – Four young men have gone on trial over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin from a Berlin museum.

The Central Bank of Venezuela has begun refining gold in Turkey in a bid to escape the pressure of international economic sanctions against the Maduro regime, the country’s mining minister announced on Wednesday.

The first state-run gold depository in the United States opened in Austin on Wednesday, offering Texans and other Americans a safe place to store precious metals.

China reportedly began a large-scale mining operation along its disputed border with northeastern India this month that may renew tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, less than a month after the top leaders from both nation’s discussed peace.

A California man pleaded guilty Friday to swiping a $550,000 gold bar dating back to the 1600s from a museum in Key West, Florida.