Pope Francis on Friday urged Catholic voters to ‘choose the lesser evil’ between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.  The pope criticized Harris’ support of abortion rights as being an ‘assassination,’ while he also chastised Trump, saying ‘not welcoming migrants is a sin.’  ‘You must choose the lesser evil,’ Francis told reporters in a press conference held from ...

Billionaire conservative philanthropist Leonard Leo, who operates a vast network of conservative nonprofits, called on his groups to start ‘weaponizing’ their ideas, something he said the left has been championing over the years.  A letter sent to groups supported by Leo’s 85 Fund on Wednesday said it would be undergoing a ‘comprehensive review’ of entities it supports, and ‘will be ...

Former President Trump’s 2024 campaign and the Republican National Committee are facing a fundraising deficit to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Democratic National Committee. But RNC chair Michael Whatley vows that the Trump campaign and the GOP’s national committee ‘absolutely have the resources’ to win in November. Harris’ campaign, touting an ‘historic, 24-hour haul,’ this week showcased their ...

John Kaiser of Kaiser Research shared his thoughts on gold, honing in on why interest in gold and gold stocks remains relatively low even though the metal has been trading at or near all-time highs. In his view, part of the issue is the disappearance of the traditional gold bug — Kaiser explained that this has come about due to ...

Galloper Gold Corp. (CSE:BOOM)(OTC PINK:GGDCF)(Frankfurt:W9F) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Galloper’) is pleased to announce that Phase 1 diamond drilling has commenced at the Company’s Glover Island Project where Galloper’s 100%-owned claims cover most of the 40-km-long under-explored Island situated in the prolific ‘Four Corners’ region of Western Newfoundland featuring major deposits of gold, copper and salt Galloper’s initial drilling is targeting ...

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) (‘Energy Fuels’ or the ‘Company’), an industry leader in uranium and rare earth elements (‘REE‘) production for the energy transition, is pleased to announce that the Federal Court of Australia (the ‘Court‘) has today made orders approving the proposed acquisition of Base Resources Limited (‘Base‘) by Energy Fuels by way of a ...

NorthStar Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSXV: BET) (OTCQB: NSBBF) (‘NorthStar’ or the ‘Company’) today announced that the Company has issued a $3 million unsecured, interest-bearing promissory note dated as of September 13, 2024 (the ‘Note’) to Playtech plc. The Note shall bear interest of 8% per annum, payable in arrears at maturity. Unless otherwise accelerated pursuant to its terms, the Note ...

“Teslas don’t grow on trees”, Reuters journalist Ernest Scheyder wrote in The War Below, highlighting conflict between government mandates on electric vehicles and public policies hampering new metal flows into EV supply chains. The conundrum at the heart of American author Scheyder’s book is the same one executives at the world’s major miners, and many investors in the industry, are ...

Biren Technology, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip developer seen as a potential rival to industry leader NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), is making preparations for an initial public offering (IPO). The South China Morning Post reported that the Shanghai-based company has recently begun the IPO process by enlisting the services of Guotai Junan Securities, one of the largest brokerage firms in China. ...

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) gained 35.21 points this week to close at 580.43. Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) was up 787.22 points to finish the week at 23,568.65. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released its final two inflation reports ahead of the next meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on September 17 and 18. The ...