Dutch bank moves $11.6B of gold bullion out of the US, Canada to London. The Netherlands owns 612.4 tonnes of gold, valued at approximately $83.6 billion at the end of 2025. The bank sold approximately 59 tonnes in New York and bought an equivalent amount of market-standard gold in London.
The move came as part of an effort by Trump White House officials and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to enlist Betancourt to engineer a massive new oil deal with Venezuela's government. The deal was engineered with the current Venezuelan regime led by Delcy Rodríguez, who leads a government with many of the same officials the US accused of corruption.
Reform promises to increase tax-free personal allowance to £15,000. Party also hopes to cut £10bn by scrapping net-zero programmes. Half of the £353bn of welfare spending goes on the state pension. Reform estimates that increasing the threshold by £2,430 would save most taxpayers £500 a year.
The Supreme Court said the appeals court likely did not have jurisdiction to address the challenge to the FCC's policy. The GOP and the Trump administration argued that the 4th Circuit did not review final action by the FCC. The appeals court had said the FCC had "effectively" finalized its decision through "unusual circumstances"
President Donald Trump said Friday that his MAGA Inc. super PAC plans to spend between $400 million and $500 million to help Republican candidates in the November midterm elections. Trump said he expected to have money left over for 2028. Trump: "I'm going to spend whatever amount of money necessary to try to help us"
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June that federal law does not bar states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. "It's quite possible we get a district-court ruling issuing a preliminary injunction today," Richard Hasen, director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law, said.
The mudslide hit part of a village in Suichuan County in Jiangxi province. More than 100 houses collapsed in Huating Town in Putian city. In Fujian, local authorities said Friday that multiple residents were left unaccounted for. About 600,000 residents have been evacuated from risky offshore and onshore areas in Fujian.
Salman Khan appeared to lose patience with the paparazzi while shooting promotional material for 'Bigg Boss 20' The actor was spotted at the sets ahead of the reality show's September 6 premiere. Salman Khan opted for a rugged cowboy-inspired appearance for the promotional shoot. The Hindi reality show is scheduled to premiere on September 6.
The project, which Clark has dubbed Hotel Expedition, is part of his larger goal to build a collection of 10 curated hotels over the next seven years. The vision includes a spa with an in-house masseuse, morning yoga, bracelet-making classes, movie nights by the pool and s’mores kits.
Talwani issued her order after holding a contentious hearing in federal court in Boston on Thursday. She questioned the Postal Service and the dozen conservative-led states supporting it on their ability to implement the changes in time for the Nov. 3 elections. Talwani's order — her latest of several halting the plan this summer — came after a Postal Service whistleblower alleged the agency's new computer systems are fundamentally flawed.
Israel agrees to release five Lebanese civilians detained by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. Israel says Lebanon provided assistance in searching for the bodies of Lebanese Jewish leaders who were "abducted and murdered by terrorist organizations" in the 1980s. Officials said the prisoner release came as a result of U.S. mediation.