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China which is claimed to be containing approximately 1,000 metric tons of gold eventually valued at around 600 billion yuan (US$83 billion), reported Science Alert. According to Science Alert, this find which is being reported by Chinese state media could actually be the largest gold reservoir ever uncovered while surpassing the 900 metric tons found in South Africa's South Deep mine. The Geological Bureau of Hunan Province identified 40 gold veins at a depth of 2 kilometers in Pingjiang County while initial estimates suggest that these veins alone hold 300 metric tons of gold. Also Read:Cyber Monday 2024: Target and Walmart unleash massive discounts | Top Deals

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday alleged that Parliament has witnessed disruptions over the past week because the BJP is afraid to discuss certain issues with opposition parties. Priyanka Gandhi asserted that the Congress is fighting to uphold the Constitution. Addressing a public meeting at Karulai in Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district, Priyanka Gandhi said, «Across India, we are fighting for our Constitution and the values on which our country was built. We are fighting against the BJP, which has no rules, no respect for democracy, and no regard for the Constitution… We have been asking them to discuss some issues with us in Parliament… Parliament has not functioned for the past week because they are afraid to even discuss certain issues.»

Dr K Sudhakar has urged the Union Government to expand the scope of PM Fasal Bima Yojana and PM-Kisan Yojana by bringing additional agricultural activities within their purview. Chikkaballapur constituency near Bengaluru is home to a range of farming activities including sericulture, livestock, dairying and aquaculture. The two flagship insurance schemes have had a profound impact on the lives of Indian farmers, the BJP MP said participating in a discussion in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

GST on insurance premiums and no further hike in foreign direct investment in the sector. Addressing a conference of the All India Life Insurance Employees' Federation (AINLIEF), general secretary V Narasimhan said it will be approaching MPs from all political parties to voice support for the demands. The All India Triennial General Conference here is being attended by delegates from across the country. The federation's demands also include withdrawal of the new labour codes and introduction of the old pension scheme for employees recruited in LIC after 2010.

Zelenskyy's remarks on Friday signaled a possible way forward to the difficult path Ukraine faces to future NATO membership. At their summit in Washington in July, the 32 members declared Ukraine on an «irreversible» path to membership. However, one obstacle to moving forward has been the view that Ukraine's borders would need to be clearly demarcated before it could join so that there can be no mistaking where the alliance's pact of mutual defense would come into effect. «You can't give an invitation to just one part of a country,» the Ukrainian president said in an excerpt of the interview with Sky News, dubbed by the UK broadcaster. «Why? Because thus you would recognize that Ukraine is only that territory of Ukraine and the other one is Russia.»

job markets differently across OECD countries, exacerbating existing urban-rural income and productivity gaps as well as the digital divides between regions, according to a new OECD report. Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2024 finds that, following a decade of employment growth, over half of OECD regions had reached employment rates above 70 per cent by 2023, with more women joining the workforce, narrowing the gender gap in labour force participation in 84 per cent of OECD regions. The employment boom has also led to regional labour shortages and gaps, particularly in densely populated urban regions such as Lombardy (Italy) and Hamburg (Germany), as well as in regions struggling with population decline and ageing.

Congress MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who arrived on a two day visit to Kerala after her maiden electoral win, on Saturday attacked the BJP by accusing it of not following usual democratic norms even in political fights. Priyanka compared the BJP's behaviour with the landslides that hit Wayanad in July, saying just like the natural disaster the saffron party's conduct knows no rules, offers no explanations and follows no democratic norms that are normally adhered to in political fights. «The political challenges we face (from the BJP) today are like the landslides. There are no rules. There are no explanations.»

border.U.S. president-elect Donald Trump pledged this week to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports until more is done to stem illegal border crossings and drug trafficking.The threat spurred calls from premiers and opposition leaders for the federal Liberal government to do more to secure Canada’s border.Among the voices was Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who says she is considering creating a provincial border patrol.The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.

Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country, but Kurram district — in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan — has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed for decades. Fresh fighting broke out last Thursday when two separate convoys of Shiite Muslims travelling under police escort were ambushed, killing more than 40 and sparking 10 days of battling with light and heavy weapons.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has flown to Florida to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products

European House Ambrosetti group's senior partner Lorenzo Tavazzi has said Italian companies have invested USD 6.5 billion in India, which speaks of the importance accorded to the world's fastest growing major economy, and stressed that there are a lot of opportunities for growth. Tavazzi, who heads TEHA's Scenarios and Intelligence Areas, was speaking in Mumbai on Friday after the inauguration of the Villaggio Italia exposition, being held to coincide with the port of call of Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian Navy ship used for training and supporting national diplomacy. Speaking at a panel discussion curated by top Italian news agency ANSA in connection with the ship's arrival in Mumbai, Tavazzi said Italy can help India's aspirations on the energy transition and transport fronts with its expertise in sustainable technologies and also high-speed rail. Alessandro Giuliani of SDA Bocconi Asia Center, a Mumbai-based management education institute, said that given the commonality on the food front, wherein the culinary habits of both the countries focus on usage of spices, Indian students should feel at home if they go to study in Italy.

The United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine, with experts saying Kim is eager to gain advanced technology, and battle experience for his troops, in return. Kim, who met Belousov on Friday, blasted the recent decision by Western powers to permit Kyiv to strike inside Russia with their weapons, saying it constituted a «direct military intervention in the conflict», according to KCNA.

Kim Jong Un vowed his country will «invariably support» Russia's war in Ukraine as he met Russia's defense chief, the North's state media reported Saturday. A Russia military delegation led by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday, amid growing international concern about the two countries' expanding cooperation after North Korea sent thousands of troops to Russia last month. The official Korean Central News Agency said that Kim and Belousov reached «a satisfactory consensus» on boosting strategic partnership and defending each country's sovereignty, security interests and international justice in the face of the rapidly-changing international security environments in a Friday meeting.

Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state. Trump in September promised that he would sign legislation to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe, a distinction that would unlock access to federal funds. He ultimately won North Carolina by more than 3 percentage points, in part due to continued support from Lumbee voters. Now, as Trump prepares to return to the White House in January, the promise will be put to the test. He has Republican allies in Congress on the issue, and now the Lumbee, as well as tribal nations across the country, are watching closely to see what comes next.

«This is a question at hand,» Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS news agency when asked whether Moscow was considering a resumption of tests. «And without anticipating anything, let me simply say that the situation is quite difficult. It is constantly being considered in all its components and in all its aspects.»

Jyotiraditya Scindia lashed out at the Opposition for raising doubts about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), asserting that those unwilling to acknowledge their shortcomings cannot be helped. He further said that it's become a habit for the opposition to blame someone else for their losses. «It is good if you win but if you lose, you blame it on someone else. How long will this go on? Who can help those who do not want to recognise themselves, those who do not want to see their own shortcomings?» the Union Minister said on Friday. The Union Minister's remarks come amid a row sparked by Congress leader Bhai Jagtap's derogatory comments about the Election Commission of India (ECI) and its use of EVMs. Jagtap refused to apologise for his objectionable «kutta» remark directed at the ECI, accusing it of undermining democracy through «sycophancy.»

A South Korean National Assembly member has called for a moratorium on wood pellet imports from Indonesia and an investigation into South Korea’s biomass use after government data and satellite analysis linked the country’s biomass imports to deforesta...

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency rose in November — but that likely won’t stop the European Central Bank from cutting interest rates as the prospect of new U.S. tariffs from the incoming Trump administration adds to the gloom ov...

Thousands of teachers, health care workers, trash collectors and others walked off their jobs across Italy on Friday to protest a decline in spending power, persistently low salaries and government policies they say have weakened public services

The World Trade Organization chief says she’s “eager” to work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Trump’s plans to impose new tariffs on goods from other countries including China, Mexico ...

A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time