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Gold price rallies more than 1% on Monday as markets are off to a soft start to a week that will feature the Fed interest-rate decision. Geopolitical risks from Trump and Israel are spurring investors to head back into Gold.Upside risks persist even as sentiment appears to tilt to the downside. Gold (XAU/USD) rises by more than 1% on Monday as traders flee to safe assets after an eventful weekend on the geopolitical front. The Houthi attack that hit Ben Gurion airport this weekend and Israel’s promise to retaliate while preparing for a broad ground offensive in Gaza are elevating risks again…

You may believe that you’ve had a close enough view of Johannes Ver­meer’s Girl with a Pearl Ear­ring. You may have gone to The Hague and seen the paint­ing in per­son at the Mau­rit­shuis. You may have zoomed into the ten bil­lion-pix­el scan we fea­tured here on Open Cul­ture in 2021. But if you haven’t spent time with the new 108 bil­lion-pix­el scan, can you real­ly claim to have seen Girl with a Pearl Ear­ring at all? At that 108-gigapix­el res­o­lu­tion, notes Jason Kot­tke, “each pix­el is 1.3 microns in size — 1000 microns is 1 mil­lime­ter.” You can learn more…

“So lucky to have amazing friends and family to start the 50th celebrations with,” Beckham said in his post.Here, he and Victoria are pictured with their three youngest children, Romeo, Cruz and Harper, as well as Romeo’s partner Kim Turnbull and Cruz’s partner Jackie Apostel.Their eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz were notably missing from photos of the event.The former athlete concluded his caption by writing “Love you” and tagging Victoria, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.

As we end another month, it is time to go back and see what 2 Loud 2 Old Music added to the collection. This is April 2025 and we have lots of vinyl, CDs and even some 8-Tracks. So much to go through including a new Rock Candy collection, new items for the Kiss collection and a couple Box Set collections. Lots of great new albums and old ones to go through and show for this month so I hope you enjoy the show!! So go check it out as it will be live tonight right now, May 5, 2025…

No notion in economics is responsible for more misunderstanding and misguided government policies than that of the “balance of trade” (or “balance of payments”).  Rightly ridiculed in 1776 by Adam Smith as “absurd,” the so-called “trade balance” supplies protectionists with cheap yet convenient cover for their destructive interventions. The main reason is language: Saying that a country’s trade is “imbalanced” – especially if that country has a “trade deficit” – suggests to the economically uninformed that something is amiss. Who, pray tell, is comfortable with being out of balance?! All talk of “trade deficits” conveys the impression that the home…

Some stuff I am reading today morning: FPIs infuse 4,223 Cr in April 2025 (DH) India cuts off water flow to Pakistan from Chenab (HT) Bhushan Power : SC slams JSW ( B&B ) OPEC+ stuns the oil markets (OP) Govt terminated IMF ED Subramanian’s services (Rediff) US places 100% tariffs on Foreign Movies (Trump) US De Minimis loophole closed (CNN) Transcript: 2025 Berkshire Hathaway AGM (SC) The Greed & Fear tango (Aswath Damodaran) Use family for tax planning (FE)

Bangladesh cricket enters a new era as BCB has officially appointed a new T20I captain, with off spinner Mahedi Hasan as the deputy, ahead of the team’s crucial away series against the UAE and Pakistan in May-June 2025. This leadership change comes after Najmul Hossain Shanto stepped down from the role earlier in the year, setting the stage for Litton’s first full-time captaincy assignment in any format.Bangladesh Cricket names new T20I captain                  Bangladesh Cricket Board named Litton Das as the new skipper to lead in T20Is, his elevation to captaincy marks a significant milestone in his career. While he has…

Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “We have lost three important points against a big team, but I am angry above all because we didn’t deserve to lose. Today it was very clear we missed a lot of chances. They scored with their only chance of the first half. In the second we tried to continue in the same way but we conceded stupid goals.”On the decision not to award Wolves a first-half penalty: “I don’t understand how [the referee] doesn’t call the foul – in the same way as in the last match against…

Mikko Rantanen Keeps The Dallas Stars Alive If it was not clear already, in Game 7 of the first-round playoff series between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche, it became even clearer that Mikko Rantanen is a superstar in the NHL. Rantanen had one of those performances that legends are made of. He channelled his inner Michael Jordan, recording another four-point game and period, including a hat trick, to eliminate his former club, the Colorado Avalanche, from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. ?Night Cap Recap ? What a Performance by Mikko Rantanen Stars Off to Round 2 #texashockey #goavsgo #stanleycup pic.twitter.com/NVvNv0JU9S…

Peter HoskinsBusiness reporterGetty ImagesUS President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world.Trump said he was authorising the US Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy because America’s movie industry was dying “a very fast death”.He blamed a “concerted effort” by other countries that offer incentives to attract filmmakers and studios, which he described as a “National Security threat”.”It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN…