On Friday, the global market for precious metals moved downward, with spot gold prices dropping and setting the stage for a weekly decline overall. Data showed that spot gold fell 0.5 percent to trade at $4,326.75 per ounce. Meanwhile, United States gold futures for December delivery decreased nearly 1.0 percent to $4,382.50 per ounce. These declines followed a sharp, temporary surge on Thursday, when bullion prices reached their highest levels in more than two months before retreating 1.3 percent due to quick profit-taking.
The public health emergency in Central Africa is accelerating at a rate never seen before, according to official reports from international health agencies released on Friday. The World Health Organization has warned that if community transmission remains uncontrolled and supply chain disruptions continue regionally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak will break all previous death toll records. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the trajectory of the current epidemic could outpace the devastating 2014–2016 West African outbreak, which caused over 11,000 deaths.
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On Friday, the global market for precious metals moved downward, with spot gold prices dropping and setting the stage for a weekly decline overall. Data showed that spot gold fell 0.5 percent to trade at $4,326.75 per ounce. Meanwhile, United States gold futures for December delivery decreased nearly 1.0 percent to $4,382.50 per ounce. These declines followed a sharp, temporary surge on Thursday, when bullion prices reached their highest levels in more than two months before retreating 1.3 percent due to quick profit-taking.
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Pakistan Seismic Activity Near Sost Impacts Gilgit-Baltistan with Magnitude 5.4 Quake GILGIT-BALTISTAN / RankWire.AI / – An earthquake measuring 5.4 earthquake struck northeastern Pakistan early Thursday morning, causing tremors in parts of Gilgit-Baltistan near the northern border. Pakistan’s official seismic authorities recorded the event at magnitude 5.3. The quake struck at 5:35 a.m. local time on August 13, with its epicenter located 27 kilometers northwest of Sost, close to the Khunjerab region. The Pakistan Meteorological Department indicated a depth of 15 kilometers for this seismic activity.
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The public health emergency in Central Africa is accelerating at a rate never seen before, according to official reports from international health agencies released on Friday. The World Health Organization has warned that if community transmission remains uncontrolled and supply chain disruptions continue regionally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak will break all previous death toll records. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the trajectory of the current epidemic could outpace the devastating 2014–2016 West African outbreak, which caused over 11,000 deaths.
