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Reko Diq added 13m oz to Barrick’s reserves and will produce up to 400,000 tons of copper yearly Barrick Mining Corp remains committed to its Reko Diq copper mine in Pakistan, one of the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of the metal, its interim CEO said on Tuesday after reports of a possible withdrawal. The $7 billion project in Balochistan is held in an equal partnership between the company and the Pakistani authorities and is expected to start production by the end of 2028. Barrick’s board had raised the possibility of splitting the company’s assets, which could include an outright sale…

Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022. Benoit Tessier | ReutersDozens of families of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel by Hamas sued Binance, alleging the top cryptocurrency trading platform knowingly helped transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in support of terrorist activities.The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in North Dakota came one month after President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had pleaded guilty to failing to combat…

PTI founder’s sisters staged a protest after being denied permission to meet him in Adiala JailImran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan during a sit-in outside Adiala Jail on Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025. SCREENGRAB A week after Rawalpindi police detained the sisters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, the prolonged sit-in on Adiala Road ended on Wednesday following successful negotiations between the police and the protestors. The founder’s three sisters, joined by party leaders and workers, had staged the protest after being denied permission to meet Imran Khan in Adiala Jail. On Tuesday, several PTI leaders, including Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma,…

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesNvidia on Tuesday said its tech remains a generation ahead of the industry, in response to Wall Street’s concerns that the company’s dominance of AI infrastructure could be threatened by Google’s AI chips.”We’re delighted by Google’s success — they’ve made great advances in AI and we continue to supply to Google,” Nvidia said in a post on X.…

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Gobble one of two turkeys to ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump extended his pardon power to both Thanksgiving turkeys — Gobble and Waddle — during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, extending the holiday tradition.During the Rose Garden ceremony, Trump also touched on recent developments for a possible U.S.-brokered peace deal in Ukraine.”I think we’re getting very close to a deal, we’ll find out,” Trump said. “I thought that one would have…

The fight between Nvidia and one of its loudest naysayers, investor Michael Burry, is escalating.Following the “Big Short” investor’s series of social media posts arguing that the artificial intelligence investment boom is replaying the dotcom bubble from the 1990s, with Nvidia at the center of it, the chipmaker quietly circulated a private memo to analysts that explicitly name-checked Burry to push back on many of his claims.”Nvidia emailed a memo to Wall Street sell side analysts to push back on my arguments on SBC and Depreciation. I stand by my analysis,” Burry said in a post on Substack, referring to…

Diplomatic outreach comes after escalation in Middle East when Israel launched a surprise, unprovoked attack on Iran ISLAMABAD: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani arrived here on Monday as part of a broader push by Tehran and Islamabad to consolidate political, security and economic cooperation amid shifting regional geopolitics. “Today, I am travelling to Pakistan, our friendly and brotherly country in the region,” Larijani said in a post on X shortly before his arrival. In a rare and notable acknowledgement, Larijani praised Pakistan’s support for Iran during the US-Israeli aggression earlier this year. “Iranians do not…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with the S & P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average up and the Nasdaq Composite down slightly, with Big Tech names under pressure. Nvidia shares fell more than 6% after The Information reported that Meta may use Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) in its data centers starting in 2027. Broadcom , which helps Google design its TPUs, jumped 11% Monday on the news. Jim Cramer said the pullback…

U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) looks on at a press conference calling for the release of the Epstein files, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025. Picture taken November 18, 2025.Annabelle Gordon | ReutersThe FBI plans to interview Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and five other congressional Democrats in connection with their appearance in a video encouraging members of the U.S. military to refuse to follow illegal orders, according to reports Tuesday.The FBI contacted Capitol Police to schedule those interviews, NBC News reported, citing a person familiar with those efforts.President Donald Trump last week blasted the video,…

Mifepristone and Misoprostol pills are pictured Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Skokie, Illinois.Erin Hooley | Chicago Tribune | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesJust over a year since Donald Trump was elected president again, the $6.9 billion abortion pill industry is operating under the same federal rules he inherited from former President Joe Biden — but new threats to the drug are mounting.Between a Food and Drug Administration safety review that could upend distribution, legal battles over whether the pill can stay on the market, and anti-abortion rhetoric from activists and the Trump administration, drugmakers appear to be bracing for…