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Gold has been reaching record highs of late, with the price of spot gold hitting $3,357.40 (£2,532) per ounce for the first time ever on Wednesday. 

A man has gone on trial accused of leaving a woman "scared and nervous" after allegedly making sexual advances towards her at his Highland home. 

It's like The Godfather, one reformed drug trafficker tells me. 

The building blocks for life are thought have been brought to Earth by asteroids that bombarded our planet long ago. 

Kemi Badenoch has laughed off Robert Jenrick's WhatsApp mix-up after he appeared to accidentally add hundreds of contacts to a group chat before swiftly removing people. 

Drummer Zak Starkey has said he is "surprised and saddened" after parting ways with The Who following recent charity shows at the Royal Albert Hall. 

Jean-Claude Van Damme has told Vladimir Putin he wants to come to Russia as an "ambassador of peace". 

The ripping up of the trade rule book caused by President Trump's tariffs will slow economic growth in some countries, but not cause a global recession, the International Monetary Fund…

Power has been returned to just over 40% of Puerto Rico following an island-wide blackout on Wednesday, the territory's energy distributor has said. 

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has signed a new contract with the Premier League side.