NEW YORK -- Gold prices are higher in early U.S. trading Tuesday, with December gold once hitting a new record high of 4,000.10 dollars.
Safe-haven demand is keeping the yellow metal elevated. (U.S.-Gold Futures)
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BANGKOK -- Floods in Thailand have claimed 22 lives, authorities said on Tuesday, as an estimated 370,000 people across 19 provinces were still battling river overflows and heavy rains.
According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, fatalities have been reported in six provinces, with Uttaradit and Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, north of the capital Bangkok, being among the hardest hit. (Thailand-Floods)
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STOCKHOLM -- Three U.S.-based scientists, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.
"Their experiments on a chip revealed quantum physics in action," the Academy said in a statement. (Nobel-Physics)
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ANTANANARIVO -- President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina on Monday appointed Ruphin Fortunat Dimbisoa Zafisambo as the country's new prime minister, a week after the government was dissolved amid mass protests.
The new prime minister must be "capable of restoring order and regaining the people's trust," Rajoelina said, adding that his main task will be to improve people's living conditions and advance the nation's key priorities. (Madagascar-PM-Appointment) ■
