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Have you ever wanted to sit on a golden throne ?

A functional 100 percent 18-karat gold toilet is part of an exhibition in New York by Maurizio Cattelan.

Economy

Bitcoin worth three times more than gold

Bitcoins are now worth almost three times as much as an ounce of gold after a month of turmoil ending in a 50% rise in value

Germany

Honest passerby hands in 22 gold bars found under a tree

An individual handed over a briefcase containing 22 gold bars and €3,500 to Berlin police after finding it under a tree in the city's Neukölln district.

Sport

European Fencing Championships: France and Italy triumph in Tbilisi

Russia are disappointed on two counts, narrowly losing out in both men's and women's finals at the European Championships in the Georgian capital.

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Economy

Bitcoin value tops gold for first time ever

The price of a single bitcoin has gone higher than one ounce of gold for the first time ever.

Sport

France's Worley slaloms to second gold at world championships

Tessa Worley has won her second gold medal at the alpine skiing world championship in St Moritz, Switzerland.

Economy

Germany goes for gold

Germany's central bank is moving faster than planned to bring much of its gold reserves to Frankfurt from storage in places like New York and Paris.

Target

Burkina Faso wants to share its gold wealth

We are a hundred meters underground, in the tunnels of the Bagassi gold mine.

France

French heir discovers 100kg of gold hidden in house

A man who inherited a house from a relative in Normandy, France, found even more reasons to be cheerful when he discovered 100kg of gold hidden under furniture.

Markets

Roller coaster ride as markets react to shock US election result

European shares were down early on Wednesday in the wake of the shock election result in the US but then rallied

Sport

Brazil scores gold in men's beach volleyball

In men’s beach volleyball, Olympic host nation Brazil have scored gold.

Sport

Errigo outclasses her rivals to win Shanghai Grand Prix title

The Italian Arianna Errigo had a golden day at the office when she won the Shanghai International Fencing Federation Grand Prix against the American Lee…

Business Line

Catching China's cold

It is said when America sneezes the world catches a cold. In this first edition of 2016 we look at what happens to the world when China gets sick

World News

Police in Peru raid and destroy illegal Amazonian gold mines

Peruvian police have destroyed dozens of illegal gold mining camps close to the Amazonian nature reserve. Peru raids illegal gold mines #video

Poland

No gold and no Nazi train in Poland say experts

Claims a Nazi train rumoured to be carrying gems and gold lies in an underground tunnel in Poland have been discounted. Geology experts who

Economy

Gold loses lustre as prices fall to a six-year low

All that glitters is not gold and gold is not so shiny at the moment as it falls to its lowest price in almost six years. Gold prices falls B50 to

Economy

Investors play safe amid security concerns

European investors are said to have been returning to safer assets as markets focus on international security issues in the wake of the Paris

Business Series

Investors turn to precious metals as safe havens

Welcome to Business Middle East. This week we are taking a look at commodity prices. There is a ray of hope for the price of oil and precious metals

Business Series

A painful Q3: global markets grim after worst quarter in years

In four years the financial markets have not hit seen such lows as they have done in third quarter of 2015. Successive declines hit global stocks

Business Series

Golden shot: China shocks the commodities market with reserves revelation

Gold appears to be losing its lustre after shedding 4% of its value in a turbulent week. Morgan Stanley indicated a worst-case scenario of a drop to