Foreigners are however allowed to buy gold directly from GoldBod, a new state regulator.
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Hamas says it has lost contact with US-Israeli hostage
The group says it lost communication after an Israeli strike on where Edan Alexander was being held.
French prison attacks are ‘terrorism’ says justice minister
Vehicles were set on fire in car parks outside several prisons across the country.
Nvidia expects $5.5bn hit as US tightens chip export rules to China
The chip manufacturing giant, which has been at the heart of the AI boom, will require licences to export its H20 AI chip to China.
Watch: New speed climbing record set in the Swiss Alps
A climbing pair shatter the record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains.
Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan
The country is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world two years into a bloody civil war.
Obama calls Trump’s freeze of Harvard funding ‘unlawful’
The former president broke with his practice of not criticising policies or leaders on social media to praise Harvard’s stand
Peru’s ex-President Ollanta Humala guilty of money laundering
A court ruled that Humala, who governed Peru from 2011 to 2016, took illegal campaign contributions.
Nigerians fear savings lost as investment app freezes them out
People share videos of themselves crying, saying that they cannot withdraw their money on CBEX.
Rodent nests found near house where Gene Hackman’s wife died of hantavirus
The Oscar-winning actor’s wife Betsy Arakawa died from a respiratory illness linked to infected rodents.