Disaster

The mingled wreckage of a Bombardier CRJ 200 plane has been found after it disappeared from radar between Norway and Sweden. The converted freighter was on a mail transport flight when it sent out a distress signal at 11:31pm Thursday night. Rescue workers say there is no chance of finding any survivors at the crash site in the Swedish Lapland. The two pilots had taken off from the Norwegian airport of Gardermoen to transport mail to Tromsø, northern Norway.

Kim Jong-un has announced that North Korea has “successfully” tested a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake was measured near the site of a nuclear weapons unit on Tuesday night.  The South Korean weather agency said the tremor, felt 12 miles ENE of Sungjibaegam, was “artificial” – suggesting that North Korea’s claims of creating a nuclear blast are true.

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Source: Townhall.com (via The Burning Platform)

Overnight weakness in global stock markets has prompted safety bids in Treasuries and precious metals but the last few minutes has seen a heavy volume spike in both gold and silver (above $1075 and $14 respectively)...

$1088 is perhaps the next target (50DMA) for gold and $14.46 (50DMA) for Silver.

Have "the terrorists" turned into arsonists, did someone misfire a bottle rocket in their room, or are the powers that be out to destroy the Gold Holding evidence?

Whatever the case, a massive fire has broken out at The Address hotel in downtown Dubai. The building boasts a 5-star hotel and is 302 meters tall.