Zimbabwe just introduced a new gold-backed currency in an attempt to fight inflation and wean off the US dollar

Inflation-hit Zimbabwe has a new currency — again. Last week, the country's central bank introduced a new gold-backed currency called Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG, in an attempt to tame price…

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‘It was ours but now it’s gone’: Residents in Europe’s tourist hotspots slam second home ownership

Europe’s holiday hotspots are overrun with second homes, with account for roughly one in 10 properties in France. In 2022, the flower-bedecked, lakeside town of Gérardmer in the Vosges mountains…

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