Today's Top 3 News: Gold Prices Poised to Rise After US Attack on Venezuela

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January 5, 2026 | 06:42 pm

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Monday, January 5, 2026. Here are the highlights: Gold Prices Poised to Rise After US Attack on Venezuela; Danantara Set for 5 Downstream Projects Groundbreaking in February; and Why Trump Wants to Push Venezuela's Maduro Out of Power.

The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:

1. Gold Prices Poised to Rise After US Attack on Venezuela

The world gold price closed at US$4,332 per troy ounce on Saturday, January 3, 2026. Meanwhile, domestically, the price of bullion gold produced by PT Aneka Tambang Tbk. (Antam) closed at Rp2,488,000 per gram.

Observer of currency and commodities Ibrahim Assuaibi predicts that the world gold price could soar to US$4,426 per troy ounce on Monday, January 5, 2026. Meanwhile, he predicts the precious metal price to rise to Rp2,518,000 per gram at the opening of trading next week.

The Director of PT Traze Andalan Futures stated that the precious metal price could rise to Rp2,610,000 per gram at the end of next week or on Saturday, January 10, 2026.

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2. Danantara Set for 5 Downstream Projects Groundbreaking in February

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hosted Rosan Roeslani, the CEO of the sovereign wealth fund Danantara and Minister of Investment and Downstream Industry, at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java, on Sunday afternoon, January 4, 2026.

Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya, as quoted from the Instagram account of the Cabinet Secretariat on Sunday, stated that the two discussed a number of concerns, including the development of Danantara's downstream projects with investment value reaching Rp100 trillion.

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3. Why Trump Wants to Push Venezuela's Maduro Out of Power

The airstrikes on Caracas on January 3 have renewed speculation that the United States is seeking to remove Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, by force.

In fact, an interview published in Vanity Fair in late December had already indicated that this was currently one of U.S. President Donald Trump's main priorities.

The interview made headlines at the time, as Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles said her boss "wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle" — an Americanism referring to a plea for mercy.

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Today's Top 3 News: Why Trump Wants to Push Venezuela's Maduro Out of Power

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