[unable to retrieve full-text content]

Net purchases in 2023 almost matched the previous year’s record, the World Gold Council has said Total gold demand hit the highest level on record last year of 4,899 tons amid global uncertainty and thanks to continued strong buying by central banks, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).

Truly sovereign states are no longer afraid of ‘Western diktat,’ Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is ready to help the world do away with the vestiges of a Western-dominated colonial past, former president Dmitry Medvedev has claimed. The official argued that as a nation “which has never had any colonies,” Russia is well-placed to take part…