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Muted Demand During India's Second-Biggest Gold-Buying Festival, After Prices Surge Gold demand during one of India's key buying festivals stayed muted on Sunday as record prices curbed jewellery purchases, ​offsetting a modest uptick in investment demand, according to Reuters.  Indians celebrated Akshaya Tritiya, the ‌second-biggest gold-buying festival after Dhanteras, when purchasing precious metals is considered auspicious. Only this time near record gold prices - the precious metal closed just over $4800 - kept buyer enthusiasm rather subdued.  "The sharp rally in prices curbed jewellery demand. In volume terms, buying was lower as consumers...

Houthi War Escalates: Riyadh Strikes Sanaa Oil, As Several Saudi Airports Shuttered The Saudi coalition, which is calling itself the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, on Tuesday issued a warning for civilians to evacuate a site in Sanaa ahead of a targeted operation. The city has been held by the Houthis going all the way back to 2014, and is the main base of the Iran-aligned government there. Specifically, civilians are being urged evacuate the Yemen Petroleum Company’s Al-Sabahah central fuel station in Sanaa, and the publication went so far as...

An Israeli drone attack in northern Gaza on Thursday killed a 13-year-old boy as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal. Medics told Reuters that the boy, identified as Joud Mohammed al-Duweik, was killed when an Israeli drone dropped a grenade in the town of Beit Lahia. Several other Palestinians […]