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US dollar collapse will happen this year, gold fund manager tells RT’s Keiser Report Central banks have been buying massive amounts of gold over the last 50 years, purchasing a historic high of 374.1 tons in 2019. The unprecedented shift has been seen by many as a move away from the US dollar. The interesting thing, according to Egon von Greyerz of GoldSwitzerland.com, is that not every country is buying gold. He told RT’s Keiser Report that mainly Eastern central banks have been piling up the shiny metal. “We are talking about Russia and China, Turkey, Poland, and Hungary.” Russia and China are the ones that are “really seeing what’s happening,” he says. “They know that the dollar is going to collapse.” //...

Greek parties could name top judge 1st female president A high court judge is set to become Greece’s first female president after two opposition parties sided with the center-right government’s nomination, AP reports. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, 63, has served as president of the Council of State, a top administrative court, for the past 15 months. Sakellaropoulou is set to receive “well beyond” the 200 votes needed for her election in a vote scheduled in the 300-seat Parliament on Wednesday, a government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, said. Two center-left opposition parties have already backed Sakellaropoulou’s nomination, raising the total number of lawmakers from parties declaring support to 266. Greece has a historically low level of women in senior positions in politics. In th...