Author: Steven Sahiounie

The annual event will focus on forging stronger economic ties despite external pressure Delegations from many foreign countries are expected to take part in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) that kicks off on Sunday in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok. India, China, Laos, Mongolia and Myanmar will have the largest contingents at the event, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev, who is presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District. He told reporters on Saturday that around 7,000 people are expected to participate at the four-day forum, including media representatives from more than 50 foreign countries, including…

Corporate profit growth has reportedly been outpacing wage increases Inflation continues to rage in Western Europe, with monthly consumer prices soaring by over 14% in the UK and more than 10% in Germany, according to a Nikkei report. Some retailers have been hiking prices out of proportion with their underlying costs, it claimed. Roughly 50% of price increases in the region resulted from local companies passing higher costs on to consumers, the outlet estimated. Consumption has slumped across the region as price increases have outpaced wage growth. Nikkei cited an analysis of annual results from 70 European food retail and…

Simultaneously and at the same conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blames the hindered counteroffensive on the slow deliveries of weapons. Ukraine’s newly nominated and freshly appointed Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is already asking for an increase in deliveries of heavy weapons. “We are grateful for all the support provided… we need more heavy weapons,” he said in a speech on Saturday during a conference, pleading, “We need them today. We need them now.” Simultaneously and at the same conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed the slow deliveries of weapons for the hindered counteroffensive. On September 7, the United States unveiled a new $600 million…

The death toll of the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has climbed to 2,012, with an additional 2,059 people reported injured, including 1,404 in critical condition, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. The majority of casualties are in the regions of Al-Houz, where 1,293 lives have been lost, and Taroudant, which has recorded 452 deaths. Both of these areas, located to the south of Marrakech, have experienced severe destruction due to the earthquake. Earlier reports from the Moroccan Ministry of Interior pointed out that the fatalities were spread across nine regions, with 694 deaths in Al-Houz,…

The Brazilian leader told Firstpost TV channel about this Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans to visit Russia next year to participate in the BRICS summit and counts on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s return visit to the G20 summit in Brazil, the Brazilian leader told India’s Firstpost television. “The BRICS summit in Russia next year will precede the G20 summit in Brazil, and I will go to the BRICS summit in Russia,” he said, expressing certainty that other BRICS leaders will also attend the event. “After that, I hope, all of them will come to the G20 summit in Brazil,”…

Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem this morning, accompanied by a heavy presence of Israeli occupation police, according to local sources. Witnesses said scores of settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque in separate groups, where they conducted provocative tours through the courtyards of the mosque, received explanations about the alleged “Jewish Temple,” and performed Talmudic rituals near the Dome of the Rock. This latest incident adds to the ongoing tensions surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most revered site in Islam. The entry of settlers into the compound, backed by Israeli security forces, is often met…

Brazil will host the next summit of the association in 2024 India has officially handed over the G20 presidency to Brazil, which will host the next summit of the association in 2024, a TASS correspondent reports. The ceremony took place at the final session of the summit in New Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Modi handed over the gavel of the presidency to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid applause from other summit participants. The G20 summit in New Delhi is coming to an end on Sunday. India has held dozens of ministerial meetings in the run-up to the…

Erdogan and El-Sisi discussed bilateral ties and energy cooperation between Turkiye and Egypt Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan met with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the sidelines of a G20 summit in the Indian capital New Delhi on Sunday, Erdogan’s office said in a statement.Erdogan and El-Sisi discussed bilateral ties and energy cooperation between Turkiye and Egypt, as well as regional and global issues, it said. Source: Arab News

Raymond Ndong Sima served as Bongo’s Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014 before becoming a critic and running against him in the 2016 and 2023 presidential elections. Interim Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima of Gabon revealed his new government on Saturday, comprising military figures and ex-ministers from the regime of deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba but none of the prominent opposition personalities. Ndong Sima selected a 26-member cabinet two days after General Brice Oligui Nguema, who spearheaded the August coup against Bongo, nominated him as transitional president of Gabon. Oligui has not specified a timeline for returning to civilian rule. Ndong Sima,…

Moscow’s conditions are clear and “absolutely realistic,” Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said Russia will not give up on the conditions it has set for the Black Sea grain deal to be resumed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. New proposals reportedly put forward by the United Nations would still be insufficient, he added. “The Westerners are said to supposedly be ready to promise SWIFT access to a subsidiary of Rosselkhozbank [Russian Agricultural Bank],” Peskov said, referring to media reports about the UN proposals sent to Moscow. Earlier this week, Reuters claimed that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told Russian Foreign Minister…