Author: Steven Sahiounie

Brazil intends to restore trade and political ties with Cuba, a top foreign policy aide to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday. Brazil has expressed its intention to mend both trade and political relations with Cuba, as conveyed by a senior foreign policy advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. This announcement followed a meeting in Havana between the Brazilian advisor and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. During the period when Brazil was governed by Lula’s leftist Workers Party from 2003 to 2016, the ties between Brazil and Cuba were robust. However, under the leadership of former…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for patience in a speech released as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a deepening economic slump and said Western countries are “increasingly in trouble” because of their materialism and “spiritual poverty.” Since taking power in 2012, Xi has called for restoring the ruling party’s role as an economic and social leader and has tightened control over business and society since taking power in 2012.Some changes come at a rising cost as successful Chinese companies are pressured to divert money into political initiatives including processor chip development. The party tightened control over tech…

Saudi Arabia-based investment company Energy Capital Group (ECG) has announced the first close of its $150 million fund that targets the creation of national leaders in energy and energy-related technologies. The Fund was anchored by Jada Fund of Funds. The successful fundraising effort is a validation of ECG’s strategy that aims to create and develop industrial services and technology-oriented National Champions across the energy sector in line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and Aramco’s IKTVA program. The end goal for ECG is to strengthen current supply market constraints to the energy and industrial value chain and asset base to further…

Business has vanished at Kingsley Odafe’s clothing shop in Nigeria’s capital, forcing him to lay off three employees. One culprit for his troubles stands out: The US dollar’s strength against the Nigerian currency, the naira, has pushed the price of garments and other foreign goods beyond the reach of local consumers. A bag of imported clothes costs three times what it did two years ago. The price these days is running around 350,000 naira, or $450. “There are no sales anymore because people have to eat first before thinking of buying clothes,” Odafe said. Across the developing world, many countries…

China’s Ambassador to Tehran, Chang Hua, emphasizes that cooperation with Iran is at its best and looks forward to more ties. China’s Ambassador to Tehran, Chang Hua, has praised the current state of cooperation between China and Iran across various domains, and expressed optimism about further enhancing these ties. He shared these sentiments during a meeting on Saturday with Mohammad Sadeq Motamedian, the Governor of West Azarbaijan Province in northwestern Iran, as reported by IRNA. Chang highlighted the significant opportunities for collaboration between China and West Azarbaijan Province, particularly in international trade with Europe, mining activities, and shared experiences in environmental…

According to the head of the Soltsy municipal district Maxim Timofeyev, nothing threatens the civilian population and infrastructure All measures to eliminate the consequences of the drone attack against a military airfield in the town of Soltsy, the Novgorod Region, have been completed, the head of the Soltsy municipal district Maxim Timofeyev said on his Telegram channel. “At the moment, all measures to eliminate the consequences [of the UAV attack] have been completed. Nothing threatens the civilian population and infrastructure. All organizations are working normally,” Timofeyev said. As the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier, the Kiev regime carried out a…

Former US President Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results.  Former US President Donald Trump has once again lashed out on Saturday. This time, it was against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for what he claims is allowing the capital to become a “War zone” ridden with crime. Trump was indicted in Georgia for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Failed D.A. Fani Willis, who has allowed Atlanta (Fulton County) to become a record-setting Murder and Violent Crime War Zone, with almost no retribution, shockingly indicted your…

The Emirates Red Crescent Authority, in cooperation with Lattakia Governorate, completed the preparation of Al-Naqaa site in Jableh city , which was prepared as part of a project to implement 1,000 housing units for those affected by the earthquake. The site includes 47 housing units equipped with suitable supplies for the residence of the families affected by the earthquake according to the priorities identified by the administrative units. The site was inaugurated Saturday by the Governor of Lattakia, Eng. Amer Hilal, and Secretary-General of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, Hammoud Abdullah Al-Junaibi, in addition to that they inaugurated two new…

Jean-Louis Georgelin is believed to have fallen while hiking in the Pyrenees, according to police French General Jean-Louis Georgelin, director of the restoration of Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral, has been found dead near a mountain pass in southeastern France, the Foix public prosecutor’s office confirmed on Saturday, noting that the death was being treated as an accident. The 74-year-old’s body was discovered by mountain gendarmes in the Pyrenees after he did not return from a solo hike on Friday. He reportedly fell on Mount Valier, located near the Faustin pass in Ariege at a height of 2,650 meters (8,694…

Hunter Biden’s guilty plea on tax evasion charges disintegrated last month when a judge questioned the deal The prosecution of Hunter Biden is “up to the Justice Department,” his father US President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday, breaking his silence on the special counsel probe into his son’s activities. “I have no comment on any investigation that’s going on,” he added. Hunter Biden was expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes last month in a plea deal that would also have allowed him to avoid punishment for the charge of gun possession…