Author: Steven Sahiounie

The globe has grown increasingly reliant on sugar exports from India, and uneven rainfall throughout India’s agricultural belts has fueled fears that sugar output may fall short. Following India’s prohibition on some rice exports in order to manage local prices, merchants are concerned about another staple, sugar. India, the world’s largest rice exporter, prohibited imports of non-basmati white rice in Late July in order to keep local prices stable ahead of the general election in early 2024. Rice is essential for almost half the worldwide population, with Asia using around 90% of the global supply. Based on expectations that the return of El…

Ahead of the European Parliament elections, AfD pitches an electoral program calling for a restructuring of the EU into a federation. Earlier on Sunday, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) pitched its program for the upcoming European Parliament election: declaring the European Union (EU) a failed project in its current form. The party criticized the EU’s handling of migration and climate policies and rejected the Euro as the currency of choice. During its party convention in the eastern city of Magdeburg, the AfD called for a restructuring of the EU as a “federation of European nations.” According to the election program,…

It is specified that new Ukrainian brigades which should have been the counteroffensive’s driving force are made up of recruits, some of whom became “mentally broken” The new units of Ukraine’s armed forces that had been trained by NATO and received Western arms mostly consist of new recruits and suffer heavy losses in the Ukrainian counteroffensive, The New York Times said citing the Ukrainian military. “I lost a lot [of troops],” a commander of one of the units told the newspaper. “Some of the new guys are mentally broken,” he added. The article notes that his “brigade had taken heavy casualties in…

Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh Monday met with a delegation of members of the US Congress, which included 22 members of the Democratic Party, headed by Senator Hakeem Jeffries, leader of the Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives, in his office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. The meeting discussed ways to revive the political process and the role of the US Congress in protecting the two-state solution, as the Prime Minister called on Congress to vote in favor of recognizing the State of Palestine. The Prime Minister affirmed that Israel violates international law on a daily basis…

The Israeli District Court’s decision not to grant the ill freedom fighter Walid Daqqa, who completed 37 years behind bars for his resistance to the Israeli occupation, an early release from prison due to his deteriorating health condition is equivalent to a death sentence, today said the Daqqa family after the Israeli District Court in Lydda rejected the family’s appeal for the early release of its son. Walid Daqqa has ended his actual life sentence, later commuted to 37 years, since March 24. However, two more years were added to his sentence after accusing him of attempting to help prisoners…

Sberbank and Alfa-Bank are also among the company’s creditors, with claims totaling 77.2 mln ($800,000) and 99.4 mln rubles ($1 mln), respectively MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. The Moscow Arbitration Court has deemed Oracle Computer Hardware, the Russian subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, as bankrupt, having initiated bankruptcy proceedings against the company, according to files from database of arbitration cases. To date, claims by the company’s ten creditors have already surpassed 1.254 bln rubles ($12.9 mln), according to TASS calculations. Among the main creditors are FORS-Distribution, Oracle’s former official distributor in Russia, with claims totaling 440 mln rubles ($4.5 mln), and Marvel…

Syria called on the United Nations and Security Council to condemn the Israeli terrorist attack on the vicinity of Damascus at dawn today, and to take immediate action to compel the occupying entity and stop the aggressive policies, put an end to its crimes and hold the perpetrators accountable, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in a statement. “The Israeli occupation forces carried out an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus. The aggression claimed the life of four Syrian soldiers, wounded four others, causing also…

“Russia used to be a major foreign market for Japan’s business of used cars. The current measures will inevitably have a serious impact here,” the expert stressed TOKYO, August 7. /TASS/. New restrictions on the export of cars to Russia imposed by Tokyo’s authorities may cut supplies of pre-owned Japanese cars to Russia by almost half, Hironori Fushita, associate professor at the Russian Studies Department of the Foreign Studies Faculty at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies and research fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs, told TASS. “According to preliminary estimates based on figures provided by Japan’s finance…

“Toyama’s businessmen are already expediting supplies of used cars to Russia before the new restrictions come into force on August 9, searching for additional markets, including inside Japan, though such efforts are not unlimited,” the expert explained TOKYO, August 7. /TASS/. Additional restrictions on the export of cars to Russia imposed by Tokyo will have a noticeable impact on Japan’s regional economy, particularly the Toyama prefecture on the Sea of Japan, Hironori Fushita, associate professor at the Russian Studies Department of the Foreign Studies Faculty at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies and research fellow at the Japan Institute of…

Kiev has received French missiles with a range of more than 250 kilometers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video on social media on Sunday demonstrating a long-range Scalp missile that his French counterpart promised Kiev last month. In mid-July, President Emmanuel Macron announced that his government had decided to join the United Kingdom in providing Scalp missiles to Ukraine. The Former president of the French right-wing National Rally party and the current chairwoman of its parliamentary faction, Marine Le Pen, told Le Figaro that it was “irresponsible” of Macron to pledge long-range missiles to Ukraine. “I do not understand why Emmanuel Macron…