Author: Steven Sahiounie

Joe Biden’s upcoming visit marks the first time a sitting US President visits Hiroshima. The White House schedule indicates that US President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday in the city of Hiroshima, which was once destroyed by US nuclear bombs. This comes ahead of a G7 summit that will be taking place in Hiroshima from May 19-21. As per Biden’s schedule, he will be landing in Hiroshima on Thursday, May 18, and will hold bilateral talks with the Japanese premier shortly after landing. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday that the US President…

The European Commission boosted its 2023 forecast for growth in the eurozone by 0.2 points to 1.1%, forecasting inflation in the region to rise by 5.8%. The European Union said in a report entitled “Economic Prospects for Spring 2023: An Improved Outlook Amidst Continuing Challenges” : The European economy continues to show resilience in a challenging global context. Lower energy prices, easing supply constraints and a strong labor market supported moderate growth in the first quarter of 2023, dispelling fears of a recession. He predicted the growth of the European Union economy by 1.0% in 2023 (0.8% in the interim winter forecast) and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky goes to Paris and meets with French President Emmanuel Macron where the two announce in a joint statement their intention to mount pressure against Russia. In a joint statement, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that France intended to train Ukrainian battalions and equip them with AMX-10RC armored fighting vehicles. In a statement released by the Elysee Palace, on Monday, Macron said that “France is focusing its efforts on supporting Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.” The two presidents, according to the statement, concurred that there is a need to mount collective pressure…

The Turkish currency fell against its American counterpart, in today’s trading, and this comes in light of the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, amid expectations that the presidential race is heading to a run-off. And by 11:21 Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate rose by 0.42% to 19.6662 Turkish liras, according to Bloomberg data. Before that, the Turkish currency fell to 19.70 lira against the dollar, and the following is the direction of the lira’s trading today:19.66 On the Istanbul Stock Exchange, the main Borsa Istanbul 100 Index fell by 2.22% to 4,689.38 points. This article…

Erdogan says the majority of the people supported the AKP’s alliance in these elections. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey “has completed another feast of democracy with the 14th of May elections,” pointing out that “although the exact results are not clear yet, we are ahead.” In a speech addressed to his supporters at the headquarters of the Justice and Development Party in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Erdogan said the Turkish people “are the winners regardless of the election result.” “We know that we are leading by a wide margin, but we don’t know officially what the exact…

After counting more than 98% of the votes in all Turkish provinces and states, the Turkish President and the head of the Republican People’s Party are heading for a second round of the presidential elections. Turkey is heading to a presidential elections runoff after the main rivaling candidates failed to attain the 50% mark +1 of voter support. While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Justice and Development AKP ruling party landed 49.34% of votes, Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the opposition’s coalition the Republican People’s Party CHP was able to garner 45% after more than 98% of the votes were…

Egypt was able to enter the Guinness Book of Records, with the largest date palm plantation in the world with an area of ​​132,000 square kilometers, surpassing Al-Rajhi farm in Saudi Arabia, which was also recorded in the encyclopedia. The official court accredited by the Guinness Book of Records, Kenzi Emad El-Dafrawi, said in her speech that “Egypt broke the record for the largest date palm plantation in the world with an area of ​​132,000 square kilometers,” noting that Egypt was also granted a certificate to register “the largest water withdrawal basin in the world with an amount of water.”…

Senior officials meeting preparatory for the Economic and Social Council of the Arab League (AL) which was held in Jeddah showed the strong brotherly ties with Syria since the participating delegations started to arrive. An immense joy was on the faces of the Palestinian delegation’s members who sincerely congratulated the Syrian media delegation which came to Jeddah to cover the activities of the Arab Summit and the preparatory meetings at various levels. Syria has always been open to all Arab cooperation and its media has always covered any Arab event that carries with it the common interest of the peoples…

European Commission analysts have improved their forecasts for the performance of the Russian economy for the year 2023, based on the European Commission’s spring forecasts, which were released today, Monday. Commission experts and analysts believe that the Russian economy will decline this year by 0.9%, after they had expected in the fall of last year that the Russian economy in 2023 would decline by 3.2%. The European Commission also improved its forecast for Russian GDP growth for the year 2024 to a growth of 1.3%, after it had previously expected a growth of 0.9%. Last week, the Russian Central Bank…

Shipments of Belarusian goods to Russia surged by as much as 50% in January compared to the same period a year ago, Moscow’s ambassador to Minsk, Boris Gryzlov, said last week. The envoy added that trade turnover between the two nations in 2022 totaled $45.8 billion, marking an increase of 14.3% year-over-year. According to Gryzlov, the allies were able to “reorient a major part of Belarusian goods to the Russian market,” which “made it possible to compensate for about 40% of exports that Belarus lost due to restrictions imposed by the West.”  “In 2022, Belarus increased exports to Russia by 40.2% to $22.9…