Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Finnish Prime Minister continues to hold a strong fight, while 64% say she is “fair” or “good.” Finland’s election is on a knife edge, and polls indicate that the three major parties are running neck and neck. Prime Minister Sanna Marin may have a tough fight on her hands to hold onto her position. With a margin of error of two percentage points, a final poll for public broadcaster Yle gave the conservative National Coalition party (NCP) a 19.8% vote, the far-right nationalist Finns party a 19.5% vote, and Marin’s Social Democrats (SDP) an 18.7% vote. When Marin, 37, took over the…

Palestine Action activists give Israeli arms factory UAV Tactical Systems a notice for closure. Protests calling for the closure of Israeli arms factories have been held by British pro-Palestinian activists across the UK. A 30-day eviction notice was issued by protesters opposing “Israel’s” heinous crimes against the oppressed Palestinian people outside an Israeli arms factory in Leicester. Israeli arms company UAV Tactical Systems, which is a subsidiary of the occupation’s largest arms company Elbit Systems, and is located in Leicester, received a notice on Saturday from Palestine Action activists acting on behalf of The Court (of Public Opinion). The group…

The WSJ rejected all accusations against its reporter and demanded his immediate release The Wall Street Journal once again called for release of its reporter Evan Gershkovich, detained in Russia over espionage charges. “The Wall Street Journal demands the immediate release of our colleague Evan Gershkovich, a distinguished journalist who was arrested while reporting in Russia,” the WSJ said in its statement on Twitter. The statement characterizes Gershkovich’s detention as a “vicious affront” to the freedom of press, which “should spur outrage in all free people and governments throughout the world.” Earlier, the WSJ rejected all accusations against its reporter and demanded…

The Axios notes that the ex-President “frequently chats by phone with supporters such as House Judiciary chair Jim Jordan and GOP Conference chair Elise Stefanik,” whom it calls “key players in Trump’s orbit” US ex-President Donald Trump has already security endorsement of at least 37 Republican House lawmakers, which may aid him in his presidential campaign and the potential court proceeding, Axios reported Saturday. According to Axios, “Trump has been endorsed by 37 House Republicans,” including more than a third of Republican members on Judiciary and Oversight committees. The report notes that, facing criminal charges in New York, Trump calls for lawmakers…

Joe Biden, the oldest person to be inaugurated as President of the US, will not attend the King’s Coronation on May 6 because he is too old. Biden is set to announce his intentions to run for a second term in office. A second face-off between Biden and Trump would consist of the two oldest inaugurated presidents in US history. As pointed out by The Telegram’s sources, Trump also had to be selective with the events he chose to attend, “They did that too with Trump, and he was younger. When Biden does something like the State of the Union, we didn’t see much from him…

The president of the World Bank has told the BBC that he is concerned about some of the loans China has been making to developing economies in Africa. David Malpass says the terms and conditions need to be “more transparent”. It comes amid worries that countries including Ghana and Zambia are struggling to repay their debts to Beijing. China says that any such lending is done within international rules. Developing countries often borrow money from other nations or multilateral bodies to finance sectors that will grow their economies such as infrastructure, education and agriculture. However steep increases in interest rates…

“Israel” carries out an air aggression from Lebanese airspace, targeting locations in the Syrian city of Homs and its countryside. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Lebanon reported that an Israeli aggression targeted at dawn Sunday military sites in the western and eastern countryside of Homs, adding that Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles. Our correspondent mentioned that the sounds of explosions were heard in the Bekaa Valley as a result of the Syrian air defenses’ interception of Israeli missiles in the vicinity of the city of Homs. A military source told SANA, that at “around 00:35 a.m., the Israeli enemy carried out an air…

Sri Lankan Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardana said his country plans to sell the national airline, Sri Lankan Airlines, adding that a potential buyer could be from Russia. “Yes, I can confirm that the Sri Lankan authorities are planning to sell SriLankan Airlines,” Gunawardana said in an interview with “Novosti” agency. “There are many business opportunities and a Russian company could be a buyer in this deal.” He stressed that his country wants to find a good buyer for “SriLankan Airlines”. He stated that this company does not currently carry out flights to Russia due to insurance issues, explaining: “The airline…

Washington could ‘distance itself’ from Europe and the Ukrainian conflict in the wake of the 2024 elections, Boris Pistorius said European NATO members may face big trouble in continuing to support Kiev in its conflict with Russia after the US elections in 2024, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has warned. Washington’s aid to Ukraine is likely to be reduced regardless of the voting results, he told Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview published on Saturday. The US will have to pay more attention to the Indo-Pacific region after 2024, even if a “pro-European” president wins the elections next year, Pistorius believes.…

Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Russia’s Aerospace Forces downed a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and an Mi-8 helicopter in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Saturday. “The Russian Aerospace Forces’ fighter jets downed an MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces near the Koptevo settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was downed near the Novovasilyevka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he pointed out. Source: Tass