Author: Steven Sahiounie

Earnings reports are coming thick and fast, showing how companies fared in the first few months of the year. But analysts and investors are far more interested in what the future holds. As the saying goes, past performance is no guarantee of future results, and investors on Wall Street know that better than anyone. “Q1 isn’t about Q1,” wrote Bank of America strategists Savita Subramanian and Ohsung Kwon in a recent research note. They expect a quarter that’s largely in-line with estimates, but “the focus will be on guidance and tighter credit conditions,” they said. Clocking a decline: As of this week,…

Maria Zakharova stressed that, if Western diplomats continue to act this way, such behavior would be deemed inconsistent with their declared status The conversation with the US, British and Canadian ambassadors summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday took a harsh tone, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “They were summoned to the Foreign Ministry and everything was explained to them, in a tough tone, without any desire to soften things or soft-pedal the situation,” the diplomat told Radio Sputnik on Wednesday. Zakharova stressed that, if Western diplomats continue to act this way, such behavior would be deemed…

“I wonder what the people of that country will say when they see Russia’s latest weapons in the hands of their closest neighbors – our partners in the DPRK?” the politician asked The deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned of the dangers South Korea’s plans to supply weapons to Ukraine are fraught with. “There have emerged new enthusiasts eager to help our enemies. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that in principle his country is ready to supply the Kiev regime with weapons,” Medvedev said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. “Until recently, the South Koreans had…

The Chinese side always takes a balanced and responsible approach to the export of military products, Special Representative of the Chinese government on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming said The United States has been fanning the conflict in Ukraine, while China has come up with a peace plan, a senior Chinese diplomat said in an interview with TASS. “The Chinese side always takes a balanced and responsible approach to the export of military products. Unlike the United States and other Western nations, who have been adding fuel to the fire in the Ukrainian crisis, we put forward a peace plan…

“The ceremony to deliver nuclear fuel to the Akkuyu NPP will take place on April 27,” the Turkish President said Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate via a video linkup in the ceremony to deliver nuclear fuel to the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Turkey on April 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the TRT television on Wednesday. “The ceremony to deliver nuclear fuel to the Akkuyu NPP will take place on April 27. Once the fuel is delivered, the plant will acquire the status of a nuclear facility. Russian President Vladimir Putin will also participate in the ceremony via…

Israeli media say Hamas has accumulated sufficient strength in the north in order to fire dozens of rockets from Lebanon toward occupied Al-Jalil. Israeli media cited estimates in the Israeli occupation security and military establishment that the next escalation in the Gaza Strip will lead to an escalation in the north of occupied Palestine. On its Telegram channel, “Israel” News said Hamas has accumulated sufficient strength in the north in order to fire dozens of rockets from Lebanon toward occupied Al-Jalil, as well as hundreds of rockets from Gaza toward the south and the center of occupied Palestine. The estimates come amid an ongoing…

An article published in the National Interest outlines reasons why the US must withdraw its occupation troops from Syria despite all “faux-justifications” offered. The National Interest (NI) reported that since US President Joe Biden took office, US occupation troops have been under almost 80 attacks in Syria and Iraq. “After nearly eighty failed attempts to establish deterrence” in Syria and Iraq, Geoff LaMear argued, Washington must “withdraw these troops before more American troops pay the price for their leaders’ inaction.” According to the NI article, the auxiliary forces in Syria could “impose costs in American blood for as long as US troops are there,” which is…

Early on April 19, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shelled military positions in the southern Syrian governorate of al-Qunitra, according to Syrian pro-opposition sources. Two positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were reportedly hit. The first position is located near the town of Saidi al-Hanout and the second on al-Ahmar hill in the nearby town of Kwadana. Both towns are located a few kilometers away from the front with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. No casualties were reported as a result of the IDF shelling. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency didn’t report the alleged attack. After the shelling, the…

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un was pictured touring the country’s space agency with his daughter in official media photographs.  DPRK leader Kim Jong Un announced the country has concluded building its first military reconnaissance satellite and gave the green light for its launch, as per state media. Kim gave directions on Tuesday to “make sure that the military reconnaissance satellite No. 1 completed as of April will be launched at the planned date,” the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. During a visit to the DPRK’s National Aerospace Development Administration on Tuesday, he urged staff to “firmly establish the satellite intelligence-gathering capability by deploying…

More than 10,000 Egyptian citizens in total are calling on their government to secure their safe return to their country as the war in Sudan intensifies. Over ten thousand Egyptians in Sudan, at least half of whom are students pursuing their studies in the country’s universities, released a distress call to their country to secure their safe return after being caught in the crossfire of the warring parties. Some of these students spoke to the media and called on their government to return them to Egypt as soon as possible. Ambassador Amr Abbas, assistant minister of Immigration for Egyptians Abroad…