Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Iranian envoy to the United Nations condemns the effects of the US sanctions on Iran while assuring that it will continue to empower women. Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations stressed Iran’s commitment to empowering women and promoting their rights despite issues created by the illegal US sanctions. “We continue to work to empower Iranian women and girls and to ensure that their rights are upheld while actively taking into account the concerns voiced by our women and girls. This is one of our top priorities, and we’ll endeavor to make progress in it,” said Zahra Ershadi, at a…

UN chief says exports of food, fertilizers from Russia, Ukraine are extremely important The grain deal needs to be extended beyond March 18, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev on Wednesday, according to a transcript of the meeting released by the UN. “I want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the Black Sea Grain Initiative on 18 March and of working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible use of export infrastructures through the Black Sea, in line with the objectives of the initiative,” he…

Talks to extend the deal still going on Turkey is working hard for the extension of the grain deal for Russian demands about its implementation to be met. “Talks to extend the grain deal aren’t over yet. They are still going on. Turkey is working very hard for the Black Sea initiative to be extended and the demands of all sides, including Russia’s, to be met,” the source said. Agreements to export food from Ukraine were signed on July 22, 2022 in Istanbul to last 120 days. One of the agreements sets forth a procedure for the export of grain…

Russian forces also hit the Ukrainian radar station and the headquarters of Ukrainian 59th motorized infantry brigade in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian Defense Ministry says Russian air defense systems shot down 4 HIMARS MLRS and 5 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past day, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said on Wednesday. “Over the past day, air defense systems shot down four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Nikolaevka in the Kherson region, Chervonoarmeyskoye in the…

Europe should take more responsibility for its own security, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes US could ‘shift focus’ from Europe to Asia ‘anytime’ – BerlinEurope should take more responsibility for its own security, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believesGerman Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has expressed concern that Europe is relying too much on the US in the area of defense. This means there is pressure on him “at all times,” he admitted during a talk with Germany’s Deutschlandfunk (Dlf) radio broadcaster on Wednesday, adding that Washington’s priorities could always change. “We always have to keep in mind that the…

Fugitives from the neighboring country unduly received some $450,000, Rzeczpospolita has reported Polish officials are trying to recover social assistance funds they unduly allocated to Ukrainian refugees after they had left Poland, Rzeczpospolita reported on Wednesday. According to the outlet, Poland’s Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) paid some two million Polish zloty ($450,000) to Ukrainians through two programs that handed out monthly payments of 300 ($67) and 500 zloty ($112) a month per child despite the refugees having no right to this assistance. However, the real amount of the aid distributed without valid reason may be even higher, the report says. So…

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has extended its spot market share across crypto exchanges for a fourth consecutive month. The exchange market share increased from 59.4% in January to 61.8% in February, according to a report from crypto market data provider CryptoCompare. Binance had a 13.7% increase in its spot volumes to $504 billion, an all-time high market share for the exchange. This comes as regulators in the U.S. and beyond have ratcheted up their scrutiny of the exchange in recent months. Most recently, a U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) official said that agency staff believe Binance.US may be operating…

Incomes are failing to keep up with inflation despite government’s efforts to secure stable growth Real wages in Japan last month slumped the most since 2014 as inflation outpaces growth in incomes in the country, its labor ministry reported on Tuesday. Earnings fell 4.1% year-on-year in January, marking a decline for a tenth consecutive month and undermining the government’s attempts to reach a goal of 2% inflation accompanied by strong wage growth. In December, nominal wages in Japan saw their highest jump in nearly 25 years, largely pushed by winter bonuses. But the temporary uptick was followed by the worse-than-expected…

A new tool to capture yields from prominent stablecoin swapping service Curve has attracted over $60 million from depositors just over a week after launch. Conic Finance, which went live Mar. 1, allows users to deposit tokens into its omnipools, a new product that diversifies exposure across the Curve ecosystem while increasing rewards. Each omnipool allocates liquidity of a single asset into different Curve pools. All Curve liquidity provider (LP) tokens get staked on Convex to boost curve (CRV) rewards earnings. Convex (CNX), another Curve ecosystem token, is also rewarded, and so is conic (CNC), Conic’s native token. Conic users…

Turkish Foreign Minister in his joint Presser with Iran’s FM on Wednesday stressed that the Iranians were by our side as much as they could. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye stated that Iran voiced solidarity with us immediately after the earthquake and we appreciate Iran for its assistance, and said: Iran sent a search and rescue team of 150 people to Türkiye, which rescued 11 people alive. According to Iran press, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, after meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a joint press conference, referring to the commemoration of International Women’s Day in Türkiye, congratulated this day and…