Author: Steven Sahiounie

Investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been in decline across the world, plummeting 34% last year to $45.8 billion, analytics company CB Insights reports. According to its analysis, the decline directly corresponds to the broader venture-funding slowdown recorded in 2022. The total number of AI deals were also down for the year by 10% to just 2,956. The funding slightly rebounded in the fourth quarter, reaching $9.3 billion. However, the number of deals continued to decline during the period. The report highlighted that, in 2022, the total number of AI unicorns reached 166, with 34 new additions. The number of…

Russian President said that “it is not military alliance” Russia and China are developing cooperation, including on the military track, but this “is not a military alliance,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Sunday. “This is absolutely untrue,” the president said in an interview on the Rossiya-24 TV channel, when asked whether cooperation between Moscow and Beijing posed a threat to the West. “We are not creating any military alliance with China. Yes, we also cooperate on the track of military-technical cooperation, we do not hide it, but it is transparent, there is nothing secret there,” Putin said. According to…

British NGO says Israeli policies against Palestinians “amount to the crime of apartheid and should be deemed a violation of the ICC statute.” The International Centre for Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), located in the UK, has urged the British government to refer “Israel” to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed in Palestine. This comes shortly after the UK decided to lead a coordinated group of ICC State Parties in jointly referring the situation in Ukraine to the Court. “It is a gross double standard that while the UK government assists and facilitates international accountability and legal action against the…

Every man, woman, and child could be on the hook for $13,500, the news outlet has calculated Switzerland’s decision to rescue failing investment bank Credit Suisse could be a major burden for the nation’s taxpayers, according to Bloomberg calculations. The Swiss government has pledged to absorb 9 billion Swiss francs ($9.7 billion) of the bank’s losses and provide a 100 billion-franc ($108 billion) public liquidity backstop from the Swiss National Bank (SNB). This means that each resident out of Switzerland’s 8.7 million population will pay 12,500 francs ($13,500) for the bank’s rescue, Bloomberg noted. The deal also mentions a separate…

In Sainte-Soline, France, local farmers opposed the decision to build a reservoir that would combine 16 smaller reservoirs, threatening smaller-scale farming. Violent clashes erupted between protestors and the French police in Sainte-Soline, leaving at least 200 people injured according to BFMTV. At least four police vehicles were set on fire and Molotov cocktails were the weapon of choice for protestors who opposed the construction of a large reservoir for agricultural needs. The French Interior Ministry also noted that over 35 police officers were also injured in the clashes. “While the country is rising up to defend pensions, we will simultaneously stand up…

The President of Russia commented on the results of an investigation into gas pipeline explosions by American journalist Seymour Hersh Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees with the conclusions drawn by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that US special services were involved in the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. “The American journalist, who has become rather famous now worldwide, carried out such an investigation and as we know, drew a conclusion that blast on the gas pipelines was organized by the US special services. I fully agree with such conclusions,” Putin said. Putin is confident that the truth about the explosions on…

The US president praised Western links, while calling relations between Moscow and Beijing ‘vastly exaggerated’ The global community is paying too much attention to cooperation between China and Russia, US President Joe Biden said on Friday. His comments came several days after Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a landmark three-day visit to Russia. Speaking at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Biden was asked to comment on China’s efforts to deepen economic ties with Russia. The president replied that the Western countries have “significantly expanded our alliances.” “I haven’t seen that happen with China and/or Russia or anybody…

The decades-old legislation has been invoked to justify US military operations in at least 22 countries The US Senate has overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to repeal a 2001 law which has been interpreted to grant sweeping war powers to the White House. Several presidents have cited the same measure as legal backing for dozens of military interventions around the world over more than 20 years. Introduced by Republican Senator Rand Paul to mark the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, an amendment to rescind the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) was rejected in a 9-86 vote…

The President of Russia announced that on July 1 the construction of a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the republic will be completed Russia has handed over to Belarus the Iskander missile system that is capable of carrying nuclear weapons, and on July 1 it will complete the construction of a storage for tactical nuclear weapons on the republic’s soil, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Rossiya-24 TV channel. “We have handed over to Belarus our well-known and very effective Iskander system that can carry [nuclear weapons]. On April 3, we will start training the crew and on…

Turkish President also highlighted Russia’s role in mediation toward Turkey-Syria normalization during a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart In a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he understood Russia’s intentions to remove obstacles to Russian food exports as part of the grain deal, the Kremlin said. “The Turkish leader praised Russia’s readiness to extend the Istanbul agreements regarding the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports and unblock Russian food and fertilizer exports,” the Kremlin said in a statement following the telephone call. Turkish President also praised Russia’s role…