Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US occupation forces have stolen a new batch of the Syrian oil from the Syrian al- Jazeera fields and conveyed it towards its bases in Iraqi lands Civil sources told SANA reporter that a convoy of 23 vehicle including covered trucks sand tanks filled with stolen oil headed from Syrian territories towards Iraq, through the illegitimate al-Mahmudiya crossing in al-Yarubiya countryside. In the same context, the sources added that 34 vehicles, including trucks and tanks loaded with stolen Syrian oil, exited on batches through the illegitimate al-Walid crossing in al-Yarubiya countryside. On February 27th , the American occupation forces…

The Microsoft founder strongly believes in the potential of US-China cooperation and does not think a military escalation is likely. Bill Gates claimed on Thursday that the US would not be able to achieve the desired result and limit Beijing’s ambitions through procurement restrictions – which include a recent attempt to get the chip industry back under US control. Gates does not see much sense in restricting chip sales to China, as the Asian nation will be able to catch up with the US rather quickly at this scale, and expressed his desire for Washington and Beijing to cooperate closer…

The Bryansk region governor earlier said at least one man had been killed by a group of attackers Russian forces are conducting an operation against a group of Ukrainian saboteurs that intruded across the border into Bryansk region, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday. In a statement, the service said that “the FSB and the attached forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense are taking measures to destroy armed Ukrainian nationalists who violated the state border” in the Klimovsky district of Bryansk region. Earlier in the day, Aleksandr Bogomaz, the region’s governor, said that a group of Ukrainian operatives had launched…

The State Department has approved the potential sale of millions of dollars’ worth of F-16 fighter jet missiles and other military equipment to the island The US State Department has greenlit the proposed sale of $619 million worth of military supplies to Taiwan, including ammunition for F-16 fighter jets, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. The deal contains hundreds of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), as well as training missiles, guidance systems, multi-purpose launchers, spare parts, classified software, and other equipment. The principal contractors listed in the deal are Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Lockheed…

The Royal Navy has seized a shipment of weapons from a vessel traveling in the Gulf of Oman south from Iran, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence announced on March 2. In a statement, the ministry said that the smuggling vessel was first detected by a United States fixed-wing intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance platform. The vessel was then tracked by a Wildcat helicopter from HMS Lancaster. The vessel’s crew attempted to navigate to Iranian territorial waters. However, the vessel was bordered on February 23 by a team of Royal Marines before they could do so. Upon inspection, packages include a…

Gerhard Schroeder will remain a member of the ruling SPD party, despite controversy over his relationship with Moscow Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will remain a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), a party committee decided on Thursday. Schroeder forged close ties with Russia during his time in office, and angered the current SPD establishment by meeting with President Vladimir Putin last summer, in the midst of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. An SPD arbitration committee in Hannover ruled that Schroeder had violated no party rules, and thus could not be expelled, Reuters reported. The ruling upheld a decision…

Escalating political confusion sent the Lebanese pound plummeting to a new low on the black market, trading at 90,000 pounds to the dollar on Wednesday.The latest plunge in the local currency means the exchange rate is more than 60 times lower than the base rate of 1,500 LBP/USD that has been in place for the past three years.Amid warnings of looming economic chaos, the Finance Ministry set the price of the customs dollar at 45,000 Lebanese pounds so the state treasury could pay public sector salaries.The ministry pegged the value at 15,000 pounds only a few weeks ago.Shops and supermarkets…

Australia has recovered better than most from the COVID pandemic. As measured by gross domestic product (GDP), the economy is now 7 per cent larger than it was before the pandemic. Over 2022, the economy expanded by 2.7 per cent — more than any of the seven largest advanced economies, and more than twice the average growth rate in the OECD. That’s the good news from the latest national accounts data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, covering the last quarter of 2022. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.…

Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday as strong Chinese economic data drove bets for better physical demand from the world’s top consumer, though the risk of elevated US interest rates capped bullion’s gains. Spot gold rose 0.8% to $1,841.83 per ounce by 11:00 a.m. ET, its highest in a week. US gold futures were up 0.5% to $1,847.00 per ounce in New York. With strong data out of China and some countries looking to continue with rate hikes, the dollar was weakening against other currencies, providing some support to the gold market, said David Meger, director of metals trading at…

New China Research, the think tank of Xinhua News Agency, on Wednesday released a report titled “Toward Modernity: The Value of Xi Jinping’s Economic Thought.” The report comprises five chapters, regarding the distinctive features, the practical strategies, the scientific approaches and the implications for the world of Xi Jinping’s economic thought as well as Xi’s stories on economic governance in different localities. The historic achievements and historic changes of the Chinese economy in the new era serve as a profound indication for the great strength of Xi Jinping’s economic thought in practice, says the report. As China enters a new…