Author: Steven Sahiounie

Diazyme Laboratories received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA last Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, for their SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody CLIA Kit. Diazyme Laboratories is located in Poway, Calif., primarily using its proprietary enzyme technologies to develop diagnostic reagents imposed on most automated chemistry analyzers in simple formats. Some of their products range in test kits for diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, liver disease, cancer markers, renal disease, diabetes, and electrolytes. The antibody test designed by Diazyme assesses antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19. Antibody tests are not designed to show if you have COVID-19, if signs of COVID-19 appear,…

Messi displayed uncharacteristic flashes of anger against the Netherlands, including mocking the Dutch manager and player. Lionel Messi is two wins away from the elusive World Cup trophy. The Argentinian maestro has won trophies ranging from the Champions League to La Liga and Copa America. But, at 35, this is most likely his final World Cup and the last opportunity to win the most coveted trophy in football. Is the pressure to win the elusive trophy getting to the usually mild-mannered forward? Messi at the heart of the ‘Battle of Lusail’ The quarterfinal between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Lusail…

Al Jazeera’s AI robot Kashef has crunched the numbers and has some predictions for today’s game. Argentina take on Croatia in the first semifinal of World Cup 2022. Kashef, our artificial intelligence (AI) robot, has analysed more than 200 metrics, including the number of wins, goals scored and FIFA rankings, from matches played over the past century to see who is most likely to win on Tuesday. Here is Kashef’s prediction: Who: Argentina vs Croatia Where: Lusail Stadium When: December 13, 10pm (19:00 GMT) Prediction: Lionel Messi will attempt to guide Argentina into the final for the second time in eight years against 2018 World…

CNN — It’s a huge bombshell with stunning revelations. Or is it? With the so-called “Twitter Files,” Elon Musk is openly engaged in a game of information warfare, one that is shining a spotlight on the fragmented and partisan state of the modern day media landscape. Led by Fox News, the right-wing media machine is treating the ongoing series of stories as if they were the next Pentagon Papers, breathlessly hyping each new batch of documents as earth-shattering scoops that illuminate horrific abuses of power by woke Twitter overlords of yesteryear. In that distorted universe, Musk is being hailed a hero…

The arrest came a day ahead of Sam Bankman-Fried’s scheduled appearance before US lawmakers on Tuesday, where he was planning to give testimony via a video link. Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a liquidity crunch forced the cryptocurrency exchange to declare bankruptcy last month, was arrested Monday in The Bahamas after being criminally charged by US prosecutors. It marks a stunning fall from grace for the 30-year-old entrepreneur who rode a cryptocurrency boom to create one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges and a net worth that Forbes pegged a year ago at $26.5 billion. The exchange, launched…

The two countries will be testing a new payment mechanism using rupee settlements, New Delhi has saidIndia will start using the rupee in trade settlements with Russia starting next week, local media outlets reported on Monday, citing the head of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), Ajay Sahai.The two nations will be testing a new payment mechanism for the first time since it was approved by the State Bank of India, a state-owned commercial bank, in September.   The Indian government permitted the national currency to be used in international trade settlements last month in an effort to promote exports…

Ballooning global debt will cause a severe recession in the next two or three years, Jim Rogers saysThe world should brace for serious economic challenges in the next few years, according to legendary investor Jim Rogers, as cited by Sputnik news agency on Monday.When asked about his forecast for the year 2023, the creator of the Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI) and co-founder of the world-renowned Quantum Fund, replied “You should be worried.”According to Rogers, “there’s going to be a period of good, something will cause optimism to return.” He warned, however, that “After the optimism, you should be extremely worried…

December 12, 2022Analysts warn of more bankruptcies ahead amid the plunge in confidence in digital assetsInvestors have withdrawn a record amount of digital coins from global cryptocurrency exchanges amid fears over the safety of their assets following the bankruptcy of major exchange FTX, data from analytics firm Crypto Compare shows.According to the report, 91,363 bitcoin was pulled out of centralized exchanges such as Binance, Kraken, and Coinbase in November. The tokens were worth roughly $1.5 billion based on last month’s average price of around $16,400.“Bitcoin recorded the largest outflows from exchanges in its history… Since FTX, centralized exchanges have witnessed…

December 12, 2022Households stock up on wood amid worsening crisis, data from the country’s energy agency showsNatural gas prices in Austria surged by 119% in October compared to last year and rose by another 5.6% from September, according to a report distributed on Friday by the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA).The energy price index (EPI) calculated by the agency showed that year-on-year household energy prices jumped by 50.2% in October.The AEA also said that energy prices remained at a record level in October and were the main drivers of inflation, as fuel oil jumped by 94.5%, diesel rose by 48.6%, district…

December 12, 2022. Gazprom says it has increased its flow at China’s requestRussian energy giant Gazprom has increased gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline and recorded a new daily maximum on December 7, the company wrote on its official Telegram channel on Thursday.Gazprom has boosted exports compared to what had been previously planned for December at the request of China, exceeding daily contractual obligations by 16.1%, the company said.Russia supplies gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline, a section of the so-called Eastern Route, under a bilateral long-term agreement between the two countries.The announcement…