Author: Steven Sahiounie

The company’s CEO has warned a recession in the US is “likely” Tesla will cut 10% of its salaried workforce over the next three months, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum organized by Bloomberg, he also warned that a recession in the US was likely. “A recession is inevitable at some point, as to whether there is a recession in the near term, that is more likely than not,” the head of the electric carmaker said. Musk said earlier this month that he had a “super bad feeling” about the economy. That’s when it was first…

Russia’s most-advanced anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons are already being delivered to the military, the president has said The Russian military is in the process of deploying the S-500, the most advanced air-defense system in the country, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. The Russian leader made the announcements during an address to the graduates of military colleges in Moscow as he described Russia’s plans for fielding advanced weapon systems, which he said “will determine the combat capabilities of the army and the navy for years and decades to come”. Putin stated that the S-500 long-range missile system, which is designed to…

Thousands of indigenous demonstrators marched through Ecuador’s capital on Monday urging President Guillermo Lasso to agree to demands for economic and social support, the latest in a series of protests that have injured dozens and disrupted the economy. Amid a surge in the cost of living, the protests began last Monday with a list of 10 demands, including a fuel price cut, preventing further expansion of Ecuador’s oil and mining industry, and more time for small and medium-sized farms to pay off debt. Lasso has called for dialogue and announced plans to help vulnerable sectors of society. Protesters have said…

It depends on the investigation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia can’t guarantee that the former Americans servicemen that were captured in Ukraine won’t face the death penalty, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with NBC television that was aired on Monday. “I cannot guarantee anything. It depends on the investigation,” he said when asked if he could guarantee that the US prisoners of war won’t face the same fate as Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan national Brahim Saadoun who were earlier sentenced to death by a court in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Daily…

Texas Republicans are advocating for a vote in 2023 on whether the state should split from the United States and become an independent nation. Texas Republicans are advocating for a vote on whether the state should split from the United States. The call for Texans to be able to vote on the subject in 2023 was one of several initiatives accepted in the Texas Republican Party’s platform following last week’s state conference in Houston. Under a section titled “State Sovereignty”, the platform states, “Pursuant to Article 1, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution, the federal government has impaired our right…

Moscow will retaliate to the transport “blockade” of Kaliningrad Region, the top security official says Moscow’s retaliation to Lithuania’s transport “blockade” of Russia’s Kaliningrad Region will seriously affect Lithuanian citizens, Nikolay Patrushev, the head of Russia’s Security Council, has said. “Of course, Russia will respond to hostile actions. Appropriate measures are in the works, and will be adopted in the near future,” Patrushev told reporters during a trip to Kaliningrad on Tuesday. He added that the consequences of Moscow’s response will “have a serious negative impact on the people of Lithuania.” On Saturday, Lithuania’s national railway operator banned the flow of sanctioned goods between…

South Korea has successfully launched its first domestically developed space rocket, the science ministry said, in the second attempt months after a launch last October failed. The Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle II, a 200-tonne liquid fuel rocket informally called Nuri, lifted off from the launch site in Goheung at 4pm (07:00 GMT) on Tuesday, with a commentator saying: “it seems it’s going according to the plan”, Al Jazeera reported. Live TV footage showed the rocket with a national flag rising into the air with bright flames and above thick white smoke. South Korea’s second test launch of its homegrown space…

Russia’s first Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, has affirmed that the US is held responsible for the crisis of food and fuel in Syria. “Information about the food and fuel crisis in Syria, for which the United States bears responsibility raises more concern given the sanctions imposed by Washington and the occupation of the northeast of the country,” RT Website quoted Polyansky as saying during a session of UN security council. Polyansky went on saying that the statements by Washington and many other capitals that the unilateral sanctions are complying with its international commitments, and the…

Dario Soto Abril, Executive Secretary at the Global Water Partnership, described water security as an “essential matter of national security”, and suggested that countries may actually try to “weaponize” water. While conflicts over resources are hardly anything new, it appears that disputes regarding one particular resource may lead to catastrophic consequences such as civil uprisings and “nuclear war”, according to the Daily Express – and surprisingly, this isn’t about oil. Citing the data from the Pacific Institute, the media outlet notes that some 200 violent conflicts related to water occurred during the past three years, as our “warming planet” witnesses…

The vacationing US president has weighed in on European affairs US President Joe Biden thinks Ukraine is “very likely” to become a member of the European Union, he told reporters on Monday. He also said a visit to Kiev is still on the table, but probably not during his upcoming trip to Europe. Biden spoke to a press gaggle in Rehoboth, Delaware, where he’s vacationing ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid, scheduled to start on June 29. The 79-year-old US leader fell off his bicycle on Saturday, but the White House later said he was unharmed. Ukraine has yet to receive candidate status,…