Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to Apple Insider, Brandon, the Washington man who had lost his motorbike repeatedly, decided to use Apple’s AirTag device to keep track of it. Once the company announced its product, Brandon attached one to his motorcycle. What happened? On Tuesday, Brandon couldn’t find his bike after he had parked it in a parking lot. However, he soon used the Find My app on his iPhone and received signals from the application to locate his bike a few meters away from where he was. Upon reaching the location, he found his stolen bike that the thieves had left there and filed…

A court ruling regarding Mitsubishi Heavy Industry could ignite a tense dispute between South Korea and Japan. In an intriguing turn of events, the South Korean Suwon District Court ruled in favor of multiple plaintiffs suing the Japanese automotive giant. The accusers consisted of families of four Koreans who were forced to work for the company during the Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945). The ruling would allow them to seize $725,000 from a payment owed by a South Korean firm to Mitsubishi. The colonization of South Korea by Japan was filled with forced labor and military brothels, leaving a strong mark…

Russia said today, Thursday, that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan proved that the United States would abandon Ukraine sooner or later. In an interview for the Izvestia newspaper published on Thursday, Head of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan proves how weak the US support for its allies is. He added sarcastically, “Has the pro-American regime in Kabul been saved by being an ally of the United States outside the NATO alliance?” Patrushev believed that “the same fate awaits the American supporters in Ukraine,” expecting that “sooner or later, the White House will forget its…

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Leader of the Yemeni “Ansar Allah” Movement, said today, Thursday, that the right is achieved by standing with the nation’s targeted people in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Palestine, and elsewhere in the world. In his speech on the occasion of Ashura commemoration, al-Houthi stated that it is the Yemeni people’s right to confront the US-Saudi aggression, which has no legitimacy and has committed the most hideous crimes, adding that falsehood is to stand with the aggression on Yemen, justify it, or fail to condemn its crimes and blockade. He also pointed out that “the right is to protect…

European shares fell on Thursday, recording the biggest daily loss in a month, as lower commodity prices pushed mining stocks lower, while luxury goods stocks were affected by a Chinese attempt to redistribute wealth. The European “Stoxx 600” index fell 1.6% to its lowest level in two weeks, while shares of mining companies fell 4.2%, recording the largest one-day decline since last March. Shares of luxury goods companies with significant exposure to China’s economy, such as LVMH, Kering, and Richemont, fell between 5.8% and 9.2% due to Beijing’s plans to target excessive corporate profits and wealth inequality. Bank shares, including…

In a speech on the occasion of the tenth of Muharram, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, assured the Lebanese people that the first Iranian ship loaded with diesel is bound to set sail towards Lebanon in a few hours. Nasrallah spoke about the rationale behind Hezbollah’s decision to request Iran’s assistance, citing the embargo imposed on Lebanon as the main reason. Nasrallah confirmed that several ships will eventually follow suit as well. The Secretary-General warned against any attempts to intercept the ship, which will become equated to Lebanese territory the moment it sets sail, vowing to retaliate as the…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan’s Independence Day, declaring it had beaten “the arrogant of power of the world” in the United States. The group swept across Afghanistan this month, seizing control of Afghanistan following the collapse of the US-backed government. After spending $2 trillion in Afghanistan, loosing 2,000 American lives, and thousands of Afghanis, Afghanistan is back to square one. The Taliban is better armed with the weapons the US gave to the Afghan Army, and in control of more territory than they did when they lost the country to the US 20 years ago. …

The Spokesperson for the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, Ramadan ben Omar, said that “Tunisia is gradually turning into a spearhead in the European security approach.” Ben Omar noted in a Facebook post, “As we are unaware, our sovereignty is being violated by UAVs powered by Israeli technology taking off from Malta and Italy, monitoring our coasts and regional waters and sending coordinates for the Tunisian navy so as to intercept migrant boats.” He added that “the interception orders are now issued by Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) and the navy would conduct the interception, using…

The joint Russian-European energy megaproject has entered the final stages of construction, and when complete will double the 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year capacity of the existing Nord Stream network. European gas futures for the month of September took a major dip Wednesday on erroneous reporting that Nord Stream 2 had come online and started pumping Russian gas to Europe. According to the ICE London stock exchange data, the drop began at around 15:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT), and lasted for about two-and-a-half hours before stabilizing. September futures on the Dutch TTF Index fell from $575 per…

A mini-brain just grew a pair of mini-eyes… Yes, you read that right… Neuroscientist Jay Gopalakrishnan of University Hospital Düsseldorf in Germany and his colleagues revealed in a paper published in Cell Stem Cell that they grew optic cups on human-derived brain organoids in a lab. The results help in reaching a better understanding of the process of eye differentiation and development, as well as the diseases that affect the eyes. And why did these brains develop eye-like structures? To perceive light… yes, quite shocking. “Our work highlights the remarkable ability of brain organoids to generate primitive sensory structures that are light…