Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Android wristwatch is available in two styles and four sizes, with prices beginning at £249 ($250) for the Watch 4 and £349 ($350) for the Watch 4 Classic (as tested). They are the successors to the £269 Watch Active 2 and £399 Watch 3. How is it different? It is noteworthy that the two designs have the same features, chips, and screen sizes, however, the stainless steel Classic includes Samsung’s jog-dial-like spinning bezel controller, but the regular aluminum Watch 4 has a touch-sensitive ring instead. The watches are smaller and have a little more flair than the previous ones. With its…

Kerala State, south of India, which is already battered by the coronavirus outbreak and has the country’s highest number of cases, now also has to deal with a potential Nipah virus outbreak. Health officials have begun to isolate hundreds of people who came into contact with a 12-year-old boy who died from the virus, with new infections being confirmed. The virus is far more deadly than the coronavirus. The boy was admitted to the hospital a week before his death on account of a fever. Lab tests confirmed a Nipah infection, prompting authorities to begin serious contact tracing efforts to identify…

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced in a series of tweets that the country has bought a total of 400 bitcoins. The tweets were posted hours apart, with the President announcing that more will be bought, hours before El Salvador’s bitcoin law, which was announced in June, comes into effect. By doing so, El Salvador will be the first country to buy bitcoin, implement bitcoin as legal currency, and the first to give it to its citizens. Back in June, when Bukele first announced his plan, he also said that El Salvador will give $30 in bitcoin to citizens who…

Today, Tuesday, the White House issued a statement saying that US President Joe Biden had signed a presidential memorandum allowing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to grant immediate aid worth $47 million to the Lebanese army. In a memo to Blinken, Biden said “I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority to direct the drawdown of up to USD 25 million in commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any agency of the United States Government to provide immediate assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces.” “I also hereby delegate to the Secretary of State to direct the…

Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, Libyan Prime Minister, announced today, Tuesday, the arrest of a prominent ISIS leader during a security operation in the city of Bani Walid, 170 km southwest of Tripoli. On his Twitter account, Dabaiba expressed that the arrest of Embark al-Khazmi, one of the leaders of ISIS, is a great success for the Libyan security forces in the Joint Operations Force. He added that this force will continue to combat terrorism wherever it is, stressing that the success of this effort will result in “discovering vital intelligence on ISIS and will bring justice to a dangerous terrorist.” The…

The Syrian news agency (SANA) reported that the US coalition forces carried out an airdrop in the vicinity of Tal Hamis, in the southern countryside of Qamishli. The agency quoted local sources as saying that a US occupation helicopter carried out, during the past hours, an airdrop, with the support of US occupation forces-backed QSD militants, in the village of Nafael, south of the Tel Hamis District, south of Qamishli. Additionally, SDF militants raided houses in the village and kidnapped a number of civilians and took them to an unknown destination. It is worth mentioning that the US forces frequently…

The Russian Presidency’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov announced that his country has not made any decision to recognize the Taliban, confirming that before doing so, the Movement’s promises must meet “their future actions.” In reply to a question on the Russian President’s reaction to the Taliban inviting him to attend the ceremony of the Afghan government’s formation, he said, “You know that no decisions to recognize the Taliban have been made so far,” adding, “you also know that we are keeping a close watch on what is happening there. What is most important, we are trying to understand to what…

Qadura Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, told Al Mayadeen the more the Israeli occupation puts pressure on Palestinian prisoners, the more likely it is for them to explode in their face. Qadura revealed to our channel that the occupation deprived the prisoners of their bread portions today and yesterday. “The occupation declaring a state of emergency in its prisons could complicate things for the prisoners,” he asserted to Al Mayadeen. On another note, Qadura disclosed that all the other prisoners are overjoyed at their comrades succeeding in breaking out and obtaining their freedom. “The prisoners are crying tears of joy…

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro crossed police barriers to advance towards Congress in Brasilia, yesterday, Monday evening, in support of the right-wing leader in his dispute against the judiciary, according to Reuters. Videos posted on social media showed trucks sounding their horns, as hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters, dressed in green and yellow, were chanting. However, the protestors failed to reach their goal of surrounding the Supreme Court, which some protesters planned to invade, unlike former US President Donald Trump’s supporters who managed to enter the US Capitol last January 6. The city’s security department stated that the courtyard of the…

The Taliban announced Tuesday that Mullah Mohammad Hassan would be the prime minister of their upcoming interim government, while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be deputy Prime Minister. During a Kabul press conference, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, “Haji Mullah Mohammad Hassan will be acting Prime Minister, while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be acting deputy Prime Minister.” Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, will be the new defense minister, and Sirajuddin Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, will be the new interior minister, Mujahid added. The spokesman also said that the other ministers would be announced…