Author: Steven Sahiounie

Asia-to-Europe shipping prices have doubled as logistics giants are forced to reroute cargos around the southern tip of Africa

The reduction caused by the industrial slump is not sustainable, a think tank has warned

Aurus will offer premium and business class sedans as soon as next year

The anti-dumping investigation follows Brussels’ own probe into a “flood” of cheap Chinese electric vehicles

Finland will ban imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) from next year, Environment and Climate Minister Kai Mykkanen said on Friday in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat.

Sales of new motor vehicles in Russia amounted to more than 1.3 million units in 2023, a 60% surge compared to the previous year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported on Friday.

After arriving in the besieged Palestinian enclave in last month, a Doctors Without Borders ( MSF ) official said “there’s nothing left” in Gaza due to relentless Israeli strikes. The MSF on Friday shared witness account of its project coordinator Jacob Burns, who entered southern Gaza on Dec. 17 to see the horrific situation for Palestinians on the ground. “Gaza is gone basically, there’s nothing left. And it’s difficult for them to see a life here again which is very, very sad,” Burns, who has worked in Gaza before, said in his voice notes, now shared by the MSF on…

The United Nations humanitarian chief says Gaza has become “uninhabitable” three months after war and “a public health disaster is unfolding.” Martin Griffiths said in a statement Friday that “people are facing the highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded (and) famine is around the corner.” And Gazans are “witnessing daily threats to their very existence – while the world watches on,” he said. The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children, have been killed or injured, families are sleeping in the open as temperatures plummet, and areas where Palestinians were told…

The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey agreed on the Iranian president’s state visit to Turkey in the near future after a deadly terrorist attack in Kerman on Wednesday canceled the planned visit. In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart on Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan offered condolences to the government and people of Iran on the Wednesday’s terrorist attack that claimed over 80 lives in Iran’s southern city of Kerman. For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian thanked Turkey’s high-ranking officials, including the president and foreign minister, for expressing sympathy with Iran. He also highlighted the…

In response to reports of Israeli plans regarding the post-war day for Gaza, the Presidency of the State of Palestine firmly reiterated today its clear stance, emphasizing that halting the Israeli aggression against our people is the top national priority for the time being. In a statement released today, the Palestinian Presidency affirmed “the unswerving, clear Palestinian position that prioritizes ending the Israeli aggression against our people in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.” The statement emphasized the importance of a political horizon based on international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative, ending the occupation, and the recognition of the State…