April 9, 2021 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

EU

Hungary eyes vaccinating over 40% of population by end of April, starts lifting coronavirus restrictions

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Hungary expects to vaccinate more than 40% of its population by the end of the month, a top official has said. Budapest has already begun lifting Covid-19 restrictions after it met the 25%-vaccination goal. … Read More >Hungary eyes vaccinating over 40% of population by end of April, starts lifting coronavirus restrictions

EU

Mandatory vaccines are ‘necessary in democratic society,’ don’t infringe human rights, EU court rules

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Making children get jabs for common diseases is ‘necessary in democratic society’ and is in their best interests, the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday in a landmark decision against anti-vaxxers. … Read More >Mandatory vaccines are ‘necessary in democratic society,’ don’t infringe human rights, EU court rules

Clashes between Myanmar military and protesters reportedly leaves 11 dead as junta removes ambassador to UK

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Fresh violent clashes in Myanmar have reportedly left 11 dead after anti-coup activists fought back against troops deployed to disperse protesters, a day after the military junta removed the country’s ambassador to the UK. … Read More >Clashes between Myanmar military and protesters reportedly leaves 11 dead as junta removes ambassador to UK

‘Do Chinese warships go to the Gulf of Mexico?’: Beijing blames Washington’s aggression for Taiwan tensions

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed accusations that Beijing is engaging in “intimidation” and “coercion” in Taiwan, and called on the US to recognize the one-China principle and refrain from coercive practices. … Read More >‘Do Chinese warships go to the Gulf of Mexico?’: Beijing blames Washington’s aggression for Taiwan tensions

Tokyo governor requests emergency measures to control ‘very worrisome’ spike in Covid infections

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Tokyo’s governor has asked Japan’s central government to implement emergency Covid restrictions in the region amid an outbreak of coronavirus infections linked to mutated strains of the virus. … Read More >Tokyo governor requests emergency measures to control ‘very worrisome’ spike in Covid infections

Health

Men make more Covid-19 antibodies and keep them for longer, study on asymptomatic carriers finds

Posted on April 9, 2021By Editor

A Welsh study has found that men can create up to three times the number of coronavirus antibodies as women and tend to retain them for a longer period of time, complicating possible future Covid-19 immunity considerably. … Read More >Men make more Covid-19 antibodies and keep them for longer, study on asymptomatic carriers finds

World

Violence must stop before someone dies: Irish FM laments scenes at riots in N. Ireland, says Dublin not to blame

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

Dublin has promised to play its part in bringing an end to the unrest sweeping across Northern Ireland, calling on the EU to use the flexibilities in the post-Brexit arrangement, before someone is killed in the violence. … Read More >Violence must stop before someone dies: Irish FM laments scenes at riots in N. Ireland, says Dublin not to blame

World

Australia to end sexual harassment exemption for politicians and judges amid recent scandals

Posted on April 9, 2021By Editor

Australia’s politicians and judges will no longer be exempt from the rules against workplace sexual harassment, PM Scott Morrison has promised as the government continues to struggle with the fallout of multiple sex scandals. … Read More >Australia to end sexual harassment exemption for politicians and judges amid recent scandals

USA

Jewish journalist accuses Jewish union leader of anti-Semitism in argument about school teaching

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

A Jewish teachers’ union leader thinks Jewish parents who want to send their kids back to school are betraying their Talmudic heritage. An opponent thinks that’s an anti-Semitic argument. Now they’re both being hammered online. … Read More >Jewish journalist accuses Jewish union leader of anti-Semitism in argument about school teaching

USA

NASA staff now asked to help care for migrant children amid surge at US-Mexico border

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021By Editor

The Biden administration’s quest to mobilize federal bureaucrats to help handle the rising tide of immigrants on the southern US border has now reached NASA, which has reportedly already been asked to lend a facility to the cause. … Read More >NASA staff now asked to help care for migrant children amid surge at US-Mexico border