April 13, 2020 – Page 3 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

‘Go back to your corona-ridden country’: German officials apologize after French people insulted & spat on in border town

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

The coronavirus pandemic has become a tough test of the EU’s unity, and a small German border town is actively failing it. Officials have sounded the alarm over a spike in aggression from the locals towards visitors from France. … Read More >‘Go back to your corona-ridden country’: German officials apologize after French people insulted & spat on in border town

World

‘Biggest worry now is people dying of hunger’: Pakistani PM calls for coronavirus relief package for developing world

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

Noting that Islamabad, as much of the developing world, is facing the dilemma of either losing people to hunger from lockdowns or letting the virus ravage the population, Pakistan’s Imran Khan has called for global relief fund. … Read More >‘Biggest worry now is people dying of hunger’: Pakistani PM calls for coronavirus relief package for developing world

Spain lifts lockdown for non-essential workers amid harsh debate & fears of new wave of Covid-19 cases

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

Staff in food distribution, communications, sanitation and other non-essential sectors are now allowed to go to work in Spain, despite the country’s status as the world’s second-largest Covid-19 hotspot with over 17,000 deaths. … Read More >Spain lifts lockdown for non-essential workers amid harsh debate & fears of new wave of Covid-19 cases

Shows

CrossTalk Bullhorns, QUARANTINE EDITION: China after Covid-19

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

The blame game is well underway. As the world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, many – particularly in the West – fault China for this crisis. Is the West projecting its own failures and weaknesses? Will the West blame China for globalization as well? … Read More >CrossTalk Bullhorns, QUARANTINE EDITION: China after Covid-19

Middle East

COVID-19: Devastated Saudi Royal Family Seeks to End Yemen War

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

At least 150 members of the Saudi royal family have been infected and as a result Riyadh is seeking to end its five-year disastrous assault on Yemen. … Read More >COVID-19: Devastated Saudi Royal Family Seeks to End Yemen War

USA

Only Oversight of Oversight Will Keep Profiteers From Siphoning Stimulus Money Into Their Own Wallets

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

Hand out a dollar every second, and it takes almost two weeks to get to $1 million. It takes about 31 years to hand out $1 billion. And about 30,000 years to hand out $1 trillion. … Read More >Only Oversight of Oversight Will Keep Profiteers From Siphoning Stimulus Money Into Their Own Wallets

USA

Cancel RIMPAC, Protect Hawai’i

Posted on April 13, 2020By Editor

Bullets and bombs are useless against viruses. This pandemic reveals that our mutual survival depends on fostering an ethos of solidarity. … Read More >Cancel RIMPAC, Protect Hawai’i

World

A Curious Analogy – Coronavirus Misrepresentations Follow Srebrenica Script

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

As the contemporary Corona virus hysteria narrative continues to collapse (here and here) another dubious narrative, launched a quarter of a century ago – Srebrenica genocide – comes to mind. … Read More >A Curious Analogy – Coronavirus Misrepresentations Follow Srebrenica Script

Latin America

Cuba – The Endless Cruelty of US Sanctions – The US Intercepts Chinese Medical Supplies to Cuba

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

Cuba complained recently that a shipment of test kits, masks and respirators, donated by the Chinese Alibaba group, didn’t arrive because the American company tasked with transportation feared breaching U-S sanction rules. Washington imposed an embargo on Cuba in 19-62 after the island nation nationalized its oil industry. … Read More >Cuba – The Endless Cruelty of US Sanctions – The US Intercepts Chinese Medical Supplies to Cuba

Latin America

Venezuela Announces 6-month Rent Suspension, Guarantees Workers’ Wages, Bans Lay-offs

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020By Editor

The Venezuelan government announced a series of measures on Sunday in attempts to protect the population from the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis. … Read More >Venezuela Announces 6-month Rent Suspension, Guarantees Workers’ Wages, Bans Lay-offs

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