June 28, 2020 – Page 3 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

EU

Europe should brace for a reality in which US is no longer a world power – Merkel

Posted on June 28, 2020December 1, 2020By Editor

The US may voluntarily relinquish its status as a world power and Europeans must brace themselves for such a contingency, including by boosting their militaries, the German chancellor has warned. … Read More >Europe should brace for a reality in which US is no longer a world power – Merkel

Op-ed

Why are police across the US piling on the cartoonish violence & racist rhetoric when they know they’re being watched?

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Over-the-top gratuitous violence against unarmed protesters, shockingly racist conversations, all of it somehow recorded for posterity (and maximum virality) – are American police TRYING to get their profession abolished? … Read More >Why are police across the US piling on the cartoonish violence & racist rhetoric when they know they’re being watched?

USA

Portland protesters set barricades alight & face-off with riot police (VIDEOS)

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Serious clashes erupted overnight between police and protesters in Portland, Oregon, on the one-month anniversary of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, with riot cops reportedly using tear gas as the crowd lobbed projectiles. … Read More >Portland protesters set barricades alight & face-off with riot police (VIDEOS)

USA

Applications for gun permits in Illinois jump 500 PERCENT, firearms & ammo sales skyrocket amid George Floyd protests

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Guns and ammunition are flying off the shelves in Illinois, new data shows. Americans have been loading up with weapons amid the Covid-19 outbreak and the riots sparked by the death of George Floyd. … Read More >Applications for gun permits in Illinois jump 500 PERCENT, firearms & ammo sales skyrocket amid George Floyd protests

USA

‘Trump wants to kill as many Americans as possible’: Rob Reiner leads Hollywood’s Trump Derangement Syndrome victims with a tweet

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

‘Misery’ director and ‘All in the Family’ star Rob Reiner took his Trump criticism to a new level in a tweet claiming the president wants to kill American citizens before the presidential election in November. … Read More >‘Trump wants to kill as many Americans as possible’: Rob Reiner leads Hollywood’s Trump Derangement Syndrome victims with a tweet

USA

Woke dreams: House Democrats vote to make Washington DC a state and swap Columbus reference for Frederick Douglass

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has voted to make Washington, DC the 51st US state and ditch the problematic reference to Christopher Columbus for the more woke Frederick Douglass. The Senate is unlikely to care. … Read More >Woke dreams: House Democrats vote to make Washington DC a state and swap Columbus reference for Frederick Douglass

USA

Trump signs ‘very strong’ executive order protecting US monuments, stays in DC to ‘make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced’

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to protect American monuments, after calling off a weekend trip to New Jersey to remain in DC amid ongoing protests, insisting “agitators” will be “brought to justice.” … Read More >Trump signs ‘very strong’ executive order protecting US monuments, stays in DC to ‘make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced’

US government plans 5G market intervention to break dominance of China’s Huawei

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Trump administration officials have held discussions with US technology giants, private-equity firms and veteran telecom executives on strategies to boost the nation’s presence in next-generation 5G technology. … Read More >US government plans 5G market intervention to break dominance of China’s Huawei

World

Russian IT specialist sentenced to 9 years in US after being ‘hijacked’ & extradited by Israel

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

Aleksey Burkov, an IT freelancer from Saint Petersburg, has been handed down a nine-year sentence in the US on charges of cyber fraud. The man spent more than four years in Israeli prisons after an arrest on Washington’s request. … Read More >Russian IT specialist sentenced to 9 years in US after being ‘hijacked’ & extradited by Israel

Japan scraps plans for US-made anti-missile sites, but mulls pre-emptive strike options instead

Posted on June 28, 2020By Editor

Tokyo has aborted plans to go ahead with the Aegis Ashore missile defense sites, having deemed them both unsafe and too costly. Its alternative to the defensive option is quite the opposite: striking enemy firing positions first. … Read More >Japan scraps plans for US-made anti-missile sites, but mulls pre-emptive strike options instead