Asia & Pacific – Page 40 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Google removes maps listing details of HUNDREDS of Thai pro-democracy activists doxxed by pro-royalists

Posted on July 1, 2021By Editor

The technology giant has deleted two maps created by a group of royal supporters that leaked the personal data and addresses of hundreds of citizens deemed to be promoting anti-monarchy sentiment – a crime in Thailand. … Read More >Google removes maps listing details of HUNDREDS of Thai pro-democracy activists doxxed by pro-royalists

Indians cry ‘discrimination’ as AstraZeneca’s local vaccine left off EU’s green list, but identical European-made one included

Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021By Editor

People in India have slammed a decision by the European Union not to include the Indian-made Covishield vaccine – a locally produced copy of the AstraZeneca shot – in its vaccine passport program, labeling it an “insult.” … Read More >Indians cry ‘discrimination’ as AstraZeneca’s local vaccine left off EU’s green list, but identical European-made one included

Indonesia ‘on edge of catastrophe’ as coronavirus Delta variant floods hospitals – Red Cross

Posted on June 30, 2021June 30, 2021By Editor

Indonesia is on the verge of a coronavirus “catastrophe,” the Red Cross has warned, as the country endures a rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 that has already overwhelmed its hospitals. … Read More >Indonesia ‘on edge of catastrophe’ as coronavirus Delta variant floods hospitals – Red Cross

Dozens of bodies, many of them buried Covid victims, are washed from banks of India’s Ganges by seasonal floods & float downriver

Posted on June 30, 2021June 30, 2021By Editor

Seasonal flooding in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has washed up dozens of bodies in the River Ganges that had been buried on the banks of the sacred waterway, amid the recent wave of Covid-19 infections. … Read More >Dozens of bodies, many of them buried Covid victims, are washed from banks of India’s Ganges by seasonal floods & float downriver

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern hammered for pushing hate speech law… that even she doesn’t understand

Posted on June 30, 2021August 4, 2023By Editor

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been accused of “misleading the public” in a disastrous radio interview defending a proposed hate speech law, which could see offenders jailed for three years for offensive words. … Read More >New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern hammered for pushing hate speech law… that even she doesn’t understand

Singapore doctors call to HALT Covid vaccination of teens as unexplained death of 13yo boy probed in US

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021By Editor

A group of medics have penned an “urgent open letter” to Singapore’s expert committee on Covid-19 vaccination, calling for the inoculation of youths to be ceased until the US CDC clarifies why a teenage jab recipient died. … Read More >Singapore doctors call to HALT Covid vaccination of teens as unexplained death of 13yo boy probed in US

China releases new VIDEOS and SOUNDS of Martian rover landing, rolling off platform & patrolling the Red Planet

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021By Editor

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has published several new clips from its Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, showing the landing of the Zhurong rover and its operations on the surface – some of them with sound. … Read More >China releases new VIDEOS and SOUNDS of Martian rover landing, rolling off platform & patrolling the Red Planet

Landmark court ruling overturns ‘oppressively unfair’ anti-LGBT Hong Kong housing policy

Posted on June 27, 2021June 27, 2021By Editor

Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on Friday that housing policies “constitute unlawful discrimination” by not acknowledging same-sex partners as a tenant’s family member, marking a landmark victory for LGBT rights in the region. … Read More >Landmark court ruling overturns ‘oppressively unfair’ anti-LGBT Hong Kong housing policy

Taiwan tightens coronavirus border controls over Delta variant spread

Posted on June 27, 2021June 27, 2021By Editor

Taiwan has announced new restrictions aimed at keeping the highly transmissible coronavirus Delta variant out of the country. New arrivals from five countries, including the UK, will be quarantined at state-run facilities. … Read More >Taiwan tightens coronavirus border controls over Delta variant spread

Japan’s PM dismisses claim by royal household chief that emperor is ‘very worried’ about Olympic Games spreading Covid

Posted on June 27, 2021June 27, 2021By Editor

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that the chief of the imperial household was sharing his own thoughts when he suggested that Emperor Naruhito was concerned about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. … Read More >Japan’s PM dismisses claim by royal household chief that emperor is ‘very worried’ about Olympic Games spreading Covid