October 2020 – Page 90 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Venezuela wins UK court decision in battle to get its gold back

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

The UK’s appeals court has ruled in favor of President Nicolas Maduro’s government in the battle to repatriate Venezuela’s $1 billion worth of gold held at the Bank of England, reversing an earlier decision. … Read More >Venezuela wins UK court decision in battle to get its gold back

Russia

Despite imminent arrival of Sputnik V vaccine, More than 70% of Russians don’t want to be inoculated against coronavirus- survey

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

Two months after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country had developed the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, a new government poll has revealed that just 23 percent of the nation wants to be inoculated. … Read More >Despite imminent arrival of Sputnik V vaccine, More than 70% of Russians don’t want to be inoculated against coronavirus- survey

World

‘A fight of of life and death’: Armenian PM urges army veterans to re-enlist & battle Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

The Armenian prime minister, on Monday, asked ex-soldiers discharged during the last twelve months to take up arms again. Nikol Pashinyan says the fight against bitter rival, and neighbor, Azerbaijan is one “of life and death.” … Read More >‘A fight of of life and death’: Armenian PM urges army veterans to re-enlist & battle Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

World

Tear gas & sounds of explosions: Kyrgyzstan police clash with crowds attempting to storm parliament building (VIDEOS)

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

Clashes erupted in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek as demonstrators, angry with the outcome of Sunday’s election in the Central Asian state, tried to storm the parliament building. Police employed tear gas and flashbang grenades. … Read More >Tear gas & sounds of explosions: Kyrgyzstan police clash with crowds attempting to storm parliament building (VIDEOS)

Middle East

Israeli minister urged to step down after traveling despite lockdown & revealing Covid-19 diagnosis

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

Israel’s environment minister has apologized after coming under fire for testing positive for Covid-19 days after apparently disregarding national lockdown rules to travel some 140 kilometers from home on Yom Kippur. … Read More >Israeli minister urged to step down after traveling despite lockdown & revealing Covid-19 diagnosis

Middle East

Beirut explosion was one of largest non-nuclear blasts in human history

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

The massive blast that destroyed a huge swathe of Beirut in August was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, releasing enough energy to power more than 100 homes for a year, new research has found. … Read More >Beirut explosion was one of largest non-nuclear blasts in human history

USA

2020 is Tumbling Toward 1917

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

When the Russian Revolution toppled the czar and put the Bolsheviks into power, the civilized countries of western Europe had good reason to tell themselves it could never happen to them. Russia was a barbaric country with a lopsided social structure, masses of peasants and no middle class to speak of. Their political system was a relic of the past … Read More >2020 is Tumbling Toward 1917

Paris to shutter bars for 2 weeks as French capital placed on Covid-19 high alert

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

Bars in Paris will be ordered to close after the French capital reached all the criteria for being placed on the highest level of emergency amid a second wave of coronavirus. … Read More >Paris to shutter bars for 2 weeks as French capital placed on Covid-19 high alert

World

Turkey’s drill ship leaves area southwest of Cyprus, shipping data shows, as move may help ease tensions in eastern Mediterranean

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

The Turkish drill ship Yavuz has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus. Nicosia sees the move as a step in the right direction amid efforts to diffuse tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. … Read More >Turkey’s drill ship leaves area southwest of Cyprus, shipping data shows, as move may help ease tensions in eastern Mediterranean

Middle East

Israeli police clash with Covid-19 lockdown-defying ultra-Orthodox Jews in Bnei Brak & Jerusalem (VIDEOS)

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020By Editor

Violent clashes have erupted in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak and some areas of Jerusalem as authorities tried to enforce Covid-19 lockdown rules on ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities and break up ‘illegal’ prayer gatherings. … Read More >Israeli police clash with Covid-19 lockdown-defying ultra-Orthodox Jews in Bnei Brak & Jerusalem (VIDEOS)

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