January 2020 – Page 13 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

Trump Reportedly Wants Both Netanyahu and Gantz to Work on ‘Deal of the Century’

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020By Editor

The US president earlier announced that he wants to release a peace plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in full sometime before Israeli PM Netanyahu’s visit to Washington. … Read More >Trump Reportedly Wants Both Netanyahu and Gantz to Work on ‘Deal of the Century’

Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020By Editor

A small bomb prompted evacuation and temporarily disrupted work at a hospital in Hong Kong. Masked protesters had earlier firebombed a proposed quarantine area for possible coronavirus victims. … Read More >Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building

Stock finally ran out? France ‘bans’ protester-maiming grenade not manufactured since 2014

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020By Editor

France is finally joining the rest of Europe by withdrawing explosives from its arsenal of crowd control tools. The announced retirement of the protester-maiming GLI-F4 grenade however may be due to stocks running out. … Read More >Stock finally ran out? France ‘bans’ protester-maiming grenade not manufactured since 2014

USA

How The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

Call it a colossal victory for a Pentagon that hasn’t won a war in this century, but not for the rest of us. Congress only recently passed and the president approved one of the largest Pentagon budgets ever. It will surpass spending at the peaks of both the Korean and Vietnam wars. … Read More >How The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract

USA

US to Grant $35 Million to Promote its Fake News Bubble in Syria & Control Local Media

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

Although Western media has a shoddy track record of lying on Syria (and Libya, Iraq…), the US State Department will pump $35 million more into future war propaganda on Syria, under the guise of promoting honest reporting. … Read More >US to Grant $35 Million to Promote its Fake News Bubble in Syria & Control Local Media

USA

The Unbearable Hypocrisy of US Sanctions on Iran

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

On November 22nd of last year, the US government announced it would impose sanctions on Iran’s information minister for his alleged role in limiting domestic Internet access while protests raged in that country over increases in gas prices. … Read More >The Unbearable Hypocrisy of US Sanctions on Iran

Journalism & Mass media

Ten Years After Howard Zinn’s Death — Lessons from the People’s Historian

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

Now is an especially good time to remember some of Howard Zinn’s wisdom. … Read More >Ten Years After Howard Zinn’s Death — Lessons from the People’s Historian

USA

Who, exactly? Cindy McCain says ‘WE’ all knew about Epstein’s sex crimes

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

Cindy McCain, widow of the late Arizona Senator John McCain, has raised more than a few eyebrows after remarking that Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes against young women were common knowledge. But common for whom, exactly? … Read More >Who, exactly? Cindy McCain says ‘WE’ all knew about Epstein’s sex crimes

World

French Defence Minister Reportedly Tries to Prevent US Withdrawal From Africa

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

The US has been recently thinking about reducing its military presence in the Islamist-infested continent in order to focus more on countering Russia and China globally, despite the dire situation with terrorism in certain African countries. … Read More >French Defence Minister Reportedly Tries to Prevent US Withdrawal From Africa

Middle East

Five Rockets Strike Near US Embassy in Baghdad – Reports

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020By Editor

Iraqi activists held a rally on 25 January in the capital of Baghdad against the United States’ presence in the country, Iraq’s Alsumaria broadcaster reported. … Read More >Five Rockets Strike Near US Embassy in Baghdad – Reports

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