April 2020 – Page 34 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Shows

Will The Economy Ever Be Normal Again? w/Mark Blyth

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Will The Economy Ever Be Normal Again? w/Mark Blyth … Read More >Will The Economy Ever Be Normal Again? w/Mark Blyth

Duterte Aide Pledges Body Bags for ‘Fake News Peddlers’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Report

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

In early April, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed that he would not hesitate to order the police to shoot and kill those Filipinos who defy the coronavirus-related lockdown in the country. … Read More >Duterte Aide Pledges Body Bags for ‘Fake News Peddlers’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Report

US Air Force in Pacific Flexes Muscles as Navy Carriers Are Struck by Coronavirus

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy earlier conducted military exercises over the weekend as the country continues to return to normal after being struck by the coronavirus outbreak. … Read More >US Air Force in Pacific Flexes Muscles as Navy Carriers Are Struck by Coronavirus

World

Wildfire rips through Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, raging just TWO MILES from crippled nuclear plant (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Ukrainian firefighters are struggling to contain a blaze raging near Pripyat, in the contaminated area heavily hit by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, as a wall of fire creeps dangerously close to its abandoned nuclear power plant. … Read More >Wildfire rips through Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, raging just TWO MILES from crippled nuclear plant (PHOTO, VIDEO)

‘We’ve turned the dollar into toilet paper’, chief investment officer tells Keiser Report

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Central banks and fiscal policy makers worldwide are launching huge stimulus measures in an effort to backstop the global economy, as the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll. … Read More >‘We’ve turned the dollar into toilet paper’, chief investment officer tells Keiser Report

USA

‘We scared the hell out of the American people’ over ‘flu,’ says Fox News guest

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Former education secretary Bill Bennett has been savaged online for suggesting that the coronavirus is “not a pandemic,” calling for the lifting of lockdown measures, as the debate rages over reopening the shuttered US economy. … Read More >‘We scared the hell out of the American people’ over ‘flu,’ says Fox News guest

EU

Austria, Denmark & Italy tentatively emerge from coronavirus lockdown

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

The governments of Austria, Denmark and Italy have all begun easing lockdown restrictions, allowing certain segments of the workforce to return to work in a staggered manner, in a bid to revive the countries’ ailing economies. … Read More >Austria, Denmark & Italy tentatively emerge from coronavirus lockdown

Op-ed

Don’t be evil, just OBEY: After Covid-19 tech giants will have even more control over what you see & what you think

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Silicon Valley’s algorithms are controlling your cognitive map, and Congress is letting it happen. Covid-19 is providing the perfect cover to bolster that control — just in time for the 2020 election. … Read More >Don’t be evil, just OBEY: After Covid-19 tech giants will have even more control over what you see & what you think

Russia

Russian Covid-19 cases exceed 21,000 after Putin warns country faces ‘extraordinary crisis’

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

The day after President Vladimir Putin told Russians that the next few weeks will be “decisive” in the battle with coronavirus, the country has posted a new daily record rise in infections, with 2,774 new cases discovered. … Read More >Russian Covid-19 cases exceed 21,000 after Putin warns country faces ‘extraordinary crisis’

Russia

Russian FM Lavrov holds video conference with international journalists to discuss pressing global issues amid Covid-19 pandemic

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will host a video conference attended by international media to discuss key issues, as the world struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >Russian FM Lavrov holds video conference with international journalists to discuss pressing global issues amid Covid-19 pandemic