April 8, 2020 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Putin announces additional measures to support Russian economy & business amid coronavirus pandemic

Posted on April 8, 2020June 15, 2020By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government and the Central Bank to develop an additional business support program amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The program should be finalised within five days, he said. … Read More >Putin announces additional measures to support Russian economy & business amid coronavirus pandemic

Russia

How Russians get creative while in self-isolation

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

Life in quarantine can be boring, but not in Russia. How Russians spend this period of isolation is only limited by their imagination. Here is what some are up to: … Read More >How Russians get creative while in self-isolation

Shows

John Pilger on coronavirus: Tories were warned 4 years ago that NHS was not prepared for a pandemic!

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist and filmmaker John Pilger about the coronavirus pandemic. He discusses the fact that the Conservative government was warned about shortages leaving the NHS vulnerable to pandemics four years ago, the damage privatization has done to the National Health Service … Read More >John Pilger on coronavirus: Tories were warned 4 years ago that NHS was not prepared for a pandemic!

Russia

Russian coronavirus teams get to work in Serbia

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

On Tuesday, April 7, a team of Russian military virologists got to work on patients suffering from the coronavirus disease at the Dragisa Misovic Center in Belgrade. … Read More >Russian coronavirus teams get to work in Serbia

Russia

How the British RAF fought in the USSR during WWII

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

Thanks largely to the efforts of the Royal Air Force, the Russian Arctic became the only section on the Eastern front where Hitler’s Luftwaffe could not establish complete control. … Read More >How the British RAF fought in the USSR during WWII

Russia

Eternal negativity of the one-track mind: Think tank session on Russian response to Covid-19 exposes racket’s futility

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

There’s something incredibly fascinating about the “Centre for European Policy Analysis” (CEPA). While other firms on the think tank gravy train at least try to dress up their agenda, this one is pretty up front … Read More >Eternal negativity of the one-track mind: Think tank session on Russian response to Covid-19 exposes racket’s futility

USA

US smashes daily Covid-19 death record AGAIN with nearly 2,000 fatalities in 24 hours, as outbreaks accelerate beyond New York

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

The United States has set a new record for its daily mortality count, reporting just shy of 2,000 new deaths in the span of a single day, as fatalities in New York – the country’s top hotspot – and beyond continue to mount. … Read More >US smashes daily Covid-19 death record AGAIN with nearly 2,000 fatalities in 24 hours, as outbreaks accelerate beyond New York

Asia & Pacific

Making a comeback: Wuhan aglow as outbound travel ban lifted & residents flock to train stations (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

A dazzling light show marked the reopening of Wuhan as a ban on outbound travel – the last standing restriction in the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began – was lifted, seeing scores of residents swarming its railway stations. … Read More >Making a comeback: Wuhan aglow as outbound travel ban lifted & residents flock to train stations (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Latin America

‘Everything is bulls**t’: Ecuador pins 8-year corruption sentence on Correa as dead bodies line the streets amid Covid-19 outbreak

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has been convicted in absentia of bribery and sentenced to eight years in prison while the country languishes in a coronavirus disaster that his successor’s austerity policies exacerbated. … Read More >‘Everything is bulls**t’: Ecuador pins 8-year corruption sentence on Correa as dead bodies line the streets amid Covid-19 outbreak

Shows

CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Peak globalism?

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor

As the world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, it is timely to reassess the nature of globalism. How should we think about trade, open borders and the financialization of the economy? Have we reached peak globalism? … Read More >CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Peak globalism?

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