April 22, 2020 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

China’s reality on the ground: fact vs Cold War fiction

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Beijing-based journalist Daniel Alan Bey about his experience living in China during the COVID-19 outbreak. Daniel shares what is was like to be in Beijing under quarantine … Read More >China’s reality on the ground: fact vs Cold War fiction

Journalism & Mass media

How a Trump media dump mainstreamed Chinese lab coronavirus conspiracy theory

Posted on April 22, 2020By Editor

A conspiracy theory about Covid-19 escaping from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology is the Trump administration’s Iraqi WMD. And the Washington Post’s Josh Rogin is playing the role of Judith Miller. … Read More >How a Trump media dump mainstreamed Chinese lab coronavirus conspiracy theory

Shows

Covid-19: Bailouts for the rich, suffering for the poor

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

The pandemic isn’t slowing down war, oil interests, or landlords! The good news: sea turtles are thriving now that humans aren’t ruining beaches. … Read More >Covid-19: Bailouts for the rich, suffering for the poor

Business

Russian Urals crude sinks below $12 amid epic oil market meltdown

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

The unprecedented oil market crash this week has put Russian crude under pressure, with the Urals blend falling by almost $6 to trade below $12 per barrel, according to energy information provider Argus Media. … Read More >Russian Urals crude sinks below $12 amid epic oil market meltdown

Business

‘The Fed can’t print gold:’ Bank of America sees bullion price surge to $3,000 as paper money crumbles

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

At a time of weak economic growth and increased market volatility, analysts are getting more bullish on gold. According to Bank of America, the precious metal is headed 78 percent higher, to hit $3,000 per ounce in 18 months. … Read More >‘The Fed can’t print gold:’ Bank of America sees bullion price surge to $3,000 as paper money crumbles

Business

Crude price collapse will finally force US oil industry to cut production or go bust

Posted on April 22, 2020By Editor

The oil-price plunge could create a historic precedent in which the US may finally help boost the sinking energy market, albeit involuntarily, instead of benefiting at the expense of others, oil executive Mike Cantrell believes. … Read More >Crude price collapse will finally force US oil industry to cut production or go bust

Asia & Pacific

‘Nothing short of absurdity’: Beijing brushes off Missouri’s lawsuit accusing China of wilful spread of Covid-19

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Beijing hit back at a lawsuit by Missouri, in which the US state accuses China of causing a “preventable” pandemic, and has pointed out that the claims around which the suit revolves are nothing but unfounded. … Read More >‘Nothing short of absurdity’: Beijing brushes off Missouri’s lawsuit accusing China of wilful spread of Covid-19

Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Germany has sanctioned its first clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) regulatory body has said. … Read More >Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine

Russia

Kremlin says ‘not enough info’ to support claim Covid-19 began in a lab

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor

Speculations that the coronavirus leaked from a lab are as groundless as those saying it definitely couldn’t have, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that it’s “unacceptable” to accuse anyone without proof. … Read More >Kremlin says ‘not enough info’ to support claim Covid-19 began in a lab

World

Not now, Greta: Child climate activist calls on world to fight climate change AND coronavirus at the same time

Posted on April 22, 2020By Editor

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has reemerged once again to lecture the world’s governments about how to do their jobs, arguing that they must continue to fight climate change while facing down a global pandemic. … Read More >Not now, Greta: Child climate activist calls on world to fight climate change AND coronavirus at the same time

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