May 2020 – Page 5 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

US spy mission against Assange revealed

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

New reporting from the Grayzone has uncovered the relationship between state officials who have spent the last decade persecuting Julian Assange and an intelligence firm they contracted to spy on him and his close friends. Cities are trying to reopen despite the risk to workers … Read More >US spy mission against Assange revealed

World

Muzzling Freedom of Expression’: Facebook Slammed for Appointing Israeli Censor to Oversight Board

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

On 6 May Facebook revealed the first 20 members of its Oversight Board, an independent body entrusted with the final say over certain content moderation decisions for the world’s largest social media platform … Read More >Muzzling Freedom of Expression’: Facebook Slammed for Appointing Israeli Censor to Oversight Board

USA

We’re Taking Clearview AI to Court to End its Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance Activities

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

For several years, a little-known start-up based in New York has been amassing a database of billions of our faceprints — unique biometric identifiers akin to a fingerprint or DNA profile — drawn from personal photos on our social media accounts and elsewhere online. … Read More >We’re Taking Clearview AI to Court to End its Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance Activities

Russia

Coronavirus to ‘go into HIBERNATION’ in summer – Moscow’s former chief doctor to RT

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

Covid-19 will lose its power in the summer and, as it passes through more people, it will no longer be a new challenge for immune systems. … Read More >Coronavirus to ‘go into HIBERNATION’ in summer – Moscow’s former chief doctor to RT

USA

NSA urges email providers to update software warning that ‘Russian military hackers’ already gained ‘dream access’ to them

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

The notorious US spy agency NSA has issued a rare warning to Exim mail server owners, calling on them to update the operating system and claiming that otherwise Russian “military cyber actors” could virtually take control of them. … Read More >NSA urges email providers to update software warning that ‘Russian military hackers’ already gained ‘dream access’ to them

World

‘Sanctions can’t solve problems’: EU rules out punishing China over Hong Kong

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

While the US has vowed “powerful action” against Beijing over its handling of the unrest in Hong Kong, the EU has made it clear that sanctions are not the way to resolve tensions over the national security legislation. … Read More >‘Sanctions can’t solve problems’: EU rules out punishing China over Hong Kong

USA

Staff with no masks, bosses likening Covid-19 to flu: US family tell RT of legal vendetta over their father’s death at care home

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

An elderly Californian died a lonely death after sharing a room with a Covid-19 patient at a care home where staff weren’t allowed to wear masks as bosses feared the facility could be shut down, his daughter and lawyer told RT. … Read More >Staff with no masks, bosses likening Covid-19 to flu: US family tell RT of legal vendetta over their father’s death at care home

Denmark will conduct random checks for Covid-19 at borders and holiday sites, PM says

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said random checks for the Covid-19 virus will be carried out at the country’s borders and holiday destinations as it prepares to reopen to visitors from some European countries. … Read More >Denmark will conduct random checks for Covid-19 at borders and holiday sites, PM says

Shows

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza: The US is trying to justify invading Venezuela!

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

We speak to Venezuelan FM Jorge Arreaza after a coup attempt by Silvercorp mercenaries, which Venezuela alleges were hired by US President Trump. He discusses Iran’s oil shipment to Venezuela along with assistance to revive Venezuela’s oil industry … Read More >Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza: The US is trying to justify invading Venezuela!

Asia & Pacific

Thanks, but no thanks? Trump rebuffed after offering to mediate India-China border standoff

Posted on May 30, 2020May 30, 2020By Editor

Both New Delhi and Beijing have signaled a lack of interest in Donald Trump involving himself in their affairs, after the US president suggested he could help resolve a territorial dispute between the two nations. … Read More >Thanks, but no thanks? Trump rebuffed after offering to mediate India-China border standoff

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