September 2020 – Page 43 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Rocket Hits Near US Embassy in Baghdad, Second In Past Two Days – Photo, Video

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

The attack comes just a day after two Katyusha, targeting the so-called green zone in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, were intercepted by the C-RAM air defence system. … Read More >Rocket Hits Near US Embassy in Baghdad, Second In Past Two Days – Photo, Video

Shows

China shoots rockets over Taiwan as US sends cruise missiles (Full show)

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

We take a look at harrowing videos from Hurricane Sally as it pummels Florida. Meanwhile, the US is preparing to sell several major new weapons systems to Taiwan and has sanctioned more Chinese nationals for hacking or spying on US companies. … Read More >China shoots rockets over Taiwan as US sends cruise missiles (Full show)

Russia

Sputnik V to lift off for India: Russia will help supply 100 MILLION doses of pioneering coronavirus vaccine to New Delhi

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine will be clinically trialed and distributed in India, with deliveries expected to begin later this year, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which bankrolled its development. … Read More >Sputnik V to lift off for India: Russia will help supply 100 MILLION doses of pioneering coronavirus vaccine to New Delhi

World

Are they being serious? US propaganda demands equal access to Russian airwaves…as America censors foreign media at every turn

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

Even as the US government told Al Jazeera to register as a foreign agent, the Hill ran a misinformation-laden op-ed protesting proposed Russian rules that would do the same to US government propaganda. Exceptionalism or hypocrisy? … Read More >Are they being serious? US propaganda demands equal access to Russian airwaves…as America censors foreign media at every turn

China opens its market to more Russian meat suppliers

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

Eight more Russian firms have been allowed to supply meat and poultry by-products to China, Russia’s food safety regulator Rosselkhoznadzor said on Tuesday. … Read More >China opens its market to more Russian meat suppliers

US violated trade rules with 2018 China tariffs, WTO rules – but good luck enforcing it

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

The Trump administration’s 2018 tariffs on Chinese goods violated an international trade treaty, the World Trade Organization has ruled, finding in China’s favor. But its decision might be difficult to enforce. … Read More >US violated trade rules with 2018 China tariffs, WTO rules – but good luck enforcing it

Austria’s president wants Nord Stream 2 completed, says it’s a ‘commercial project’ with no connection to Navalny incident

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen says he is against the idea of blocking Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline over the situation with the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Austria’s president wants Nord Stream 2 completed, says it’s a ‘commercial project’ with no connection to Navalny incident

World

‘Humanitarian crisis’ unfolds on Ukraine-Belarus border as Jewish pilgrims left stranded after Kiev tightens Covid-19 restrictions

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

Hundreds of Hasidim pilgrims, seeking to visit a venerated rabbi’s grave in Ukraine’s Uman to mark Jewish New Year, have reportedly become stuck between Belarus and Ukraine after Kiev tightened border controls over coronavirus. … Read More >‘Humanitarian crisis’ unfolds on Ukraine-Belarus border as Jewish pilgrims left stranded after Kiev tightens Covid-19 restrictions

EU

Merkel ‘ashamed’ of persistent anti-Semitism in Germany, as she attends anniversary of country’s largest Jewish group

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

On the anniversary of the founding of Germany’s main Jewish group, Chancellor Angela Merkel slammed the increasingly “visible and uninhibited” racism and anti-Semitism in the country. … Read More >Merkel ‘ashamed’ of persistent anti-Semitism in Germany, as she attends anniversary of country’s largest Jewish group

World

Snowden warns that Assange extradition will lead free press to slaughterhouse as publisher’s critics blinded by partisanship

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020By Editor

The US drive to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange poses a grave threat to journalists everywhere, but the publisher’s opponents have placed politics over principle, and even their own interests, said whistleblower Ed Snowden. … Read More >Snowden warns that Assange extradition will lead free press to slaughterhouse as publisher’s critics blinded by partisanship