December 2, 2020 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

EU

French former interior minister accused of concealing evidence in death of 80yo killed by riot police tear gas grenade in her home

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

The daughter of an 80-year-old woman killed when a tear gas grenade was fired into her apartment by French riot police two years ago has filed a legal complaint against former Interior Minister Christophe Castaner over the death. … Read More >French former interior minister accused of concealing evidence in death of 80yo killed by riot police tear gas grenade in her home

World

Former Stealth Fighter Pilot Confirms Yugoslavs Hit Second US F-117 During 1999 War

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

The tale of how the Yugoslav Air Defense Forces managed to shoot down a US F-117 Nighthawk in 1999 is the stuff of legend, but a US Air Force pilot who flew F-117s in the war has now come forward with a story about a second stealth fighter that Serbian forces struck. … Read More >Former Stealth Fighter Pilot Confirms Yugoslavs Hit Second US F-117 During 1999 War

EU

Orban lashes out at Hungarian MEP’s ‘gay gang bang’ in Brussels, calling it ‘indefensible’ & ‘incompatible with values’

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the conduct of MEP Jozsef Szajer – caught in an apparent gay orgy in Brussels – as “incompatible with our values,” after Szajer resigned from Orban’s conservative Fidesz party. … Read More >Orban lashes out at Hungarian MEP’s ‘gay gang bang’ in Brussels, calling it ‘indefensible’ & ‘incompatible with values’

World

US officials anonymously blame Israel for assassinating Iran’s top nuclear scientist – reports

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

An unidentified Trump administration official has blamed Israel for last week’s assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, CNN said, following an earlier New York Times report citing anonymous US sources fingering Tel Aviv. … Read More >US officials anonymously blame Israel for assassinating Iran’s top nuclear scientist – reports

Saudi Arabia ‘financed itself into oblivion’ & now entire country is at risk of going under – Max Keiser

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

The hosts of Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert, look at the online conversations of a money printer and how financialization has turned Saudi Aramco into a money-losing operation. … Read More >Saudi Arabia ‘financed itself into oblivion’ & now entire country is at risk of going under – Max Keiser

China to overtake US as world’s largest consumer market ‘very soon’

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

China’s consumer goods market is rapidly catching up with the US and is poised to become the world’s largest in the near future, according to a top Chinese economic planning agency official. … Read More >China to overtake US as world’s largest consumer market ‘very soon’

Pandemic threatens to crush dollar & plunge US economy into double-dip recession, top economist warns

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

While vaccine hopes are driving markets higher to book historically strong gains, the US economy is still in a vulnerable position, according to former Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach. … Read More >Pandemic threatens to crush dollar & plunge US economy into double-dip recession, top economist warns

World’s largest trade pact led by China could crush US gas exports

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

Fifteen countries across Asia just signed the world’s largest-ever trade pact, but it may wind up hurting US natural gas. … Read More >World’s largest trade pact led by China could crush US gas exports

British retail giant Debenhams likely to collapse, putting 12,000 jobs at risk

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

Debenhams, one of Britain’s biggest department store chains with more than two centuries of history, is set to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic after rescue-deal talks ended in failure. … Read More >British retail giant Debenhams likely to collapse, putting 12,000 jobs at risk

European Union needs perpetual debt to survive – George Soros

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor

Objections by Poland and Hungary over an EU plan to deal with the economic crisis has put the bloc in a “very difficult situation” and raises doubts over its future, according to billionaire investor George Soros. … Read More >European Union needs perpetual debt to survive – George Soros