December 25, 2020 – Page 3 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Syrian air defenses respond to ‘Israeli aggression,’ explosions heard over Hama countryside – state media

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

Syria’s air defenses have been activated to repel a suspected ‘Israeli attack’ in Hama Governorate, as the country’s state media report blasts in the skies over Masyaf. … Read More >Syrian air defenses respond to ‘Israeli aggression,’ explosions heard over Hama countryside – state media

EU

Denmark reports 33 cases of mutant coronavirus that plunged UK into tougher restrictions and border shutdown

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

Health authorities in Denmark reported that 33 people have been infected by a new variant of coronavirus which has been spreading rapidly across Britain where it was first discovered. … Read More >Denmark reports 33 cases of mutant coronavirus that plunged UK into tougher restrictions and border shutdown

Israel to enter third national lockdown for at least two weeks as Covid-19 infections surge

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

Israel’s prime minister has announced that the country will enter another national lockdown on Sunday, subject to final approval from government ministers, in order to tackle rising coronavirus cases. … Read More >Israel to enter third national lockdown for at least two weeks as Covid-19 infections surge

EU

France gives ‘green light’ to Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab with vaccinations due to start on Sunday

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

The French medical regulator has given its approval for the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in France after the European Medicines Agency and the European Commission endorsed the jab earlier this week. … Read More >France gives ‘green light’ to Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab with vaccinations due to start on Sunday

‘Pests in cargoes’: China suspends timber imports from 2 more Australian states

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

China’s customs officials have suspended imports of timber from Australia’s New South Wales and Western Australia states, saying that pests were found in cargoes, amid soured ties between Canberra and Beijing. … Read More >‘Pests in cargoes’: China suspends timber imports from 2 more Australian states

World

Fast food emergency: Australian police catch man breaching Covid-19 quarantine to go to McDonald’s (VIDEO)

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

Insatiable hunger for fast food landed an Australian man in hot water after police caught him breaking the coronavirus quarantine rules when he tried to visit a McDonald’s while ordered to stay at home. … Read More >Fast food emergency: Australian police catch man breaching Covid-19 quarantine to go to McDonald’s (VIDEO)

Reports of China’s demands on nuclear power in EU investment talks are fake – Beijing

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

China’s Foreign Ministry has said media reports of Beijing’s alleged demands on nuclear power investment during talks with the European Union were not true. … Read More >Reports of China’s demands on nuclear power in EU investment talks are fake – Beijing

Shows

The most censored stories of 2020, Florida ghost candidates, the Iran hostage crisis

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

Lee Camp rounds out 2020 with an interview with the director of Project Censored, Mickey Huff. Project Censored is a critical media organization that looks into the most censored stories every year. … Read More >The most censored stories of 2020, Florida ghost candidates, the Iran hostage crisis

Russia

20,000-ton Norilsk Arctic diesel spill disaster is worst in ‘the history of mankind,’ Russian government official reveals

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

This summer’s oil spill in the Arctic Russian city of Norilsk has broken the record for the largest of all time, according to Alexander Chupriyan, the country’s first deputy minister of emergency situations. … Read More >20,000-ton Norilsk Arctic diesel spill disaster is worst in ‘the history of mankind,’ Russian government official reveals

Russia

Russian warship fires torpedoes in Sea of Japan exercises amid rising tensions with US in disputed waters (VIDEO)

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

Rockets, guns and missiles lit up the Sea of Japan as part of Russian naval tests of a newly refitted frigate, and amid escalating hostilities with US vessels in the remote Far East region. … Read More >Russian warship fires torpedoes in Sea of Japan exercises amid rising tensions with US in disputed waters (VIDEO)