January 2021 – Page 90 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

World

Former Ecuadorean Consul in UK Says Assange´s Extradition Will Set Bad Precedent

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

Ecuador’s former consul to the United Kingdom Fidel Narvaez told Sputnik on Sunday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s eventual extradition to the United States would set a precedent against journalism and freedom of the press. … Read More >Former Ecuadorean Consul in UK Says Assange´s Extradition Will Set Bad Precedent

USA

Shooter Kills Gun-Toting Pastor and Injures At Least Two in Texas Methodist Church

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

The preacher was shot dead with his own gun, which he had pulled to stop a church robber who had been hiding in the bathroom. The shooter fled the scene after grabbing the gun and killing the priest. … Read More >Shooter Kills Gun-Toting Pastor and Injures At Least Two in Texas Methodist Church

Aden Airport Resumes Operation Days After Rocket Attacks

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

The international airport in Yemen’s Aden resumed operations on Sunday four days after a terrorist that killed 26 people and injured over 100. … Read More >Aden Airport Resumes Operation Days After Rocket Attacks

Headquarters of Saudi Forces in Southern Yemen Rocked by Explosion, Report Says

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

The headquarters of the Saudi forces in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan was hit by an explosion, the Yemeni Belqees TV broadcaster reported on Sunday. … Read More >Headquarters of Saudi Forces in Southern Yemen Rocked by Explosion, Report Says

De-dollarization in overdrive: Russia & China boost settlements in national currencies to 25%

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

Moscow and Beijing have ramped up the share of settlements in national currencies to 25 percent this year against a modest two percent recorded seven years ago, according to the Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov. … Read More >De-dollarization in overdrive: Russia & China boost settlements in national currencies to 25%

British experts call for wealth tax as elite 1% owns quarter of UK wealth

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

Nearly a quarter of household wealth in the UK belongs to the richest one percent of the country’s population, according to the latest research by Resolution Foundation, which has sounded the alarm over growing inequality. … Read More >British experts call for wealth tax as elite 1% owns quarter of UK wealth

Russia

Moscow finance staff now eligible for Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 jab – in line behind doctors, teachers & industrial workers

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

More Russians will become eligible for the country’s mass immunization program against Covid-19 from Monday, with plans already made in the capital to hand out jabs to people working in a range of different industries. … Read More >Moscow finance staff now eligible for Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 jab – in line behind doctors, teachers & industrial workers

Russia

Border row reignites between Estonia & Russia as Baltic country’s top MP reopens WW2 territorial claims, ignoring NATO objections

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

Russian officials have accused a senior politician in Tallinn of seeking to reignite old tensions, after the Estonian parliament’s speaker said his country still lays claim to swaths of territory on Russia’s Baltic coast. … Read More >Border row reignites between Estonia & Russia as Baltic country’s top MP reopens WW2 territorial claims, ignoring NATO objections

World

WikiLeaks & Pamela Anderson make last ditch pardon pleas ahead of judge’s ruling on Assange extradition to US

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021By Editor

Baywatch icon Pamela Anderson has joined WikiLeaks in making an 11th hour plea for the United States to drop charges against Julian Assange ahead of a judge’s ruling on whether he will be extradited from the UK. … Read More >WikiLeaks & Pamela Anderson make last ditch pardon pleas ahead of judge’s ruling on Assange extradition to US

Israel rejects ‘nonsense’ claim by Tehran that it’s plotting false flag attack to drag US & Iran into war

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021By Editor

Israel has dismissed allegations leveled by Tehran that it is trying to trigger a war between the US and Iran, adding that it was worried for its own security on the anniversary of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. … Read More >Israel rejects ‘nonsense’ claim by Tehran that it’s plotting false flag attack to drag US & Iran into war