January 16, 2021 – Page 3 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Havana Slams US Sanctions Against Cuban Interior Ministry, Its Head as Illegitimate

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on Friday condemned new US sanctions against the Latin American country’s interior ministry and its chief, Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, describing them as illegitimate. … Read More >Havana Slams US Sanctions Against Cuban Interior Ministry, Its Head as Illegitimate

Russia Working With Venezuela to Ship Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine, Envoy Says

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Moscow and Caracas are exploring ways to ensure the delivery of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to Venezuela, which is expected to start by the end of January, Russia’s ambassador to Venezuela, Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov, told Sputnik on Friday. … Read More >Russia Working With Venezuela to Ship Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine, Envoy Says

Health Workers From Brazil’s Manaus Cry Out For Help Amid Oxygen Shortage For COVID Patients

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Manaus, the capital city of Brazil’s largest state, Amazonas, has its healthcare system now pushed to the breaking point as coronavirus cases soar and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen. State authorities have declared a curfew to slow the spread of the pandemic. … Read More >Health Workers From Brazil’s Manaus Cry Out For Help Amid Oxygen Shortage For COVID Patients

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French Foreign Ministry Hopes Russia Will Refrain From Leaving Open Skies Treaty

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

France regrets a Russian decision to leave the Open Skies Treaty and hopes that Moscow will revise its stance on the issue, a spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry said. … Read More >French Foreign Ministry Hopes Russia Will Refrain From Leaving Open Skies Treaty

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US media continues to try to link Trump to Kremlin, but in reality American Republicans have more in common with Putin’s opponents

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

American elites don’t understand that Russian ‘liberals’ are more similar to Republicans than Democrats. What’s more, Joe Biden, and other US centre-leftists, are politically closer to Vladimir Putin than the Moscow opposition. … Read More >US media continues to try to link Trump to Kremlin, but in reality American Republicans have more in common with Putin’s opponents

Turkey starts rollout of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine to health workers, inoculating more than 160,000 in a day

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Turkey has started administering the Covid-19 jab produced by Chinese company Sinovac as the nation kicks off its inoculation program against the virus, which has killed more than 23,000 people in the country. … Read More >Turkey starts rollout of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine to health workers, inoculating more than 160,000 in a day

China says ‘George Floyd cannot even breathe freely’ as it blasts US over Uighur Muslims forced labor claims

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Beijing has cited the death of American black man George Floyd as evidence of Washington’s hypocrisy after it imposed a ban on all tomato and cotton products from China’s western Xinjiang region over alleged human rights abuses. … Read More >China says ‘George Floyd cannot even breathe freely’ as it blasts US over Uighur Muslims forced labor claims

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Poland slams social media deplatforming of Trump as government readies anti-censorship law

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

The Polish government has decried social media platforms’ (mis)handling of US President Donald Trump’s accounts as Warsaw prepares to pass its own legislation to stop ideological censorship. … Read More >Poland slams social media deplatforming of Trump as government readies anti-censorship law

Red Cross fears US adding Yemen’s Houthis to terrorist list will have ‘chilling effect’ on humanitarian aid

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it is worried that the US designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group will severely hurt much-needed humanitarian aid to the war-torn country. … Read More >Red Cross fears US adding Yemen’s Houthis to terrorist list will have ‘chilling effect’ on humanitarian aid

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12hr Covid curfews announced for all of France for at least 15 days, PM says pressure on hospitals is ‘high’

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

The entirety of France will be placed under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days from Saturday in a bid to ease the pressure of Covid-19 on the country’s health system, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday. … Read More >12hr Covid curfews announced for all of France for at least 15 days, PM says pressure on hospitals is ‘high’