March 2021 – Page 11 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

China halts Australian hay imports amid escalating trade row

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

Some 28 Australian hay exporters to China have failed to get their expired permits renewed since the end of February, ABC News reported, threatening the nation’s A$160 million (US$121 million) hay export market to China. … Read More >China halts Australian hay imports amid escalating trade row

Business

Traffic jam at Suez Canal sends global shipping costs soaring

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

Costs of overseas shipments are rapidly rising, as the massive container ship wedged in the Suez Canal is holding up billions of dollars-worth of goods, forcing logistics firms to reroute cargos away from the crucial waterway. … Read More >Traffic jam at Suez Canal sends global shipping costs soaring

Business

Russia promotes Arctic sea route as viable alternative to blocked Suez Canal

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

The Northern Sea Route could become an effective alternative to the Suez Canal, which has been completely shut down since Tuesday, state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said in a series of half-joking tweets. … Read More >Russia promotes Arctic sea route as viable alternative to blocked Suez Canal

Business

China overtakes US as world’s largest refiner

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

As the shift in oil demand from Covid-19 turned the tables of regional levels of fuel production and exports, China succeeded in overtaking the USA as the world’s biggest oil refiner in 2020. … Read More >China overtakes US as world’s largest refiner

USA

Google exposes nine-month counter-terror hacking op by ‘friendly’ government, raising questions about what makes an ally

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

A Google hacking team has exposed — and shut down — an expert counterterrorism hacking operation by a supposed US ally. While the report hid most details, it raised troubling questions on what constitutes an ally in cyberspace. … Read More >Google exposes nine-month counter-terror hacking op by ‘friendly’ government, raising questions about what makes an ally

Asia & Pacific

Pakistan successfully test-fires 900km-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile (VIDEO)

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

The Pakistani army says it conducted a successful test of its nuclear-capable Shaheen-1A ballistic missile on Friday, in a show of military strength, amid tense relations with India over Kashmir. … Read More >Pakistan successfully test-fires 900km-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile (VIDEO)

More than 100 kilos of dynamite found as police arrest 6 in series of raids across Norway

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

Police in Norway have recovered more than 100 kilos of dynamite and detained at least six people after a series of raids on homes in the Sorlandet region during an operation that began on Wednesday evening. … Read More >More than 100 kilos of dynamite found as police arrest 6 in series of raids across Norway

French bishops to pay compensation to child sex-abuse victims for church’s ‘crimes and shortcomings’

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

Weeks after its own truth-finding commission uncovered at least 10,000 victims of clerical sex abuse going back 70 years, senior French bishops have agreed to award lump-sum payments to victims, to take “responsibility.” … Read More >French bishops to pay compensation to child sex-abuse victims for church’s ‘crimes and shortcomings’

Asia & Pacific

Taiwan’s defense ministry claims incursion by 20 Chinese military aircraft as tensions in region rise

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

Defense officials in Taiwan have accused China of launching a massive military fly-by through its airspace, including using nuclear-capable bombers. Beijing has not confirmed the allegation. … Read More >Taiwan’s defense ministry claims incursion by 20 Chinese military aircraft as tensions in region rise

Asia & Pacific

Democracy has seen 500,000 US Covid deaths: China hits back as Biden says Xi Jinping ‘doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body’

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

The Chinese foreign ministry has issued a stern rebuke of US President Joe Biden’s criticism of Beijing’s supposed lack of democratic values, claiming a label of democracy is not as important as looking after a country’s people. … Read More >Democracy has seen 500,000 US Covid deaths: China hits back as Biden says Xi Jinping ‘doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body’

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